Difference between revisions of "J. R. Miller"

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My Will—or God's Will?
Our Daily Bread
Do Nothing Rashly
While We May
Looking One's Soul in the Face
Talking of One's Ailments
Getting Help From Criticism
Our Undiscovered Faults
The Home of the Soul
The Ministry of Kindness
The Ministry of Encouragement
The Word that was NOT Said
The SEEDS We Are Scattering
Thoughtfulness and Tact
PRAYER in the Christian life
Shut Your Door
Ministries that Bless
Finding God's Comfort
Iron Shoes for Rough Roads
Forward, and Not Back
Loyalty to Christ
The Hallowing of Our Burden
AFTERWARD
Nevertheless, Afterward
The Cost of Being a Blessing
Sorrow in Christian Homes
The Beatitude for Sorrow
The Duty of Forgetting Sorrow
Losing SELF in Christ
The Ministry of Comfort
Copying but a Fragment
The Blessing of Weakness
The Sweet Fragrance of Prayer
The SILENT Christ
Being Christians on Weekdays
The manliness of Jesus
Glimpses at Life's Windows
Don't Worry!
Reasons for Not Worrying
Transformed by Beholding
The Ripening of Character
A Gentle Heart
Pictures in the Heart
Cheerful Counsel for Christians
Christian Essentials
Paul's Advice to Timothy
Paul's Last Words
Blessings of Bereavement
The Christian Husband
The Christian Wife
Christian Motherhood
The Engagement Ring
The Marriage Altar
The Marriage Altar—and After
Secrets of Happy Home Life
The Home Conversation
Our New Edens (the Christian home)
Counsel and Help
Mutual Forbearance
On Loving Others
The Cure for Care
The Duty of Encouragement
Beautiful Old Age excerpt on old age
The Problem of Christian Old Age
Christ and I are Friends
More than Conquerors
The Work of the Plough
Being a Comfort to Others
Judging Others
For a Busy Day
Finishing Our Work
Wayside Ministries
The Christian in the World
Guarded from Stumbling
Secrets of Contentment
Can We Learn to be Contented?
Looking at the Right Side
The Grace of Thoughtfulness
The Joy of the Lord
Dangers of Discouragement
One Day at a Time
Steps on the Stairs
Giving What We Have
Talking about one's self
A Parable of Christian Growth
The Wider Life
Personal Beauty
Books and Reading
The Ethics of Home-decoration
The choice of FRIENDS
The Blessing of Quietness
Seeds of Light
Manly Men
Losses
The Service of Consecration
Learning Our Lessons
Hands: a Study
Living Victoriously
Living up to our Prayers
Broken Lives
Tired Feet
The Blessing of Work
Into the Desert
Helpful People
Coming to the End
Looking Unto the Hills
Afterwards You Will Understand
The Practice of Immortality
Strength and Beauty
Christian Manliness
Misunderstood
Service Declined
What God Thinks of Us
Shallow Lives
Crowding Out the Best
Things to Leave Undone
Fruit in Its Season
True Religion
The Beauty of the Imperfect
How to Meet Temptation
At the Full Price
The Blessing of Hardness
The Ministry of Hindrances
In Time of Defeat
The Duty of Fault-Finding
The Duty of Laughter
Minding the 'Rests'
The Cure for Weariness
Judge as We Judge
Every Day an Easter
Christmas Making
The Blossoming of our Thorns
Obedience that Pleases Christ
The Outer and Inner Life
The Beautifying of Imperfect Living
Speak it Out
The Basis of Helpfulness
Helping by Not Hindering
The Duty of Pleasing Others
The Privilege of Suffering Wrongfully
The Duty Waiting Without
The Thanksgiving Habit
Because You Are Strong
Refuge from the Hurt of Tongues
The Glasses You Wear
Our Deposit with Christ
Christ's Deposit with Us
The Making of Character
Unfinished Life-building
A Life of Character
The Influence of Companionship
Making Life a Song
The Beauty of the Lord
Getting Christ's Touch
The Strength of Quietness
The Blessing of Patience
As it is in Heaven
The Shadows We Cast
On the Bearing of Our Burden
Other People
Loving Your Neighbour
The Cost of Being a Friend
The Sin of Being a Discourager
Summer Gathering for Winter's Needs
Christ's Reserve in Teaching
In Time of Loneliness
In the Everlasting Arms
Under God's Wings
I Am the Only One Left!
At the Proper Time We Will Reap
Jesus and I are Friends!
Life's Open Doors
Numbering our Days
Mastering the Blues
Making or Marring Beauty
The Misuse of the Gift of Speech
The Danger of Talking Too Much
Books Worth While
A Talk about Disposition
The Advantage of Keeping One's Temper
The Grace of Being Obliging
What to Do with Our Money
What to Do with Our Hands
Some Indirect Ways of Lying
Things That Endure
The Cost of Reaching the Best
When Kindness is Unkind
The Interweaving of the Days
Doing, and Not Doubting
No True Work Is Vain
Be a Blessing
Making a Living and Making a Life
Our Lives, Words of God
Two Ways
The Duty of Being Always Strong
Strength for a New Year
More than Food
The Sin of Drifting
The Value and Responsibility of One Life
The Folly of Drifting into Marriage
Not to Show Sympathy
Choosing Our Friends
The Entanglements of Love
Learning the Lessons of Love at Home
Is Worrying a Christian Duty?
On the Footpath to Success
Causes of Failure
Sticking to One's Calling
Putting Away Childish Things
Remember the Way
The Inner Life
David's Joy over Forgiveness
What is Consecration?
The Glory of the Common Life
Kindness That Comes Too Late
Behold, the Man!
Why did Peter Fail?
The Yoke and the School
Compensation in Life
The Hidden Life
Wholesome or Unwholesome Living
The Effacement of SELF
The Habit of Happiness
Comfort in Christ's Knowledge of Us
Our Unanswered Prayers
The Beatitude for the Unsuccessful
The Hidden Life
People who Fail
This Too, Shall Pass Away
The Bible in Life
Being Christians on Weekdays
Reaching for the Mountain Splendours
The Wedded Life
Comfort Through Personal Helpfulness
The Blessing of Quietness
Life's Open Doors
Religion in the Home
By the Still Waters
Living Victoriously
Go Forward!
The Unrecognised Christ
Coming to the End
Shut In
When We Are Laid Aside
His Brother Also
The Beauty of Kindness
Does God Care?
The Mystery of Suffering
The One Who Stands By
Be of Good Cheer!
How Jesus Comforts His Friends
After Bereavement—What?
The Method of Grace
You Will Not Mind the Roughness
Why Does No One Ever See God?
Faults and Ideals of Young Women
Faults and Ideals of Young Men
The Excellent Woman
Glimpses of the Heavenly Life
Uniting with the Church
Speak Tenderly
In Perfect Peace
Face to Face with One's Own Life
The Fragrance of the Ointment
If Two of You Shall Agree
The Master's Friendships
Friendship with Christ
What to Do with Our Unequal Chance
Slow and Steady Advance is the Best
The Rewards of Obedience
The Path of Life
The Living God
The Fruits of Wisdom
Do the Next Thing
People as a 'Means of Grace'
The Way to Victory
More White than Black
The Master and the Doubter
The Veiling of Lives
Portions for Those Who Lack
In That Which Is Least
The Thanksgiving Lesson
Learning to Love
The Other Days
What to Do with Our Unequal Chance
Mistaken Ministering
Some Lessons on Spiritual Growth
The First Temptation
The Story of Cain and Abel
The Story of Enoch
The Outcome of Lot's Choice
Saul Rejected as King
David and Goliath
The Way of Safety
The Way of the Righteous (Psalm 1)
God's Works and Word (Psalm 19)
David's Confession (Psalm 51)
Solomon's Sin
Naaman the Leper
Isaiah's Call to Service
The Gracious Invitation
Daniel's Principles
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
The Fiery Furnace
Israel often Reproved
Jonah Sent to Nineveh
The Law of Love
Hearing and Doing
The Penitent Woman
The Seed in the Four Kinds of Soil
A Troubled Sea
A Troubled Soul
A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman
True Blessedness
Worldliness and Trust
The Golden Rule
False and True Discipleship
Alone, Yet Not Alone
The Beloved Disciple
The Sin of Lying
Stephen the First Martyr
Paul Before King Agrippa
The New Life in Christ
Paul's Counsel to the Thessalonians
Paul's Charge to Timothy
The Blessing of Cheerfulness
Heavenly Worship

If any 19th century American Christian writer warrants reprinting, it is J. R. Miller! His writing style is delightfully smooth, his insights are spiritual diamonds on every page, and his pastoral applications are delivered with the skill of a well-seasoned physician of souls. (Pastor Bill Shishko)
His books are restful and soothing, full of quiet but fresh inspiration and cheery optimism. They have comforted and encouraged countless thousands of readers.
One friend paid this tribute to J. R. Miller: "We all loved him. His gentleness made him great. His winsomeness had no weakness in it. Somehow everybody felt drawn to him. He seemed so closely in touch with the best in heart and life. He was as gentle as a child, yet firm as a rock. He was lovable and helpful; always true, always tender.
Editor's note: J. R. Miller is a very profitable writer, who has tremendous insights into many practical aspects of the Christian life. But he does have some theological weaknesses—so he should be read with a measure of caution. His better books and sermons are bolded.