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BARROW.

HOWE.

SAURIN.

PAYSON.

GIVING.

Habitual Thankfulness.

Eph. 5: 20. Giving thanks always, for all things, unto God.

The Blessing of an Obedient People.

Ps. 29: 1. The LORD will bless his people with peace.

Manner of Praising God.

Ps. 33: 1. Praise is comely for the upright.

A Festival kept to the Lord.

Lev. 23: 29. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

The Advantages of Civil Government, Contrasted with the Blessings of the Spiritual Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

SIMEON.

Effect which National Mercies should have upon us.

Ps. 106: 10-12.

SIMEON.

SIMEON.

SIMEON.

SIMEON.

Our Present Peace and Prosperity ascribed to God alone.

Ps. 126: 3. The LORD hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.

The Seasonableness of God's Mercies acknowledged.

Zech. 14: 7. But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Our Mercies Widely Different from our Deserts.

Jer. 51: 5. For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts: though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

A Call to Men to Praise God.
Ps. 107: 8, 9.

SIMEON.

Praise for taking away Judgments.
Zeph. 3: 14, 15.

SIMEON. God's Mercies Demand our Love, Confidence and Obedience.

LATHROP. Thankfulness to God for his Daily Benefits.

Ps. 68: 19. Blessed be the LORD, who daily

loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.

LATHROP. Noah's Thankfulness.

Gen. 8: 20-22.

LATHROP. Universal Praise for Redemption. Isa. 44: 23. Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

H. G. LUDLOW.Our Happy Form of Government.

Ps. 16: 5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

LEIGHTON. A Summary of Spiritual Privileges.

1 Cor. 1: 30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

JAY.

JAY.

JAY.

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SAURIN.

A Review of the Privileges, Mercies, Sorrows and Sins of Life. Eccl. 3: 15. And God requireth that which is past.

Our Ignorance of Futurity.

Phil. 2: 23. So soon as I shall see how it go with me.

will

The Barren Fig-Tree.

Luke 13: 6-9.

On Numbering Our Days.

Ps. 90: 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

H. HUMPHREY. Time Measured by Eternity.

James 4: 14. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.

The Lapse of Time should waken us to Duty.

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

SIMEON.

God's Eternity Considered in Reference to the Suspension of his Promised Purposes.

2 Pet. 3: 8. But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Redemption of Time.
Col. 4: 5. Redeeming the time.

The Changing Nature of Worldly
Things.

1 Cor. 7: 31. The fashion of this world
passeth away.

LATHROP. The Shortness of Time.

1 Cor. 7:29. The time is short.

LATHROP. Life a Journey.

Ps. 119: 19. I am a stranger in the earth.

LATHROP A Proper Estimate of Human Life. Ps. 39: 5. Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth.

PULPIT SKETCHES. Dreadful Uncertainty of the Present Life.

Eccl. 9: 12. For man also knoweth not

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