Advent Sunday.—November 29, 1857.
The Judgment Day an Object of intense Desire · p. 1
“Arise, O God, and judge Thou the earth: for Thou shalt take all heathen to Thine inheritance.”—Psalm lxxxii. 8 (Prayer-book Version).
Second Sunday in Advent.—December 6, 1857.
The Gospel of Hope · p. 15
“That we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”—Romans xv. 4.
Third Sunday in Advent.—December 13, 1857.
Tests of the Deliverer · p. 33
“Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto Him, Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?”—Matthew xi. 2, 3.
Fourth Sunday in Advent.—December 20, 1857.
The Christmas Gathering · p. 45
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him.”—2 Thessalonians ii. 1.
St. John’s Day (Sunday after Christmas).—December 27, 1857.
The Hungry filled; the Rich sent away empty · p. 59
“And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”—Matthew viii. 11, 12.
Sunday after Christmas.
Christmas Charities · p. 71
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.”—2 Corinthians viii. 9.
First Sunday of the Year.—January 3, 1858.
God’s Government of us; its Ground and its End · p. 84
“Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”—Romans ii. 4.
Sunday after the Epiphany.—January 10, 1858.
The Glory of the Chosen Nation realized in the Illumination of the World · p. 98
“A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.”—Luke ii. 32.
Second Sunday after the Epiphany.—January 17, 1858.
The Thirst of Human Beings in all Ages · p. 113
“My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?”—Psalm xlii. 2 (Prayer-book Version).
Third Sunday after the Epiphany.—January 24, 1858.
The Bible the Book of Freedom, personal, national, Universal · p. 129
“For He brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder.”— Psalm cvii. 14 (Prayer-book Version).
Septuagesima Sunday.—January 31, 1858.
The Curse of Concealment; the Blessing of Discovery · p. 141
“But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”—Ephesians v. 13, 14.
Sexagesima Sunday.—February 7, 1858.
The Goading of an Adversary the Impulse to Prayer · p. 155
“And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.”—Luke xviii. 1-8.
Quinquagesima Sunday.—February 14, 1858.
St. Paul an Enemy not of Seeming Evil but of Actual Evil · p. 167
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.”—1 Thessalonians v. 21, 22.
First Sunday in Lent.—February 21, 1858.
How Self-Examination is possible · p. 179
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”—2 Corinthians xiii. 5.
Second Sunday in Lent.—February 28, 1858.
St. Paul’s Thoughts and Acts not determined by his own Love but by Christ’s · p. 193
“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again.”—2 Corinthians v. 14, 15.
Third Sunday in Lent.—March 7, 1858.
Stillness in the Confidence of God’s Triumph · p. 206
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”—Psalm xlvi. 10.
Fourth Sunday in Lent.—March 14, 1858.
The Law of Christ the Law of Humanity · p. 219
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”—Galatians vi. 2.
Fifth Sunday in Lent.—March 21, 1858.
Christ’s Baptism of Fire · p. 231
“Whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”—Matthew iii. 12.
Sunday before Easter.—March 28, 1858.
The Great Sacrifice and the Feast of Deliverance · p. 245
“For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”—1 Corinthians v. 7, 8.
First Sunday after Easter.—April 11, 1858.
Christ the Lord of Life and the Conqueror of Death for all Times · p. 259
“Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”—1 Corinthians xv. 57.