A list of the table of contents for the Christian

(According to the sequence of the original volumes)

(Articles not by Watchman Nee are marked with ***)

Issue no. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 1925

   Gospel Message: Peace with God

   Twelve Baskets Full:

   Humility

   Obedience

   The Righteous Christian

   How Christian Life Is Manifested

   Mistakes (Ruth Lee)***

   If There Is No Bible***

   Do You Know the Writer?***

   A Controversy***

   A Mother and Her Daughter***

   Prayer or Praise***

   Spiritual Teaching: Talks to Young Christians:

   Assurance of Salvation

   Are All Men the Sons of God?

   (later printed as a booklet "Universal Fatherhood:

   A Fallacy")

   Our Question Box

   Meditations on Genesis: Genesis and Geology

   Filler: Neither Will I Condemn Thee

   Announcement

Issue no. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1925

   Meditations on Revelation:

   A Synopsis of the Book of Revelation

   The Editor and the Readers

Issue no. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 1926

   Gospel Message: Can Morality Save Us

   Spiritual Teachings:

   The Time of the Cross — The Timelessness of the Cross

   Why We Should Pray (Christian Prayer League) ***

   Church: Indigenous or Scriptural (H. R.) ***

   Four Stories ***

   Twelve Baskets Full:

   Fragments of Gems

   Satisfied with Him

   Hidden or Prominent

   Heart or Policy

   Knowledge and Judgment

   Quietness

   The Signs of the Times

   Question and Answer Box

   Meditations on Genesis:

   The Original World and the Cause of Its Desolation

   The Editor and the Readers

   Announcement

   Announcement concerning the Giving Away of Books

Issue no. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 1926

   Meditations on Revelation:

  "The Things Which You Have Seen"

Issue no. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1926

   Gospel Message: The Suffering of the Cross

   Spiritual Teachings:

   The Two Natures — A Talk with Young Believers

   Why Must We Pray (Christian Prayer League) ***

   Four Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   The Signs of the Times

   Twelve Baskets Full:

   Fragments of Gems ***

   A Certain Day

   Never Thirst Again

   Rest

   Self-exaltation

   A Fly in the Ointment

   The Believers' Giving

   Meditations on Genesis:

   The Recovery of the Earth in Six Days

   Notes from My Bible

   The Editor and the Readers

Issue no. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1926

   The Editor and the Readers

   Meditations on Revelation:

   "The Things Which You Have Seen" (continued)

   Book Review

Issue no. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1926

   The Editor and the Readers

   Gospel Message: The Lamb of the Passover

   Spiritual Teachings:

   The Messenger of the Cross

   The Greatest Hindrance to Prayer (Christian Prayer

   League) ***

   Twelve Baskets Full:

   Busy

   Consecration and Daily Affairs

   Alone with God

   Love for Christ

   Our Home (C. H. Spurgeon) ***

   Fragments of Gems ***

   Five Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   The Signs of the Times

   Notes from My Bible

   Book Reviews

Issue no. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1926

   Meditations on Revelation:

   Ephesus — The Post-apostolic Church

   Book Reviews

Issue no. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1926

   Gospel Message: Why Good Men Go to Hell

   Twelve Baskets Full:

   Fragments of Gems ***

   Meditation on Christ

   Full Care

   Prayer and Desire

   Holiness and Hardness

   When God's Grace is Manifested the Most

   A Sense of Sin

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Pray in the Name of Jesus (Christian Prayer League) ***

   Eight Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   The Signs of the Times

   Meditations on Genesis:

   The Creation and the Christian Experience

   Notes from My Bible

   Book Review

Issue no. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 1926

   The Editor and the Readers

   Announcement by the Editor

   Meditations on Revelation: Smyrna — The Suffering Church

Issue no. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 1926

   An Important Announcement of The Christian

   Gospel Message: The Robber Saved

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Honesty, Deception, and Spiritual Knowledge

   Calmness of Mind

   Borrowed Spiritual Experience

   Prayer and Faith (S. M.) ***

   Testimony: A Delayed Obedience (Y. R.) ***

   The Signs of the Times

   Nine Gospel Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   Meditations on Genesis:

   The Creation and the Holy Works of Christ

   Notes from My Bible

Issue no. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1926

   Announcement from the Editor of The Christian

   Pergamos — The Corrupted Church

   Book Review

Issue nos. 13 and 14

Combined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January — February 1927

   The Christian This Year

   Gospel Message: The Paths to Hell

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Cast All Cares upon God ***

   Believe — An Aimless Risk ***

   How to Be without Want

   The Source of Faith

   Corporate Prayer ***

   Too Busy ***

   Trace ***

   Do Not Forsake the Assembling Together ***

   Repentance ***

   Testimony: More concerning Leaving the Denominations ***

   The Signs of the Times

   Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   Meditations on Genesis: The Story of Creation and the

   Truth concerning the Dispensations

   An Important Announcement for The Christian

Issue no. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1927

   Meditations on Revelation:

   Thyatira — The Roman Catholic Church

Issue No. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1927

   Gospel Message: The Paths to Hell

   Testimony: A Glance over the Past Half-year ***

   The Signs of the Times

   Gospel Stories ***

   Question and Answer Box

   Meditations on Genesis: The Story of Creation and the

   Truth concerning the Dispensations

   Book Review

Issue no. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1927

   A Few Words to the Readers of Straight Paths

   Preface to Straight Paths (Y. R.) ***

   Straight Paths (Andrew Murray) ***

Issue no. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1927

   Meditation on Revelation:

   Sardis — The Reformed Church

Issue no. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1927

   Gospel Message: The Paths to Hell

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Faith in Practice

   Essentials and Nonessentials

   How to Intercede (E. R.) ***

   Testimonies:

   My New Birth (S. H. H.) ***

   After My Disconnection with the Denominations (R. L.) ***

   Gospel Stories ***

   The Signs of the Times

   Whence the Bible (translated by W. N. and K. H. Weigh) ***

Issue no. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 1927

   Introduction to the Special Issue "Worshipping God"

   Worship (Ruth Lee) ***

   Question and Answer Box

   Book Review

Issue no. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1927

   Meditations on Revelation:

   Philadelphia — The Faithful Little Flock

Issue no. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1927

   Gospel Message: What He Came For (R. L.) ***

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Talks on Faith

   Our Debts (W. W.) ***

   The Believers' Rapture (R. L.) ***

   Testimony:

   My Present Position (A Postscript to Baptism

   and Leaving the Denominations) (R. L.) ***

   Gospel Stories ***

   The Signs of the Times

Issue no. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 1927

   Meditations on Revelation: Laodicea — The Apostate Church

Issue no. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1927

   A Letter from the Editor to the Readers

   Spiritual Teachings:

   Bribing the Conscience

   Entering Into the Kingdom of God (R. L.) ***

   The Condescension of the Lord Jesus

   The Members of Christ (R. L.) ***

   Spiritual Instructions and Practice (R. L.) ***

   Gospel Stories ***

   The Signs of the Times

   Question and Answer Box

   Announcement concerning The Present Testimony

   Book Review