The characteristics of true devotion
Publisher: Suttaby and Co.
Published: 1884
Place of publication: London, England
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: I. Preliminary Advice 9; title: II. What is True Devotion? 13; title: III. What we devote to God. The Motives of our Devotion 16; title: IV. All other Devotion should be Subordinate to that which we owe to God 20; title: V. The First Object Of Our Devotion Should Be The Glory Of God, And The Accomplishment Of His Will 22; title: VI. The Second Object Of Man's Devotion Should Be His Own Sanctification. The Reasons Why He Should Seek It 25; title: VII. Third Object of our Devotion. Our Happiness 28; title: VIII. Qualities of True Devotion to God. The Spirit of Prayer 32; title: IX. Devotion, to be True, should be Interior 36; title: X. Devotion must be manifested in External Actions. Reasons which prove this true 41; title: XI. The Error of those who exclude Mental Prayer from Devotion 45; title: XII. It is Necessary to give one's self up to God without Restriction and without Reserve 51; title: XIII. True Devotion requires an Undivided Heart 57; title: XIV. Devotion is for Persons of Every Age 65; title: XV. Devotion extends to all Conditions 70; title: XVI. Love is the only Foundation of Devotion 75; title: XVII. To be truly Devoted, one must forget his own interests, and seek God only 79; title: XVIII. Fatal Effects of Self-Love upon Devotion 83; title: XIX. Devotion inspires Confidence. Necessity of this Confidence, and its Good Effects 87; title: XX. Devotion produces Self-Knowledge, And Consequently Humility 92; title: XXI.Simplicity and the Fear of Observation ARE THE ChARACTEristics of True Devotion : How FEW POSSESS THEM 95; title: XXII. Mortification ok the Senses is Another Quality of Devotion 100; title: XXIII. Mortification of the Will Essential to Devotion 103; title: XXIV. Various Qualities of Devotion 109; title: XXV. Other Qualities of Devotion 113; title: XXVI. Devotion corrects and perfects the Character 118; title: XXVII. Devotion, instead of repressing the Spirit, serves rather to develop it 22; title: XXVIII. Devotion elevates the Heart of Man above Every Thing which is not of God 130; title: XXIX. True Devotion regards Every Thing in Relation to Eternity and to the Will of God 135; title: XXX. Conduct of the Truly Devoted with Regard to his Neighbour 140; title: XXXI. The Difference between the Politeness of the World and the Cordiality of True Devotion 148; title: XXXII. The Truly Devoted possess all Civil Qualities 153; title: XXXIII. The Truly Devoted Man possesses the only true happiness that one can experience on Earth 156; title: XXXIV. Jesus Christ the Great Model of Perfect Devotion 161; title: XXXV. Three Effectual Means to acquire True Devotion 166; title: XXXVI. Reflections upon the Characteristics of True Devotion 172