PRIEST OF THE ORDER OF THE HOLY CROSS

WITH A PREFACE BY THE REV. ALFRED G. MORTIMER, D.D. Rector of St. Mark's, Philadelphia

FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1910

THE WARFARE OF THE SOUL

THE TEMPTER: HIS HISTORY AND NATURE

THE TEMPTER: HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS

THE UNIVERSALITY OF TEMPTATION

THE SPIRIT OF SOLICITUDE

OUR PREPARATION FOR TEMPTATION

TRAINING THE INNER LIFE

THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE

IN THE HOUR OF BATTLE

THE TESTS OF VICTORY AND DEFEAT

THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST

THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY

THE GROUND FOR CHRISTIAN COURAGE

THE WARFARE OF THE SOUL

I. A Personal Issue

II. Not Peace, but a Sword

III. The Terms of the Warfare

IV. The Nature of Temptation

V. Precept and Counsel

THE TEMPTER: HIS HISTORY AND NATURE

I. Satan's Fall and its Effects

II. The Hopelessness of his Warfare

III. The Limitations of the Tempter

IV. The Restraint of the Divine Decrees

THE TEMPTER: HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS

I. Satan, the Deceiver

II. The Fact of his Personality

III. His Experience and Wisdom

IV. The Methods of his Might

V. The Soul's Safety

THE UNIVERSALITY OF TEMPTATION

I. The Common Lot

II. Enduring Hardship

III. The Sufferings of the Saints

IV. Satan in the Sanctuary

V. The Sacrament of Temptation

THE SPIRIT OF SOLICITUDE

I. True and False Anxiety

II. Worry Versus Faith

III. The Cure of a Doubting Spirit

IV. God's Sympathy

OUR PREPARATION FOR TEMPTATION

I. A Double Weapon

II. The Spirit of Vigilance

III. Prayer and Temptation

TRAINING THE INNER LIFE

I. Environment and Character

II. Educating the Memory

III. Guiding the Imagination

IV. The Practice of Constancy

V. The Practice of Calmness

VI. The Practice of Patience

VII. The Practice of Diligence

THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE

I. The Satanic Suggestion

II. The Response of the Natural Heart

III. The "Inferior" and "Superior" Wills

IV. The Fatal Consent

IN THE HOUR OF BATTLE

I. Realizing God's Friendship

II. The Divine Example of Humility

III. Instant in Prayer

IV. A Holy Perversity

V. Scorning the Tempter

VI. Staying not the Hand

VII. The Final Phase of Victory

THE TESTS OF VICTORY AND DEFEAT

I. The Test of Common Sense

II. The Test of Doubt

III. Signs of the Soul's Victory

IV. Spiritual Safety, Spiritual Victory

V. The Truest Test

THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST

I. The Teaching of Temptation

II. The Bulwark of Love

III. The Lesson of Humility

IV. The Lessons of Consolation

V. How to Learn our Lessons

THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY

I. Hastening to Repent

II. A Tranquil Sorrow

III. A Spirit of Reparation

IV. The Work of Amendment

V. The Gainsaying of Satan

THE GROUND FOR CHRISTIAN COURAGE

I. Members One of Another

II. The Church's Treasury of Grace

III. God's Interest in Our Victory