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From the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation
About This Book
From the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by James Russell Miller (20 March 1840 â 2 July 1912) was a popular Christian author, Editorial Superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and pastor of several churches in Pennsylvania and Illinois.James Russell Miller was born near Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Big Traverse, which according to his biographer, John T. Faris, is a merry little mill stream which drains one of the most beautiful valleys in the southern part of Beaver County. His parents were James Alexander Miller and Eleanor Creswell who were of Irish/Scottish stock.Miller was the second child of ten, but his older sister died before he was born. James and his sisters attended the district school in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania until, when James was about fourteen, his father moved to a farm near Calcutta, Ohio. The children then went to the district school during the short winters and worked on the farm during summer.In 1857, James entered Beaver Academy and in 1862 he progressed to Westminster College, Pennsylvania, which he graduated in June 1862. Then in the autumn of that year he entered the theological seminary of the United Presbyterian Church at Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
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- SUMMARY
- Christ's Ascension
- The Holy Spirit Given
- A Multitude Converted
- The Lame Man Healed
- The Trial of Peter and John
- The Sin of Lying
- The Apostles Imprisoned
- Stephen the First Martyr
- The Disciples Dispersed
- The First Ethiopian Convert
- The Conversion of Saul
- Peter and Cornelius
- Peter Delivered From Prison
- The First Christian Missionaries
- The Council at Jerusalem
- Paul Before King Agrippa
- Paul's Voyage and Shipwreck
- Justification by Faith
- The Life-Giving Spirit
- Christian Living
- The Law of Love
- Abstaining for the Sake of Others
- A Lesson in Self-Denial
- The Lord's Supper
- Paul on Christian Love
- The Risen Christ
- Paul on the Grace of Giving
- The Flesh and the Spirit
- The Imitation of Christ
- A Call to Christlike Living
- The Christian Armor
- Christ's Humility and Exaltation
- The New Life in Christ
- Paul's Counsel to the Thessalonians
- Paul's Charge to Timothy
- Sober Living
- The Priesthood of Christ
- Heroes of Faith
- Believing and Doing
- The Power of the Tongue
- The Heavenly Inheritance
- Beneficial Warnings
- Sin and Salvation
- God's Love in the Gift of His Son
- Jesus Appears to John
- Heavenly Worship
- The Saints in Heaven
- The Heavenly Home
- The Great Invitation