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P. J. KENEDY & SONS




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Nihil Obstat.

REMIGIUS LAFORT, S. T. L.,

Censor.

Imprimatur.

JOHN M. FARLEY,

Archbishop of New York.
New York, September 15, 1908.



Copyright 1908, P. J. Kenedy & Sons.



Contents



CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LOVING TITLES OF JESUS 7

II. JESUS AS MAN 18

III. JESUS RISEN 31

IV. JESUS IN THE TABERNACLE AND IN

HEAVEN 40

V. JESUS CONSIDERED IN HIS SACRED

PIEART 47

VI. JESUS AND HIS SAINTS 64

VII. JESUS THE LAWGIVER 79

VIII. JESUS OUR JUDGE 96

IX. THE NUMBER OF THE ELECT 109

X. THE UNCERTAINTY OF BEING IN THE

GRACE OF GOD 124

XI. ON HIDDEN SINS 140

XII. OUR DAILY FAULTS 153

XIII. THE UNCERTAINTY OF REACHING

ETERNAL GLORY 172

XIV. THE TRIBULATIONS OF LIFE 190

XV. THE HOUR OF DEATH 207

XVI. THE GOODNESS OF JESUS, OUR

EXAMPLE 224

CONCLUSION 248



Preface



Preface

The object of this Httle treatise is to
dispel a certain gloomy mist, darkening
the minds of many, in regard to the
Adorable Person of our Blessed Lord.

Many Christians, even devout and
religious souls, are unable to conceive
a filial and tender trust in Jesus. They
are full of trembling reverence and
fear, and stand in His Presence with
hearts constrained and ill at ease.
These lowly feelings are not to be alto-
gether blamed; they are justly due to
the Majesty of so great a Lord. But
they are too often like an icy wind freez-
ing the spirit of devotion, or like a chill
mist, nipping the opening buds of
piety as the}^ form in the soul. Would
that this fear were accompanied by

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those sweeter feelings which dilate the
heart! Would that as Christians have,
generally speaking, for Our Lady, the
confidence of children in their mother,
they might also have for Jesus the con-
fidence of children in their father!

It is my intention, therefore, to draw
a true picture of Our Blessed Lord, so
as to inspire this filial trust in Him, and
dispel the mist which destroys this con-
fidence. May the benignity of Jesus be
shown in its clear light, "when the
goodness and kindness of God Our Sav-
iour hath appeared." (Titus 3. 4.)




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