Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

THE TRUSTEES OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

WESTCOTT & THOMSON,

STEREOTYPERS, PHILADA.

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CONTENTS.

PREFACE..........

WOULD YOU BE YOUNG AGAIN?...........CAROLINE, BARONESS OF Nairn. 11

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THE PILGRIM'S RETROSPECT....................... REV. ROBERT F. SAMPLE.

GREVILLE. 58

..........JOHN M. LOWRIE, D.D.

60

MARGARET JUNKIN.

62

.REV. REUBEN SMITH.

64

....REV. SAMUEL MEDLEY.

76

HORATIUS Ponar, D.D.

78

..................................Rev. HENRY FRANCIS LYTE.

80

HENGSTENBERG.

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THE VOICE FROM GALILEE........................................................................ HORATIUS BONAR, D.D.

99

THE FATHER-LAND.....................FROM THE GERMAN OF CLAUS HARMS. 101

THE PALM.....
................................JAMES HAMILTON, D.D. 103

GOD, MY EXCEEDING JOY........................JAMES W. ALEXANDER, D.D. 107

TO AN AGED UNBELIEVER....................... ..WILLIAM S. PLUMER, D.D. 142

I KNOW THAT I MUST DIE...........FROM THE GERMAN OF B. SCHMOLKE. 155

AS CHRIST CHOOSES.......

THE BLESSED HOPE....

..RICHARD BAXTER. 157

...REV. AUGUSTUS M. TOPLADY. 159

PIETY EXEMPT FROM THE DECAYS OF AGE......JOHN GOSMAN, D.D. 162

PECULIAR DUTIES OF THE AGED.........ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, D.D. 183

I SHALL SOON BE DYING..........................

THE LOSS OF MEMORY....

...ANONYMOUS. 192

............................ANONYMOUS. 194

PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER................................................................SIR ROBERT GRANT. 201

HEAVENLY REALITIES...................................... .....FROM THE GERMAN OF J. LANGE. 203

SORROWS AND CONSOLATIONS OF OLD AGE.....REV. JOHN KENNEDY. 206

CHRISTIAN'S VIEW OF ETERNITY....... .FROM GERMAN OF C. C. STURM. 215

DIM EVE DRAWS ON...........

THE INFIRMITIES OF AGE.............................

...ANONYMOUS. 217

....ANONYMOUS. 218

JOYS TO COME................. FROM THE GERMAN OF H. C. VON SCHWEINITZ. 229

THE HOPE OF THE DISCONSOLATE..................................................SIR ROBERT GRANT. 252

YOUTH RENEWED IN AGE...................................................................JAMES W. Alexander, D.D. 278

OUR BELOVED HAVE DEPARTED......FROM THE GERMAN OF J. LANGE. 364

THE AGED BELIEVER'S TRIUMPH................REV. WILLIAM ROMAINE. 392

SUPPORT IN DEATH.....................FROM THE GERMAN OF N. HERMANN. 407

THE HEAVENLY REST.........

..........................ANONYMOUS. 409

AGED BELIEVER AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN....THOS. GUTHRIE, D.D. 425

PRAYER FOR ONE NEARING ANOTHER WORLD...A. ALEXANDER, D.D. 443