An Anthology of Devotional Literature

by Kepler, Thomas S.

• ISBN13: 9781891314032
• ISBN10: 1891314033
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Evangel Pub House

Table of Contents

Foreword	xvii
Preface	xix
THE PATRISTIC PERIOD
The Martyrs and Saints Create Holy Places
Clement of Rome (40?-97?)
[Insights into Christian Love] from The First Epistle to the Corinthians	1	(2)
Justin Martyr (110?-165?)
On the Sole Government of God	3	(6)
Clement of Alexandria (150?-220?)
[The Philosophic Approach to Divine Truth] from Miscellanies	9	(5)
Tertullian (160?-230?)
On the Testimony of the Soul	14	(6)
Origen (185?-254?)
On God from On the Fundamental Doctrines	20	(5)
Cyprian (200?-258)
On the Advantage of Patience	25	(9)
Ephraem Syrus (306?-373?)
[Prayers of a Suffering City] from Nisibene Hymns	34	(4)
Gregory of Nyssa (331?-396?)
On Pilgrimages	38	(3)
Chrysostom (345?-407)
None Can Harm Him Who Does Not Injure Himself	41	(13)
Augustine (354-430)
[Reflections on the Majesty and Mercy of God] from The Confessions	54	(8)
[On Attaining the City of God] from The City of God	62	(5)
Leo the Great (390?-461)
On the Feast of the Nativity, VI	67	(4)
THE DARK AGES
The Saints Keep Christianity Alive
Dionysius the Areopagite (ca.500)
On Mystical Theology	71	(3)
Benedict of Nursia (480?-543?)
[Basic Principles of Monastic Life] from the Rule	74	(9)
Gregory the Great (540?-604)
[The Conduct of a Pastor] from The Book of Pastoral Rule	83	(2)
Isaac of Nineveh (Seventh Century?)
The Degrees of Prayer	85	(3)
How God Operates in Man	88	(2)
William the Pious (886-918)
Charter of the Cluny Monastery	90	(2)
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MYSTICISM
After the Dark Ages the Fellowship of the Saints Begins Afresh
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
[The Existence of God] from Proslogion	92	(5)
Hugh of St. Victor (1096?-1141)
The Embrace	97	(1)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
[Degrees of Love of God] from On the Love of God	98	(6)
Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)
A Vision	104	(2)
Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
[Some Basic Virtues of a Saint] from The Little Flowers of St. Francis	106	(17)
Bonaventura (1221-1274)
The Speculation of the Poor Man in the Wilderness form The Soul's Progress in God	123	(4)
Devotion from The Virtues of a Religious Superior	127	(4)
Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274)
Of the Contemplative Life from Summa Theologica	131	(11)
Anonymous
[The Soul and Love] from The Mirror of Simple Souls	142	(9)
Meister Eckhart (1260?-1328?)
About Disinterest	151	(6)
[Cherish in Yourself the Birth of God]	157	(3)
God Enters a Free Soul	160	(3)
Richard Rolle de Hampole (1290?-1349)
Song of Love	163	(1)
Johannes Tauler (1300?-1361)
On the Exaltation of the Holy Cross	164	(8)
Heinrich Suso (1300?-1366)
[Selected Maxims]	172	(4)
Jan van Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
[Moral Lessons and Spiritual Instructions] from The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage	176	(7)
Rulman Merswin (1307-1382)
A Letter Sent from Heaven	183	(1)
Anonymous
[On Living a Perfect Life] from Theologia Germanica	184	(8)
Anonymous
[Progress Toward God] from The Cloud of Unknowing	192	(5)
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
[A Treatise on Tears] from The Dialogue	197	(7)
Walter Hilton (d. 1396)
[The Contemplative Life] from The Scale of Perfection	204	(4)
Margery Kempe (ca. 1400)
[Contemplations and Consolations] from The Book of Margery Kempe	208	(4)
Juliana of Norwich (1343-1413)
[Revelations and Gifts] from Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love	212	(3)
Gerhard Groot (1340-1384) and Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
[Some Guides to a Christlike Life] from The Imitation of Christ	215	(15)
Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498)
Miserere	230	(5)
Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
Sin, Purification, Illumination from Life and Teachings	235	(3)
Thomas More (1478-1535)
A Godly Meditation	238	(1)
A Devout Prayer	239	(2)
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Protestant Saints Join The Fellowship
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
[Prayer]	241	(3)
[Worship]	244	(3)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Three Methods of Prayer from Spiritual Exercises	247	(3)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
How Men Should Pray	250	(6)
John Knox (1505?-1572)
[An Insight into Prayer] from A Declaration of the True Nature and Object of Prayer	256	(4)
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
[On Communion with God] from The Way of Perfection	260	(7)
John of the Cross (1542-1591)
[Conditions of the Spiritual Nature] from The Dark Night of the Soul	267	(5)
Lorenzo Scupoli (1529-1610)
of Prayer from The Spiritual Combat	272	(2)
Francis of Sales (1567-1622)
[Aids to the Devout Life] from Introduction to the Devout Life	274	(12)
Of the Progress and Perfection of Love from On the Love of God	286	(3)
Jakob Bohme (1575-1624)
[The Way to God's Love] from Of the Supersensual Life	289	(8)
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)
The First Day from Private Devotions	297	(7)
An Horologue from Private Devotions	304	(2)
John Donne (1573-1631)
[Thoughts on Death]	306	(5)
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
The Quietistic Trend Leaves Its Impress on the Saints
Hans de Ries (1553-1638)
A ``Morning Prayer'' from ``Prayers'' in Gaesanghboeck (Hymnal), 1685 ed.	311	(1)
An ``Evening Prayer'' from ``Prayers'' in Gaesanghboeck (Hymnal), 1685 ed.	312	(1)
A ``Prayer for People'' from The Dark Night of the Soul	312	(1)
Augustine Baker (1575-1641)
[Resignation to the Will of God] from Holy Wisdom	313	(10)
Gertude More (1606-1633)
Be Thou My Chooser For Me	323	(1)
Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
[The Good and the Evil Man] from Meditations and Vows	323	(2)
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
[Considerations of the Spiritual Mind] from Thoughts	325	(9)
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
Of Humility from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living	334	(8)
The Vanity and Shortness of Man's Life from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying	342	(3)
Remedies Against Fear of Death from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying	345	(3)
John A. Comenius (1592-1670)
[The Glories of the Saintly Life] from The Labyrinth of the World	348	(6)
Henry Scougal (1650-1678)
[On Attaining Christian Excellence] from The Life of God in the Soul of Man	354	(7)
Isaac Penington (1617-1680)
[Letters on Spiritual Virtues]	361	(5)
Walter Marshall (1628-1680)
Endeavour for a Right Belief from The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification	366	(4)
Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683)
The Excellence of a Meek and Quiet Spirit	370	(7)
Robert Leighton (1611-1684)
Rules and Instructions for a Holy Life	377	(5)
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
[Prayer]	382	(9)
George Fox (1624-1691)
[Seeking Spiritual Help] from the Journal	391	(12)
Robert Barclay (1648-1690)
[Knowledge Through Revelation] from Apology for the True Christian Divinity	403	(6)
John Flavel (1630-1691)
[In Prosperity and Adversity] from a Saint Indeed	409	(6)
Nicholas Herman (1611-1691)
[How to Practice God's Presence] from The Practice of the Presence of God	415	(3)
Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
The Nature of Heavenly Contemplation from The Saints' Everlasting Rest	418	(7)
Miguel de Molinos (1640-1697)
[Internal Peace] from The Spiritual Guide	425	(7)
Simon Patrick (1626-1707)
[Prayers]	432	(3)
John Norris (1657-1711)
[Contemplations of God and Man] from Reason and Religion	435	(6)
Francois Fenelon (1651-1715)
On Prayer and Meditation	441	(2)
Humility	443	(1)
Right Use of Traials	444	(3)
Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
[Spritual Maxims]	447	(4)
Elizabeth Rowe (1674-1737)
A Joyful View of Approaching Death from Devout Exercises of the Heart	451	(2)
Importunate Requests for the Return of God to the Soul from Devout Exercises of the Heart	453	(3)
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The Idea of the Holy Life Continues to Broaden
Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)
[Cherish the Mercy of God] from The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul	456	(3)
Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675?-1751)
State of Abandonment	459	(2)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections from A Treatise on Religious Affections	461	(11)
William Law (1686-1761)
[For Inner Peace and Happiness] from a Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life	472	(8)
John Woolman (1720-1772)
[On Humility and Simplicity] from the Journal	480	(3)
[On Sickness] from a letter in the Journal	483	(1)
[On the Rearing of Children] from a letter in the Journal	484	(1)
On the Right Use of the Lord's Outward Gifts	484	(2)
On the Example of Christ from Consideration on the True Harmony of Mankind	486	(2)
On Divine Admonitions from Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind	488	(1)
On Loving Our Neighbors as Ourselves from Remarks on Sundry Subjects	489	(3)
On Silent Worship from Remarks on Sundry Subjects	492	(1)
John Wesley (1703-1791)
[Christian Behavior] from Christian Perfection	493	(10)
James Fordyce (1720-1796)
On Contemplation from Addresses to the Deity	503	(4)
Jean Nicholas Grou (1731-1803)
[The Means to a Holy Life] from The Hidden Life of the Soul	507	(3)
John Frederic Oberlin (1740-1826)
[A Letter on Tithing]	510	(2)
[Questions Addressed to Parishioners]	512	(1)
[A Letter to his Scholars]	513	(1)
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF WORLD WAR I
The Fellowship Includes Men of Every High Religious Interest
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
Daily Prayer	514	(3)
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
[Relationship to God] from the Journals	517	(8)
Friedrich A. G. Tholuck (1799-1877)
God is the Chief Good from Hours of Christian Devotion	525	(2)
John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
[The Catholic Church is Infallible] from Apologia pro Vita Sua	527	(5)
Austin Phelps (1820-1890)
Absence of God in Prayer from The Still Hour	532	(2)
Anthony W. Thorold (1825-1895)
[How to Remain Devout] from The Presence of Christ	534	(4)
Coventry Patmore (1823-1896)
Knowledge and Science from The Rod, the Root, and the Flower	538	(3)
George Matheson (1842-1906)
[The Soul in Despair] from My Aspirations	541	(2)
George Tyrrell (1861-1909)
[Friendship with God] from Lex Orandi	543	(6)
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
[The Struggle and Victory of the Spirit] from My Confession	549	(4)
Leon Bloy (1846-1917)
Providence is a Pactolus of Tears from Quatre Ans de Captivite a Cochons-sur-Marne	553	(1)
[Letter to Raissa Maritain]	554	(1)
Washington Gladden (1836-1918)
The Christian's Quiet Life from The Christian Way	555	(7)
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918)
[Prayers] from Prayers of the Social Awakening	562	(2)
Augustine Poulain (1836-1919)
[Affective Prayer] from The Graces of Interior Prayer	564	(8)
Emily Herman (1876-1923)
The Secret Garden of the Soul from The Secret Garden of the Soul	572	(2)
The Alter Fire from The Secret Farden of the Soul	574	(3)
John Chapman (1865-1933)
Contemplative Prayer	577	(4)
SAINTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: AFTER WORLD WAR I UNTIL NOW
Upon the Shoulders of the Saints the Coming of the Kingdom Depends
Sundar Singh (1889-1933)
The Inner Life from With and without Christ	581	(3)
Rudolf Otto (1869-1938)
The Resurrection as a Spiritual Experience from The Idea of the Holy	584	(5)
Charles F. Andrews (1871-1940)
The Place of Quiet in the Christian Life from The Inner Life	589	(2)
Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The Place of Will, Intellect, and Feeling in Prayer from The Essentials of Mysticism	591	(8)
Thoms R. Kelly (1893-1941)
The Light Within from A Testament of Devotion	599	(8)
Alexis Carrel (1873-1944)
Prayer is Power	607	(2)
William Temple (1881-1944)
Christian Social Principles from Christianity and Social Order	609	(5)
Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948)
The Immanence of God from Pathways to the Reality of God	614	(8)
Nikolai A. Berdyaev (1874-1948)
The Spiritual Liberation of Man from Slavery and Freedom	622	(5)
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Reverence for Life from Out of My Life and Thought	627	(5)
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969)
The Naturalness of Prayer from The Meaning of Prayer	632	(5)
Von Ogden Vogt (1879-1964)
[Transubstantiation of Persons] from Art and Religion	637	(2)
Albert W. Palmer (1879-1954)
[Through Worship to God] from Paths to the Presence of God	639	(5)
Willard L. Sperry (1882-1954)
Reality in Worship from Reality in Worship	644	(3)
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973)
Of Sacred Doctrine from Prayer and Intelligence	647	(2)
Frank C. Laubach (1884-1970)
[Letters] from Letters by a Modern Mystic	649	(3)
E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973)
How to Pray	652	(7)
Henry N. Wieman (1884-1975)
Finding Joy in Life from Methods of Private Religious Living	659	(4)
Edgar S. Brightman (1884-1953)
The Four Stages of Worship from Religious Values	663	(2)
John Baillie (1886-1960)
The Idea of Revelation from The Interpretation of Religion	665	(7)
Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960)
The Cross and Daily Life from Meditations on the Cross	672	(5)
Christopher Dawson (1889-1970)
[The Function of the Church] from Religion and the Modern State	677	(5)
Georgia Harkness (1891-1974)
How to Pray from Religious Living	682	(2)
Friedrich Heiler (1892-1967)
The Essence of Prayer from Prayer	684	(6)
George A. Buttrick (1892-1980)
A Way of Private Prayer from Prayer	690	(6)
Allan A. Hunter (1893-?)
Training Now from Say Yes to the Light	696	(9)
Walter M. Horton (1895-1966)
Jesus as the One Who Became the Living Christ from Our Eternal Contemporary	705	(2)
Douglas V. Steere (1901-1995)
A New Set of Devotional Exercises from On Beginning from Within	707	(10)
Clarence Seidenspinner (1904-?)
The Liturgical Year from Form and Freedom in Worship	717	(3)
Philippe Vernier (1909-?)
[Meditations] from With the Master	720	(3)
Howard Thurman (1900-1981)
Prayer and Pressure from Deep Is the Hunger	723	(3)
Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
New Testament Faith from Life and Holiness	726	(3)
Richard J. Foster (1942---)
Contemplative Prayer from Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home	729	(8)
Appendix
Suggested Readings	737	(2)
Chronology of Devotional Writings	739	(14)
Index	753