J.R. Miller D.D.

His Books

 

Complete Book List M - S

Making the Most of Life
First published: 1891
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
275 pages

Reviews
1. "We have only words of praise for this work by Dr. Miller, in which the ideal of a Christian life and its opportunities are identified with the common round of duties, and what may, to feeble minds, seem obstacles and barring progress. It is a charming volume, fittingly garbed as one which will be in demand for presentation." — Rock
2. "Very earnestly do we recommend this book. In it we have refreshing and stimulating help of no ordinary kind. Dr. Miller has so illustrated the homeliest verities as to fasten their meaning upon the hearts and minds of his readers." — -Methodist Recorder.
3. "A very wise, helpful, and stimulating book. Every page is bursting with pregnant thoughts and suggestions bearing on the every day practical life of the Christina. It is a book for the closet, for the family, for the Church, and for the market places. The literary style is clear and terse; the matter is as good as the style." — Christian
 
The Master's Blesseds
Devotional Study of the Beatitudes
First published: 1898
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
182 pages

Reviews
"Dr. Miller's genius is seen at its best in this book, and many as have been the expositions of that wonderful discourse of our Lord's, The Master's Blesseds takes a place which none of the others have filled. And not only for the tender and beautiful manner in which the exposition is unfolded – a manner which gives everything that Dr. Miller writes a singular charm – but also for the fresh suggestions with which it teems. The form in which this delightful book is presented leaves nothing to be desired. Each page has a delicately printed tinted border of an artistic kind. The printing is choice and the binding tasteful. It is one of the most attractive of Dr. Miller's many works." — Sunday School Chronicle
 
A Message for the Day
A Year`s Daily Readings
First published: 1901
A daily devotional
370 pages

Reviews
1. "A beautiful little work, from a pen which has been blessed to many. Each page is headed by a text of Scripture, and following this are illustrative remarks, and words designed to press home the Divine message. In many cases poetical selections complete the helpful page." — Christian
2. "A graceful, thoughtful, helpful little book." — British Weekly
3. "With his fine religious sense, Dr. Miller is always manly, buoyant, and hope inspiring. These daily readings are the outcome of much thought and labour on the part of a teacher and pastor exceptionally endowed with the spiritual gifts necessary for the production of an acceptable work of the kin." — Aberdeen Free Press
 
The Ministry of Comfort
First published: 1901
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
280 pages

Reviews
"The reverent and sympathetic manner in which the author deals with his subject places this book in a much higher position than many similar works written upon the same subject. It is one of the ablest and most comforting volumes we have read of late years." — Church Bells.
 
Morning Thoughts
For Every Day of the Year
First published: 1906
A daily devotional
Full text is online
Transcribed by JB
366 pages
 
Our New Edens
And Other Meditations for 'Silent Times'
First published: 1903
206 pages
Notes only
 
Paul's Message for Today
First published: circa 1906
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
270 pages
 
The Perfect Home
First published: 1884
Full text is online
Duplicate title
  See Home Making
206 pages
Contains the first five chapters of Home Making
 
Personal Friendships of Jesus
First published: 1897
267 pages

Reviews
1. "Will be warmly welcomed by the host of readers to whom Dr. Miller has endeared himself by his bright and helpful writings. The volume, attractively bound and specially suitable for presentation, deals very beautifully with the humanity of the Saviour of mankind, and reveals Him in an intensely human and winsome light." — Dundee Advertiser
2. "This is truly a happy title for a most charming book. Dr. Miller, who has already done so much for us in his excellent books of religious thought and meditation, is certainly at home in the present volume, and we strongly recommend it as full of helpful instruction to all ages and classes of persons. The spiritual value of the book is great, and the tender pathos and finished style of the writer is apparent throughout#.Nothing better than this chaste little volume can be found for a present to a friend." — Church Bells
 
Practical Religion
A Help for the Common Days
First published: 1888
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
329 pages
 
Secrets of a Beautiful Life
First published: 1894
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
290 pages

Reviews
1. "This charming and helpful book." — Church Times
2. "Sure to be as successful as its predecessors." — British Weekly
3. "This, the latest addition to the author's favourite Silent Times series, will be warmly welcomed. Its chapters teem with telling sayings bearing closely on practical life and work. Some of the simplest, yet most easily neglected, matters in daily service are shown to have the closest bearing on communion with God. The chapter on 'Christ's Withheld Lessons' is singularly fresh and suggestive." — The Christian
 
Shinning and Serving
Six Addresses on the Christian Life
First published: 1902
262 pages
 
Silent Times
A Book to Help in Reading the Bible Into Life
First published: 1886
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
266 pages

Reviews
1. "It overflows with useful and suggestive counsel, illustrated by apt quotation and striking facts." — Methodist Times
2. "The contents of the book well deserve their beautiful setting. Dr. Miller writes both sweetly and tenderly on a great variety of topics germane to the object he has in view. Silent Times deserves a welcome, for it is a book of sunbeams." — Sword and Trowel
3. "There is a great charm about these informal discourses, in which incident and poetry are used with excellent taste. Each one of the many chapters is complete in relation to a special topic, and collectively they deal with Christian growth in various aspects." — Rock
4. "Dr. Miller's book of earnest, stimulative reading for those who are seekers after the higher life. There is much that is helpful about these lectures which we thoroughly recommend.' — Gentlewoman
 
The Story of a Busy Life
Recollections of Mrs. George A. Paull
First published: 1896
275 pages

Reviews
1. "The volume is tastefully produced, and will commend itself to people who interest themselves in children's missions and other religious movements." — Scotsman
2. "Few sweeter and more beautiful biographies have been written." — Sunday School Chronicle.
 
The Story of Joseph
Read for its Practical Lessons
First published: 1901
Size unknown
Chapter titles only

Reviews
A very dainty volume. The binding is very tasteful, and there is an artistic scroll round the margin of every page. The picture is worthy of its frame. Dr. Miller's exposition is simple, tender and beautiful. He avoids all the merely historical setting of the story and with the skill of a master brings the perennial lessons of Joseph's life to bear upon our own." — Methodist Times
 
Strength and Beauty
First published: 1899
Full text is online
Transcribed by Paula Kuczynski
262 pages

Reviews
"Dr. Miller's book of earnest, simulative reading for those who are seeker after the higher life. There is much that is helpful about these lectures which we thoroughly recommend." — Gentlewoman
 

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