In these discourses, the author intimated a desire to work out for himself and to present to his readers a distinct answer to the question, "What is Christianity?" and the work they put forth was designed as a mere preliminary to another, in which this great inquiry should be presented. Partial Contents: spirit of life in Jesus Christ; great principles and small duties; Eden and Gethsemane; sorrow no sin; religion on false pretenses; kingdom of God within; contentment of sorrow; immortality; Christ's treatment of guilt; strength of the lonely; silence and meditation; nothing human ever dies.