INDEX. Affirmations instead of oaths, The advantages of, considered... PAGE. .... 216 ........ 291 -Popular, not necessary to the happiness of life.......... Benevolence as it is proposed in the Christian Scriptures...... ******......... 167 49 97 -No circumstances in life, in which the exercise of, is suspended... 299 ties....... -Sets limits to patriotism.. -The exercise of, incompatible with war............. 387 Books, he who writes or sells, which will in all probability injure the 238 -The great responsibility of those who derange the moral judg- 258 -Great increase in the number of, calculated to benefit the young.. 264 267 ...... 93 Ceremonial institutions and devotional formularies, On... .... 123 Christ Jesus, The true and safe foundation of our hope is in the re- 473 Christianity with its present principles and obligations to produce uni- 444 -The obligations of, binding upon nations as well as individ- .102, 318, 451 Christians, Testimony of the early, against war Civil liberty enjoyed where the principles of political truth and recti- -A relative and not a positive enjoyment....... PAGE. Conscience, The nature and authority of.. -Is not an enlightening principle, but a principle which is enlight- -The dictates of, to be obeyed........... 53 62 271 ..243. 304, 335 Crime, The punishment of, considered... 346 -The repetition of, prevented if the offender is reformed. 347 351 Days, The observance of particular, as of special sanctity, not counte- Death to be preferred to killing an assailant.... Debts, Why is a man obliged to pay his.. -The obligation to pay, perpetual.... -A legal discharge of, by creditors not necessarily a moral dis- -Until fully paid, the property of a debtor cannot in equity be con- -Incurred by minors........... -Of unprincipled extravagance incurred by wives. 117 296 135 135 135 138 143 144 -A man is unjust who will not pay his, unless compelled to do so... 146 II2 -On formularies of... 123 -When true, is duly maintained, forms of prayer are not needed... 129 275 Divine attributes, On endeavoring to deduce rules of conduct from 25 Duelling, The obligations of morality disregarded in.... -The, of the people effects the political welfare... 277 .279 345 281 Enjoyment, The greatest sum of, that which is quietly and constantly 290 Example, The necessity of virtuous as an agency in moral reform, in- 223 -The powerful influence of, particularly of parents.... 263 Expediency not the standard of right and wrong.. Expediency, The principles of, fluctuating and inconsistent......... Falsehood and deception.......... -Encouraged by the use of oaths........................ Fame, Enduring, to be accorded to him who is good as well as great.... 254 254 322 188, 216 221 Field-sports, The ill effects of PAGE 287 First day of the week, On the rightful observance of the, as a day for Forbearance, The nature and effects of Christian Gambling, Remarks on paying debts incurred in Government, The authority and limits of civil -The authority of, explicitly asserted in the Christian Scriptures.. 82 -The servant of the community -Measures of, should commend themselves to the judgment and IOS 289 82 229 310 313 -Obedience to, enforced both by expediency and Christianity.. 327 331 -Alterations in, may be effected by Christian methods............ 331 342 History, The rectification of public opinion on important subjects may 260 -The sickening details of, in Europe largely due to vicious and 317 Holy Scriptures, Moral legislation as exhibited in the, is a system 9 ΙΟ -The will of God when communicated through the, is final... -Of the Patriarchal, Mosaic and Christian dispensations the latter -On the mode of applying the precepts of, to questions of duty. -Remarks on certain precepts in the, of general application..... 44 -The authority of civil government explicitly asserted in the........ -The dispositions which lead to war condemned by the.... 425 Horse-racing an amusement of almost unmingled evil... 289 154 Infidelity, There is no rest to the mind, in the reasonings of 35 -Professed by those who usually do not know what Christianity is 130 132 Immoral agency of reputable men, On the 223 Insane, The most scrupulous observance of good faith necessary in the 197 Insolvency, The obligations which morality enjoins in reference to...... 135 151 Introversion of mind a great auxiliary of moral character.... 275 -The temptations and difficulties met by the conscientious lawyer Law of nations, Obligations and authority of the...... Law of nature, The authority and limits of the authority of the... Law of rectitude, An internal, to be implicitly obeyed Judicial oaths prohibited by Jesus Christ....... Judgment of actions should be formed with reference to the motives, Law of honor, The character and obligation of the. -Not everything which is in accordance with the, is morally ...85, 171 -Arbitration to be preferred to the, in the settlement of disputes... 164 PAGE 208 28 326 Legal practice, The morality of, examined .170, 251 -Effects of upon the personal character of the profession.. 186 187 228 164 ........ 342 Magistrate, Obedience to the, enforced by Christianity............ .327, 348 -The powers of the, cease, when it becomes immoral to obey.......... 336 247, 404 Ministry of the gospel, A theological education not necessary to the..... 379 -Voluntary payment in connection with the, considered -The qualifications for the, stated... Moral education, On........ -The requisites necessary in.. Moral law, The, as exhibited in the Christian Scriptures of paramount Moral legislation, The promotion of virtue, and the punishment of vice Moral obligation, The foundation of --Identical authority of, with religious obligation...... Moral sense, Review of opinions respecting a..... Morality founded upon a law written externally, and a law communi- cated to the heart.... -Religion the basis of.. ཚ 263 PAGE Morality of legal practice examined, The.. -The injury to, by war...... -An advance towards a higher standard of, perceptible.. 170 409 472 473 Nations, The principles of morality are binding upon as well as upon -The claims of, to other countries by right of discovery, considered 105 justice...... Newspapers, The great influence, and corresponding responsibility 322 258 Oaths, Moral objections to the use of... 201 -All, forbidden by Jesus Christ.. -The efficacy of, as securities for veracity examined.. 204 208 211 -Tend powerfully to deprave the moral character.. 219 222 Oratorios, etc., do not promote religion......................... ....... 286 Parents, The duty of, to strengthen the moral character of the child, 266, 272 272 -Should frequently refer children to the dictates of an enlightened -The, manifested in political partizanship often of a questionable 390 Penn, William, The sound principles acted upon by, in acquiring 106 Pennsylvania, Religious liberty in, promotive of harmony 376 -Colonized by those who believed that war is incompatible with 462 -Security and quiet of, without war for more than seventy years.. 463 -Truth, The fundamental principles of..... -Power possessed only by the consent of the community -Is rightly exercised only when it subserves the -Often resorted to, to obtain concurrence with meas- 339 Prayer, The use of forms of, considered.......... 127 -Acceptable, that only which is according to the will of God......... 129 |