by Henry Davenport Northrop, D.D.
published by International Publishing Company, 1894
Scattered Illustrations Throughout the Book
Illustrated Passages
You shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest - Leviticus 23:10
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? - Job 34:29
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? - Job 38:22
David Writes Psalms Psalm 19:7-10
Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. - Psalm 30:5
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go Psalm 32:8
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow - Psalm 51:7
For the LORD God is a sun and shield - Psalm 84:11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. - Psalm 91:11
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. - Psalm 93:4
He casteth forth his ice like morsels - Psalm 147:17
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. - Psalm 150:6
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace - Proverbs 3:17
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise Proverbs 12:15
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death Proverbs 14:27
Refusing to Help the Poor Proverbs 14:31; 18:31; 21:13
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. - Proverbs 18:10
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished Proverbs 22:3
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. - Proverbs 24:30-31
The Virtuous Wife Proverbs 31:10-31
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain - Proverbs 31:30
Vanity of Vanities Ecclesiastes 1:2
Let thy garments be always white - Ecclesiastes 9:8
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. - Isaiah 35:1
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace - Isaiah 55:12
Bearing Fruit Matthew 7:17, 20; John 15:8
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me Matthew 10:38
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven Matthew 19:14
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. - John 6:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak Acts 20:35
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men I Corinthians 1:25
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him - I Corinthians 2:9
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law Galatians 5:22-23
The Whole Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-17
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast - Hebrews 2:2
Getting to the Core Problem - Unbelief Hebrews 3:18-19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast - Hebrews 6:19
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city - Hebrews 11:14-16
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us - Hebrews 12:1
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God - I John 4:7
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock - Revelation 3:20
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof - Revelation 21:23