The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles

Again, we show our thankfulness to God by giving Him a hearty worship in His Church. I wonder how many people know exactly why they come to Church at all. Some say they come to...

My brothers, this life is a pilgrimage through the vale of tears, a journey along the robber-haunted road. Everywhere we see the traveller of the parable who has fallen among th...

O brethren, for whom Christ died, for whose sake He went about with sad eyes, and weary feet, seeking to save the lost, how can we look to Him for mercy if we never show mercy,...

Thus, in one sense, every man must stand alone, and yet the Christian man knows that he is a child of God, and that his Father will never forsake him. Every one of us must _labo...

Let me speak of one special means of grace to-day--Confirmation. It may be that there are some here who are not confirmed, and are not willing to offer themselves for that holy...

The writings of S. John the Evangelist breathe forth love as a flower garden does sweetness. Here lies the secret of S. John's title, "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Love beget...

My brothers, we shall all hear that command one day. When our earthly business is finished and done with, when our debts are paid, and our just claims settled, and our account b...

There are some things which no earthly school can teach us, no earthly science explain. Science can do very much, it has done marvellous things, and will do still more. Men can...

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Next, if we walk along the narrow way _we must not overload ourselves_. There are some burdens which we _must_ bear, but the dear Lord, who laid them upon us, will give us stren...

First among these dangers we may place the _restless spirit_ of the age. This is the result of various causes. The spread of education is one cause. Men are taught to cultivate...

And first of all, my brothers, let us be honest with ourselves. Are we quite sure that we _are_ thankful to God for the harvest? We have decorated God's House with the first-fru...

And now bring the matter home to your own individual cases. Are you nourishing bitter, unforgiving feelings against anyone who has injured you? Is there anyone whose success ann...