Table Of ContentChrist’s Object Lessons
Ellen G. White
1900
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Preface
Christ the Great Teacher gave much of His instruction as He
walked with His disciples through the hills and valleys of Palestine
or rested by the lake or river. In His parable teaching He linked
divine truth with common things and incidents, as may be found in
theexperiencesoftheshepherd,thebuilder,thetillerofthesoil,the
traveler, and the homemaker. Familiar objects were associated with
thoughtstrueandbeautiful—thoughtsofGod’slovinginterestinus,
ofthegratefulhomagethatishisdue,andofthecareweshouldhave
one for another. Thus lessons of divine wisdom and practical truth
weremadeforcibleandimpressive.
In this volume the parables are grouped according to their
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Contents
InformationaboutthisBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AbouttheAuthor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FurtherLinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
EndUserLicenseAgreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chap. 1-TeachinginParables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chap. 2-“TheSowerWentForthtoSow” . . . . . . . . . 33
TheSowerandtheSeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TheSoil—bytheWayside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
InStonyPlaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
AmongThorns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PreparationoftheSoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
InGoodGround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chap. 3-“FirsttheBlade,ThentheEar” . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chap. 4-Tares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Chap. 5-“LikeaGrainofMustardSeed” . . . . . . . . . 76
Chap. 6-OtherLessonsfromSeed-Sowing . . . . . . . . 80
Chap. 7-LikeUntoLeaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chap. 8-HiddenTreasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
HowHidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ValueoftheTreasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ResultsofNeglectingtheTreasure . . . . . . . . . . 108
SearchfortheTreasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
RewardofSearching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Chap. 9-ThePearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chap. 10-TheNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chap. 11-ThingsNewandOld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chap. 12-AskingtoGive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chap. 13-TwoWorshipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Chap. 14-“ShallNotGodAvengeHisOwn?”. . . . . . . 164
Chap. 15-“ThisManReceivethSinners” . . . . . . . . . 185
TheLostSheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
TheLostPieceofSilver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chap. 16-“Lost,andisFound” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Chap. 17-“SpareitthisYearAlso” . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Chap. 18-“GointotheHighwaysandHedges” . . . . . . 219
Chap. 19-TheMeasureofForgiveness . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chap. 20-GainthatisLoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Chap. 21-“AGreatGulfFixed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
ApplicationtotheJewishNation . . . . . . . . . . . 267
IntheLastDays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chap. 22-SayingandDoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Chap. 23-TheLord’sVineyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
TheJewishNation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
TheChurchofToday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Chap. 24-WithoutaWeddingGarment . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chap. 25-Talents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
GiftsoftheHolySpirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OtherTalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
MentalFaculties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
KindlyImpulsesandAffections . . . . . . . . . . . 352
TalentsMultipliedbyUse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
TheOneTalent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
TheTalentsReturned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
TheTalentRemoved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Chap. 26-“FriendsbytheMammonofUnrighteousness” 366
Chap. 27-“WhoisMyNeighbour?” . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Chap. 28-TheRewardofGrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Chap. 29-“ToMeettheBridegroom” . . . . . . . . . . . 405
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