Beauty for Ashes

Prone to wander, Lord, we feel it!

This volume is an in depth look at the concept of our "heart-wanderings." It analyzes for the causes and the solutions.



The Table of Contents are as follows:
Part 1 — CAUSES OF HEART WANDERINGS
I. HUMAN FRAILTY
II. IMPERCEPTIBLE INROADS OF SATAN
III. LOOKING UPON THE FORBIDDEN
IV. SELF-MANAGEMENT
V. TAKING UNDUE LIBERTIES
VI. SELF-CONFIDENCE
VII. SPOILED BY EARTHLY KINDNESS
VIII. LUXURIOUS LIVING
IX. PRESUMPTION
X. LOOKING AT OUR DIFFICULTIES
XI. HARSHNESS OF SPIRIT
XII. LIGHTNESS OF SPIRIT

Part 2 — THE REMEDY FOR HEART WANDERINGS
I. GREAT SELF-ABASEMENT
II. DETERMINATION TO GET RIGHT AT ANY COST
III. LOOKING TO JESUS ALONE FOR DELIVERANCE AND COMFORT
IV. DETERMINATION NEVER TO YIELD TO DISCOURAGEMENT
V. A CONSTANT SORROW FOR SIN
VI. MAKE FAILURES THE OCCASIONS FOR HIGHER ASCENT
VII. SELF-DENIAL
VIII. SPIRITUAL INDUSTRY
IX. PERSEVERANCE
X. INDEPENDENT OBEDIENCE TO GOD
XI. KEEP THE MIND STAYED UPON GOD AND HIS KINGDOM
XII. CULTIVATE INTIMATE COMMUNION WITH GOD



About the author:
George Douglas Watson (1845-1924) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister and evangelist based in Los Angeles. His evangelistic campaigns took him to England, the West Indies, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Korea. He also wrote several books. He was sometimes referred to as the "apostle to the sanctified."