Things That Matter Most: Devotional Papers

About this book

A collection of devotional papers by J. H. Jowett, published in 1913. In short, reflective essays Jowett takes up the things that matter most — faith, prayer, character, sorrow, and service — and treats them with his usual clarity and warmth. Each paper stands alone, making the volume well suited to brief daily reading and quiet reflection.

Contents

1. Preface
2. I. The Illimitable Love of God
3. II. Lovers of God
4. III. Forgetting God
5. IV. Spiritual Abilities 🔒
6. V. Christ’s Habit of Prayer 🔒
7. VI. The Thankfulness of Jesus 🔒
8. VII. The Magic Touch 🔒
9. VIII. The Bequest of Peace 🔒
10. X. Withered Hands 🔒
11. XI. The Thorn Remains 🔒
12. XII. The Song of Moses and the Lamb 🔒
13. XIV. The Guiding Hand 🔒
14. XV. The Midnight Pressure 🔒
15. XVI. Capital and Interest 🔒
16. XVII. Bruised Reeds 🔒
17. XVIII. Infirmities in Prayer 🔒
18. XIX. The Friends of Jesus 🔒
19. XX. Contact But Not Communion 🔒
20. XXI. The Morning Breeze 🔒
21. XXII. No Breath 🔒
22. XIII. Blinding the Mind 🔒
23. XXIV. The Soul in the Market 🔒
24. XXV. Terminus and Thoroughfare 🔒
25. XXVI. The Destruction at Noontide 🔒
26. XXVII. The Benediction of the Snow 🔒
27. XXVIII. Needless Regrets 🔒
28. XXIX. Wise Forgetfulness 🔒
29. XXX. Prejudging Christ 🔒
30. XXXI. Rivers of Living Water 🔒
31. XXXII. Outside the Walls 🔒
32. XXXIII. Honest Moral Judgment 🔒
33. XXXIV. The Coming of the Kingdom 🔒
34. XXXV. The Power of the Holy Spirit 🔒
35. XXXVII. A Friend of the Suspected 🔒
36. XXVIII. The Higher Ministries of Holiness 🔒