"If a man die, shall he live again?"-Jub xiv. 14.
"He did it with all his heart and prospered."-2 Chronicles xxxi. 21.
... 109
"My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come
away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers ap-
rear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of
the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair
one, and come away."-Solomon's Song ii. 10-13.
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... 133
"Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted
and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye
at all fast unto me, even to me? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink,
did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves."-Zechariah vii. 5, 6.
... 145
440. Cheer for the Faint-Hearted
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"He that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of mine eye."-Zechariah ii. 8.
456. The Stony Heart Removed
457. Religion-a Reality! ...
"And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He said,
Bring them hither to me."-Matthew xiv. 17, 18.
459. A Sermon for Men of Taste
"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart."-Psalm xxxvii. 4.
"Repent ye, and believe the gospel.”—Mark i. 15.
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"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and
all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere (or unadulterated)
milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that
the Lord is gracious."-1 Peter ii. 1-3.
"Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves,
and reproach her not: and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her,
and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not."-Ruth ii. 15, 16.
436. A Sermon for Spring
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A Voice
from the Hartley Colliery
"If a man die, shall he live again?"-Jub xiv. 14.
"A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed."
"A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon."-
Solomon's Song iv. 12 and 15.
"My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come
away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers ap-
rear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of
the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair
one, and come away."-Solomon's Song ii. 10-13.
them to others. Get three friends to become subscribers, and our desire
is fulfilled. When Popery perverts its thousands; when Atheism climbs
into high places; when Scepticism wears a mitre; when heresy fills the
tutor's chair; when lax theology is becoming the rule and sound divinity
the exception, it is time that all lovers of true doctrine should spread
it with greater vigour.
A friend has scattered a large number of sermons in the colleges and
towns of Ireland. Working with great discretion, he sowed the seed so
rapidly in each place, that before the foul bird, the Popish priest, could
hasten to stop him, the work was done. Our friend's adventures in
some of the Irish towns prove that religious liberty is a thing yet to be
understood by that priest-ridden people. We shall, we are sure, hear of
this sowing in years to come.
An Italian translation of the sermons is now under serious con-
templation, and will probably be produced during the ensuing year.
Everywhere—from China and Hindostan, Australia and Africa, the
States and the Brazils, Germany and France, Florence and Rome, we
have heard of good from the sermons. From ships of war, foreign
military stations, mission establishments, and exploring parties, we
have had words of gratitude and friendship. Therefore do we thank
God, and take courage. Unto the Lord our God be honour and praise
for another year's support. In His name we set up our banner and
advance with confidence.
Apologies are again offered for all grammatical and typographical
errors, the necessary result of hasty revision and printing; these are,
however, much fewer and far less serious than in former years.
And now, brethren, farewell. Cease not to pray for,
Yours ever truly,
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