txhvavy of ^e t:heolo3(cal ^tminaxy PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY PRESENTED BY The Estate of the Rev. John B, V/iedincrer BX 7233 .G8 P35 Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley, 1856-1921. Paths to the city of God By FRANK W. GUNSAULUS THIRD EDITION Paths to Power i2mo. Cloth. $1.25, net The Outlook : •' Professor Wilkinson in ' Modern Masters of Pulpit Discourse ' classes Dr. Gunsaulus with such men as Beecher, Brooks and Spurgeon. Not till now, however, has Dr. Gunsaulus put a volume of his discourses into print. On reading them one is disposed to concede his right to the place assigned him." The Independent : "His knowledge of the secret of power has been gained by his vital realization of power through strenuous and con- tinuous exertion of power, and he furnishes in his career a brilliant example of the culture and growth of power." Homiletic Review : " These sermons can only be classed with those of Fred- erick W. Robertson, Phillips Brooks, and a few other standard collections, and will remain as an enduring addi- tion to the sermonic literature of the present generation." PATHS TO THE CITY OF GOD BY FRANK W. GUNSAULUS New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh Copyright, 1906, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMrANIi New York : 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago : 80 Wabash Avenue Toronto : 25 Richmond Street, W. London : 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh : 100 Princes Steeet TO THE UNFADING MEMORY OP ALICE ADAMS GUNSAULUS II, A LITTLE FLOWER WHICH ONLY BUDDED IN EDEN, BUT NOW BLOOMS IN THE CITY OP GOD. Central Church, — F. W. G. November i, iyo6 CONTENTS I. The Garden and the City . II. The River of Ezekiel's Vision . III. The River of John's Vision IV. The City Lieth Four-square V. The Better Things of Christ's Blood VI. Lessons from the Rainbow^ . VII. Treasures of the Snow^ VIII, The Personal Element in Christianity IX. The Sympathies of Religion and Art X. Meditation and the Religious Life XI. Action and the Religious Life . XII. Christianity and Woman XIII. Isaiah's Vision of God XIV. The Angel Standing in the Sun XV. A Good Old Age .... PAGE 9 26 50 70 92 112 136 177 200 215 232 248 270 291 THE GARDEN AND THE CITY ''And the Lord God planted a garden eastward, in Eden ; and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden." Genesis ii.