BX 9943 AT 45 1841 cop. 2 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. STEREOTYPED BY J. S. REDFIELD, 13 Chambers Street, New York. NOTE TO THE READER. IN giving the following Sermons to the public-as "Convention Sermons,"-it may be inferred by the general reader that they were prepared and arranged expressly for the occasion. It is, therefore, due the authors to say, that, with the exception of the Occasional, no previous arrangements are made for the Discourses to be delivered during the session of the Convention. The whole direction is left to a committee, usually designated at the opening of the session; and they make all arrangements, select speakers, &c. Consequently, those called upon to officiate, must go before their audiences with such preparation as they may happen to possess; or at best, with but few hours' additional preparation. We cannot but express the hope, in this connexion, though it may possibly be deemed out of place, that this evil (for evil, or difficulty, we regard it) will be eventually removed-that the Council of the General Convention will sooner or later take the matter into its own hands, and not only select all the preachers for its succeeding annual session, but allot each one some specific subject to discourse upon. In this way, time may not only be allowed the preachers to prepare themselves, but we shall obtain a series of discourses on important and useful subjects, and which may be made highly serviceable in advancing the cause which we profess to revere and honor. As a farther apology, for this volume, it is proper to state, that the plan of collecting the Sermons into a book, was not suggested till several of the preachers had left the city. Most of the discourses, also, were mainly extemporaneous, and have been written out since, from memory, after two or three weeks delay, and in considerable haste. Time has likewise been consumed in communicating with the authors, and the subsequent hurry in crowding the work through the press, has left no opportunity for them to examine proof-sheets. Errors, consequently, may have occurred. If so, let them be regarded, under the circumstances, with a lenient eye. With every needed allowance, however, it is believed this little volume will be found highly interesting and valuable; and, in the confident hope that it will accomplish much good, it is sent forth on its errand of love. NEW YORK, Nov. 1841. THE PUBLISHER. CONTENTS. Delivered before the Convention, in the Elizabeth Street Church, Wednesday morning, Sept. 15, 1841, by T. J. Sawyer, New York... THE WISDOM OF GOD MANIFESTED IN HIS WORKS. A Sermon delivered in the Orchard Street Church, Tuesday evening, A Sermon delivered in the Orchard Street Church, Wednesday after- noon, Sept. 15, 1841, by Hosea Ballou, 24, Medford, Mass......... VII. Page. A Sermon delivered in the Bleecker Street Church, Wednesday eve- ning, Sept. 15, 1841, by Merritt Sanford, Middletown, Conn........ 131 CHRISTIAN AND PROTESTANT FREEDOM. A Sermon delivered in the Bleecker Street Church, Thursday morn- ing, Sept. 16, 1841, by E. H. Chapin, Charlestown, Mass.......... 162 THE GOSPEL, THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION A Sermon delivered in the Orchard Street Church, Thursday after- noon, Sept. 16, 1841 (at the close of which about 500 individuals participated in the Communion Services), by O. A. Skinner, Boston, A Sermon delivered in the Elizabeth Street Church, Thursday eve- ning, Sept. 16, 1841, by T. J. Greenwood, Marlboro', Mass........ 207 ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE SAVIOR'S MISSION. A Sermon delivered in the Bleecker Street Church, Thursday eve- A Sermon delivered in the Houston Street Church. Tuesday evening, |
