PAROCHIAL SERMONS.

Works by the same Author.

I.

The RECTORY of VALEHEAD.

Twelfth Edition.

II.

The BISHOPRIC of SOULS.

Third Edition.

III.

The CHURCH of GOD.

IV.

SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY.

Two Vols.

V.

BIOGRAPHY of the EARLY CHURCH.

Two Vols.

VI.

TALES of the ANCIENT BRITISH CHURCH.

Second Edition.

VII.

A DAY in the SANCTUARY:

With an Introductory Treatise on "Hymnology."

VIII.

HYMNS for the CHRISTIAN WORKMAN.

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE.

LONDON:

GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

AUG 24 1917
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CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE WAY OF LIFE.

(Fourth Sunday in Advent.)

ISAIAH XXX. 21.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,

This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right

hand, and when ye turn to the left

SERMON II.

JOY OVER THE PENITENT.

(Third Sunday after Trinity.)

LUKE XV. 10.

Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of

the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth

SERMON III.

DUTY TOWARDS CHILDREN.

(Fourth Sunday after Easter.)

DEUT. vi. 7.

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And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,

and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,

and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest

down, and when thou risest up

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