Town and Country Sermons, 1 - HOW TO KEEP PASSION WEEK
(Preached before the Queen.)
Philippians ii. 5-11. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled hi ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 2 - THE DIVINE HUNGER AND THIRST
(Preached before the Queen.)
Psalm xxxvi. 7, 8, 9. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 3 - THE TRANSFIGURATION
(Preached before the Queen.)
Matthew xvii. 2 and 9. And he was transfigured before them. . . . And he charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of Man be risen again from the dead.
Any one who will consider the gospels, will see that there is a peculiar calm, a soberness and modesty about them, very different from what we ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 4 - A SOLDIER'S TRAINING
Luke vii. 2-9. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: For he love ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 5 - CHRIST'S SHEEP
Mark vi. 34. And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
This is a text full of comfort, if we will but remember one thing: that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever; and, therefore, what he d ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 6 - THE HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYE
Proverbs xx. 12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
This saying may seem at first a very simple one; and some may ask, What need to tell us that? We know it already. God, who made all things, made the ear and the eye likewise.
True, my friends: but the simplest texts are often the deepest; and that, jus ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 7 - THE VICTORY OF FAITH
(First Sunday after Easter.)
1 John v. 4, 5. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
What is the meaning of 'overcoming the world?' What is there about the world which we have to ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 8 - TURNING-POINTS
Luke xix. 41, 42. And when Jesus was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
My dear friends, here is a solemn lesson to be learnt from this text. What is true of whole nations, and of whole chu ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 9 - OBADIAH
1 Kings, xviii. 3, 4. And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
This is the first and last time throughout the Bible, t ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 10 - RELIGIOUS DANGERS
(Preached at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, 1861, for the London Diocesan Board of Education.)
St. Mark viii. 4, 5, 8. And the disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? . . . How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. . . . so they did eat and were filled; and they took up of the broken ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 11 - BLESSING AND CURSING
(Preached at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, Ash Wednesday, 1860.)
Deuteronomy xxviii. 15. It shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Many good people are pa ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 12 - WORK
(Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.)
Proverbs xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit.
I fear there are more lessons in the Book of Proverbs than most of us care to learn. There is a lesson in every verse of it, and a shrewd one. Certain I am, that for a practical, business man, who has to do his duty and to make his way in this world, there ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 13 - FALSE PROPHETS
(Eighth Sunday after Trinity.)
Matthew vii. 16. Ye shall know them by their fruits.
People are apt to overlook, I think, the real meaning of these words. They do so, because they part them from the words which go just before them, about false prophets.
They consider that 'fruit' means only a man's conduct,--that a man is known by his condu ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 14 - THE ROCK OF AGES
(Ninth Sunday after Trinity.)
1 Corinthians x. 4. They drank of that Spiritual Rock which followed them; and that Rock was Christ.
St. Paul has been speaking to the Corinthians about the Holy Communion.
In this text, St. Paul is warning the Corinthians about it. He says, 'You may be Christian men; you may have the means of grace; you may c ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 15 - ANTIPATHIES
(Tenth Sunday after Trinity.)
1 Cor. xii. 3, 4, 5, 6. Wherefore, I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lor ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 16 - ST. PAUL
(Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.)
1 Cor. xv. 8. Last of all he was seen of me, also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
You heard in this text (part of the epistle for this day) St. Paul's opinion of himself. You heard, also, in t ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 17 - THE BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART
Isaiah, lvii. 15-21. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 18 - ST. PETER
Matt. xvi. 18. Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church.
This is St. Peter's day. It will be well worth our while to think a little over St. Peter, and what kind of man he was. For St. Peter was certainly one of the most important and most famous men who ever lived in the whole world. You just heard what our Lord said to him in th ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 19 - ELIJAH
(Tenth Sunday after Trinity.)
1 Kings xxi. 19, 20. And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? and thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found ...read
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Town and Country Sermons, 20 - THE LOFTINESS OF HUMILITY
1 Peter v. 5. Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
This is St. Peter's command. Are we really inclined to obey it? For, if we are, there is nothing more easy. There is no vice so easy to get rid of as pride: if one wishes. Nothing so easy as to be humble: if one wishes.
That may seem a strange ...read
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