Known as one of the finest devotional writers of all time in A Trio of John MacDuff are included three short works focused on Jesus. The Faithful Promiser - The following are a few gleanings from the Promise Treasury - a few "crumbs from the Master's Table," which may serve to help the thoughts in the hour of closet meditation, or the season of sorrow. The Temptations of Jesus - The covenant engagements into which Christ entered, when He undertook the work of redemption - embraced various particulars, upon the fulfillment of which, the whole undertaking depended. One of the chief was that He should assume our nature - become bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh; and after being found in fashion as a man, it was necessary for Him to endure the most extreme sufferings, as well as render stainless obedience to the requirements of that holy law which we had violated and dishonored. Looking Unto Jesus! - The great central Object of revelation - in whom all its truths and promises meet, and from whom their vitality and preciousness are derived - is emphatically called "the Consolation of Israel;" and it is only as we look to Him, that we shall have "the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Hence, in endeavoring "to comfort those who mourn," great prominence must be given to his glorious person, and his atoning work. Whether we are dealing with the convinced sinner, or the doubting and disconsolate believer, we cannot do better than point him at once to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.