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CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
Entroductory.
WHAT ARE THESE? WHENCE CAME THEY?
"What are these which are arrayed in white robes, and whence
came they ?"-Rev. vii. 13.
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SERMON II.
THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS.
S. Hilary. January 13.
"The LORD gave the word: great was the company of the
preachers. Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited:
and they of the household divided the spoil."-Psalm lxviii. 11, 12.
SERMON III.
THE HIDDEN MANNA. THE WHITE STONE.
S. Blase. February 3.
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna,
and will give him a white stone; and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”.
Rev. ii. 17.
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SERMON IV.
THE PENITENT CLOTHED IN WHITE, AND NOT BLOTTED OUT OF THE
BOOK OF LIFE.
S. Valentine. February 14.
"He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white rai-
ment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name before My FATHER and before His
Angels."-Rev. iii. 5.
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"And all Israel shall hear and fear; and shall do no more any
such wickedness as this is among you."-Deut. xiii. 11.
"Ye have not passed this way heretofore."-Josh. iii. 4. .
SERMON VIII.
HOW OUR LORD COMES TO US.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. July 2.
"And whence is this to me, that the mother of my LORD should
come to me?"-S. Luke i. 43.
SERMON IX.
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.
Translation of S. Martin. July 4.
"There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
unjust."-Acts xxiv. 15.
SERMON X.
WHAT WE ARE TO LEARN FROM THE RAIN.
S. Swithin. July 15.
"And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."
-Genesis vii. 12.
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SERMON XI.
WHAT THE ONE PEARL IS.
3. Margaret. July 20.
“A merchantman, seeking goodly pearls, who when he had found
one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought
it."-S. Matth. xiii. 45, 46.
SERMON XII.
THE TWO SAINT MARIES AT THE CROSS.
3. Mary Magdalene. July 22.
"There stood by the Cross of JESUS, His mother, and Mary
Magdalene." S. John xix. 25.
SERMON XIII.
WHY SERMONS DO SO LITTLE GOOD.
S. Anne. July 26.
"A sower went out to sow his seed."-S. Luke viii. 5.
SERMON XIV.
S. PETER WITH THE KEYS, AND S. PETER BOUND.
Lammas-day. August 1.
"And JESUS answered and said unto Peter, I will give unto
thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven."-S. Matth. xvi.
17, 19.
"Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two
chains."-Acts xii. 6.
SERMON XV.
THE THREE TABERNACLES.
Transfiguration. August 6.
"For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we
made known unto you the power and coming of our LORD JESUS
CHRIST, but were eye-witnesses of His Majesty when we were with
Him in the Mount."-2 S. Peter i. 16, 18.
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SERMON XVI.
WHAT THE NAME OF JESUS IS TO HIS PEOPLE.
Name of Jesus. August 7.
"Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that
by the Name of JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, Whom ye crucified,
Whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man
stand here before you whole.
Neither is there salvation in
any other for there is none other Name under Heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved."-Acts iv. 10, 12.
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SERMON XVII.
WHAT IS THE END OF CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION.
S. Laurence. August 10.
"Whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation."
-Heb. xiii. 7.
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SERMON XVIII.
OWNING ONESELF IN THE WRONG.
S. Augustine. August 28.
What I have written, I have written."-S. John xix. 22.
SERMON XIX.
SPEAKING THE TRUTH BOLDLY.
Becollation of S. John Baptist. August 29.
"And he sent and beheaded John in the prison."-S. Matth.
xiv. 10.
SERMON XX.
THE STAG AND THE CITY OF REFUGE.
S. Giles. September 1.
"Deliver My soul from the sword: My darling from the power
of the dog."-Psalm xxii. 20.
SERMON XXI.
THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION.
2. Enurchus. September 7.
"And that we must, through much tribulation, enter into the
Kingdom of GOD."—Acts xiv. 22.
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THE LORD'S COMING TO HIS TEMPLE.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary. September 8.
Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His Tem-
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HOW CHRIST IS A BUNDLE OF MYRRH.
Holy Cross Day. September 14.
of myrrh is my Well-beloved unto me: He shall lie
ixt my breasts."-Cantic. i. 13.
ne LORD showed me four carpenters."-Zech. i. 20.