ILLUSTRATED; OR, SELECTIONS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE REV. JAMES CAUGHEY. = CONTAINING SEVERAL OF MR. CAUGHEY'S SERMONS-NOTES OF HIS MENTAL EXERCISES WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF MR. CAUGHEY'S LIFE, BY THE REV. DANIEL WISE. SIXTH THOUSAND. BOSTON: FOR SALE BY J. P. MAGEE THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 487,876 4-5-56 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by DANIEL WISE AND R. W. ALLEN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BV A3 STEREOTYPED BY New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, GEO. C. RAND, PRINTER, 3 CORNHILL. PUBLISHERS' PREFACE. THE remarkable favor with which the religious public have received "Methodism in Earnest," and "Revival Miscellanies," has induced us to publish another volume from the quaint, pithy, and profitable pen of Mr. Caughey. We believe the present work to be as intrinsically valuable as either of its predecessors; and that it will be equally useful, should it chance to find as many readers. Like those works, it is quite miscellaneous in its character. It takes up the detail of Mr. Caughey's personal history where it was left at the close of "Methodism in Earnest," and follows him through the remarkable work of God which attended his labors in Huddersfield (Eng.) during the winter of 1845-6. The introductory sketch of Mr. Caughey's life conducts the reader down to that point in his history. So that the work now issued, though in one sense a sequel to "Methodism in Earnest," is, nevertheless, complete in itself. Choosing the incidents of the Huddersfield revival to be as a silver thread running through his book, Mr. Caughey has woven into it a variety of thoughts, illustrations, hints, discourses, etc., which cannot but be profitable to évery earnest man who will be at the pains to peruse them. Confident of its value as a stimulant to the true religious life, we give this work to the public, believing that, when we enter the spiritual world, the fact of its publication by our hands will be among those pleasant memories of the past we shall love to cherish there; and that it will prove the means of imparting help and good cheer to many a pilgrim on his way to the Celestial City. DANIEL WISE, RALPH W. ALLEN. Buxton-road Chapel-Its defects - - Wesleyan chapels Cold prayer-meeting Green wood in Huddersfield-Satanic opposition - The Comforter — A trio of adversaries - Sadness - Necessity for faith Goodness without gladness Thoughts on the milky-way - Firmness under trials — A bad sign—True hunger for righteousness - The pleasures of Satan - Want of faith deplored - Trade hin- dering the Gospel - Satan's enmity - Annoyances - Christ and Paul as examples -Mr. Wesley's note on Huddersfield - Change Sorrow - Sighing for more power-The cross heavy- -A better Sabbath - In a writing position-Noble brethren- Chilling meeting - Dry and green wood-Smouldering fire-Satan's wisdom - Difficulties Need of courage-Grotto of Porsilippo- The heart of Good news- Glimpse at an old promise-The arm of flesh-Scrutiny of motives -Faith - Cecil's three ideas - Preaching in faith Prayer - Hard sinners - Satan intrenched-God's rod of power- Counting the cost-The eagle Ready for The text-Late trials considered-Hard fighting and great battles-Satanic and human foes-The Great Captain- Angelic sympathy Safety of faith — Alarms, sources of considered - Necessity of firmness-The armor of God - Secret of in- vincibility in revivals - Friendship with the world considered - The Swiss hero - A good omen- - Prognosticators of evil - Change in the aspects of the congregation -Impatience censured - Humiliation leading to prayer-Spiritual children — Common and special blessings -Power of prayer illustrated-Powerful prayer- meeting -A piercing time- A hard time--Of preparation for the pulpit - Prayer |