LIGHTHOUSES

AND

BEACONS

ON THE

Voyage of Human Life.

BY

J. DICKERSON DAVIES, M.A.

'Among whom ye shine as lights of the world."-PAUL

LONDON:

YATES & ALEXANDER, SYMONDS INN, CHANCERY LANE.

S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

1870.

100. W. 62

LONDON:

PRINTED BY YATES AND

ALEXANDER,

SYMONDS INN, CHANCERY LANE.

ΤΟ

THE DEACONS OF THE CHURCH

ASSEMBLING AT

RICHMOND CHAPEL, SALFORD, MANCHESTER,

WHOSE UNREMITTING KINDNESS

DURING MY BRIEF PASTORATE

I

CAN NEVER FORGET,

THIS LITTLE BOOK

IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

ANDREW; AN EXAMPLE OF DILIGENCE IN

THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF RELIGIOUS

KNOWLEDGE

THE WOMAN OF SYROPHENICIA; OR, THE

SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL PRAYER

FELIX; OR, THE SIN OF PROCRASTINATION

57

MARY, THE SISTER OF LAZARUS; OR, THE

MEASURE OF CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION

77

BEN-HADAD'S HUMILIATION; A TYPE OF TRUE

REPENTANCE

99

MOSES; OR, THE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY

RELIGIOUS DECISION

119

NICODEMUS; OR, THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW

BIRTH

153

THE PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN; OR, THE

TRUE METHOD OF ACCESS TO GOD

187

ANDREW;

AN EXAMPLE OF DILIGENCE

IN THE ACQUISITION AND USE

OF

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.