CHRISTIAN MEDITATIONS or
THE BELIEVER'S COMPANION IN SOLITUDE
by Thomas Reade 1841
Preface
1. Communion with God
2. The Beauty of Holiness
3. Aspirations after Holiness
4. The Saving Knowledge of the Scriptures
5. The Promises of God
6. The Fall of Man, and His Recovery by Grace
7. Thoughts on the Mystery of Redemption
8. Salvation by Grace
9. The Sufficiency of Divine Grace
10. The Dying Love of Christ
11. The Willingness of Christ to Receive
Sinners
12. Earnest Desires for Christ
13. The Power of Grace
14. The Pearl of Great Price
15. Conversion of the Heart to God
16. Faith Working by Love
17. Walking with God
18. The Privileges of the Believer
19. The Superiority of Graces to Gifts
20. The Blessedness of a Childlike Spirit
21. The Harmony of Christian Graces
22. The Blessing of Peace
23. The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
24. An Evil Heart of Unbelief
25. The Evil of Pride
26. Deadness to the World
27. Human Corruption and Abounding Grace
28. Indwelling Sin
29. The Inward Conflict
30. Mourning over Sin and Hatred of it
31. The Burden of Sin Deplored
32. True Wisdom the Source of Happiness
33. The Preciousness of Christ
34. The Life of Faith
35. Seeking after God
36. The Blessedness of the Righteous
37. The Believer's Path to Glory
38. The Believer's Portion
39. Christian Fellowship
40. Christian Perseverance
41. The Character and the Promise
42. Men's Estimate of Human Nature
43. The Scripture View of the Present State of
Man
44. Blessings Flowing from the Covenant of
Grace
45. A Christian Indeed
46. The Testimony of Conscience
47. The Christian's Rest
48. The Sovereignty of God
49. The Sovereignty of Divine Grace
50. The Unsatisfying Nature of Earthly Things
51. God the Refuge for His People
52. The Religion of the Heart
53. Realizing the Divine Presence
54. Desires for Pardoning and Sanctifying Grace
57. Experimental Religion
58. External Religion, No Substitute for
Godliness
61. On the Approach of Death
62. Prophetic Views of the Messiah's Kingdom
63. The Importance of Self Knowledge
64. The Desire for More
65. On the Birth of Christ
66. A Sabbath Meditation
67. Christ's Intercessory Prayer
68. Reflections on the New Year
69. The Believer's Review of His Christian
State
70. A Grateful Retrospect of Undeserved Mercies