CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

NEW THINGS IN CHRISTIANITY.

MARK ii. 18-22.-" And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to

fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and

of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto

them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom

is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they

cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be

taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. No man

also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece

that filleth it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth

burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred:

but new wine must be put into new bottles

SERMON II.

NEW REVELATIONS OF OLD TRUTHS.

JEREMIAH XXXi.

3.-

-"The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea,

I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkind-

ness have I drawn thee."

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SERMON III.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNSEEN.

SONG OF SOLOMON vi. 12.-" Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the

chariots of Ammi-nadib."

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SERMON IV.

THE SPECIAL MEANING OF COMMON THINGS.

2 SAMUEL V. 23, 24.-" And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou

shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them

over against the mulberry trees. And let it be, when thou hearest the

sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt

bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the

host of the Philistines."

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SERMON V.

A VISIT TO THE POTTER'S HOUSE.

JEREMIAH Xviii. 1-4.—“The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord,

saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause

thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and,

behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made

of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again

another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it."

PROVERBS XXV. 2.-"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour

of kings is to search out a matter."

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SERMON VII.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIFE.

JOB ix. 25, 26.-" Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they

see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle

that hasteth to the prey."...

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SERMON VIII.

THE LAW OF NATURE AND OF LIFE.

JOB xiv. 18, 19.-" And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and

the rock is removed out of his place. The waters wear the stones: thou

washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and

thou destroyest the hope of man."

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SERMON IX.

TEMPLE VIEWS OF WINTER.

JOHN X. 22, 23.-" And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and

it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch."...

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SERMON X.

GOD'S GREATNESS IN SMALL THINGS.

JOB Xxxvi. 26, 27.-" Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can

the number of his years be searched out. For he maketh small the

drops of water."

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SERMON XI.

ENTERTAINING STRANGERS.

HEBREWS xiii. 2.-" Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some

have entertained angels unawares.”

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SERMON XII.

MAN'S NEEDS AND GOD'S WEALTH.

PHILIPPIANS iv. 19.—“But my God shall supply all your need according to his

riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

SERMON XIII.

THE SAINT'S ESTIMATE OF GOD'S LOVINGKINDNESS.

PSALM lxiii. 3.-"Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall

praise thee." ...

SERMON XIV.

TRUMPET VOICES TALKING WITH US.

REV. iv. 1, 2.—" After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:

and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking

with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things

which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit.”

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JUDGES xiii. 22, 23.-" And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die,

because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord

were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and

a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these

things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these."

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SERMON XVIII.

HONEY OUT OF THE DEAD LION.

JUDGES xiv. 5-9.-" Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother,

to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a

young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came

mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and

he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother

what he had done. And he went down, and talked with the woman;

and she pleased Samson well. And after a time he returned to take her,

and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was

a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. Aud he took there-

of in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother,

and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had

taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion."

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SERMON XIX.

STRENGTH LOST AND RESTORED.

JUDGES xvi. 22.-" Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he

was shaven."...

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