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TEXTS AND SCRIPTURE PASSAGES

COMMENTED UPON.

[Those marked with an asterisk (*) are passages quoted and commented on in the body of
the sermon. The others are the texts of the discourses.]

Genesis, xxviii., 10-13, vol. ii., p. 445. John, xix., 41, 42, vol. i., p. 55.

*xlvii., 7-10, vol. i., p. 328.
xlviii., 1-7, vol. i., p. 325.
*Exodus, xxxiv., 6, 7, vol. ii., p. 91,

226.

*Deut., xxxii., 39-48, vol. i., p. 96.
*2 Sam., xii., 15-24, vol. ii., p. 358.
Psalm xxxvii., 3–9, vol. ii., p. 11.
Eccles., xii., 1, vol. ii., p. 323.
Sol. Song, ii., 11-13, vol. i., p. 305.
*Isa., xlii., 3, vol. i., p. 98.

*lv., 6-12, vol. i., p. 231.
lv., 10, 11, vol. i., p. 223.
Micah, vii., 18, vol. ii., p. 225.
Matt., iv., 18, 19, vol. i., p. 455.

*v., 46-48, vol. i., p. 40.
vi., 26, 28, 29, vol. i., p. 183.
*xiii., 33, vol. ii., p. 15.
*xx., 20-28, vol. i., p. 153.
xxii., 34-40, vol. ii., p. 137.
*xxvi., 6-14, vol. i., p. 283.
xxvii., 22, vol. i., p. 347.
xxvii., 61, vol. i., p. 55.
Mark, x., 46-52, vol. i., p. 257.
xv., 15-20, vol. i., p. 161.
Luke, x., 38-42, vol. i., p. 273.
xii., 16-21, vol. ii., p. 427.
xvi., 10, vol. i., p. 239.
xxiv., 13-15, vol. i., p. 475.
John, i., 4, 5, vol. i., p. 119.
i., 12, 13, vol. ii., p. 367.
*iii, 8, vol. ii., p. 312.
vi., 63, vol. ii., p. 303.
xii., 24, 25, vol. i., p. 141.
*xiv., 8, 9, vol. i., p. 79.

*Acts, ix., 8-19, vol. ii., p. 66.

*x., 9-16, vol. ii., p. 65.
xxi., 14, vol. ii., p. 347.
xxvi., 19, vol. ii., p. 61.
Romans, viii., 3, vol. ii., p. 463.

viii., 14, 15, vol. i., p. 411.
1 Cor., i., 22-24, vol. i., p. 385.
ii., 1, 2, vol. ii., p. 167, 191.
ii., 2-5, vol. i., p. 13.
iii., 9, vol. ii., p. 245.
vii., 29-32, vol. i., p. 363.
*viii., 19-23, vol. i.,
p. 463.

2 Cor., x., 1, vol. i., p. 91.
*Gal., iv., 30, vol. i., p. 426.
13, 14, vol. ii., p.

*V.,

*V.,

141.
22, 23, vol. ii., p. 371.
Eph., i., 15-23, vol. i., p. 75.
i., 22, 23, vol. ii., p. 389.
iii., 20, 21, vol. ii., p. 409.
1 Tim., i., 16, vol. ii., p. 207.
2 Tim., iii., 14-17, vol. ii., p. 285.
Hebrews, ii., 14-18, vol. ii., p. 37.
*iv., 12, vol. i., p. 444.
iv., 14-16, vol. i., p. 431.
vii., 25, vol. ii., p. 111.
*xii., 11, vol. i., p. 368.
xiii., 8, vol. ii., p. 89.

James, v., 2, vol. i., p. 289.
*1 John, iv., 2, vol. i., p. 371.
iv., 9-11, vol. i., p. 35.

Rev., ii., 17, vol. i., p. 203.
*v., 6-14, vol. ii., p. 39.
vii., 14, vol. ii., p. 263.
|*Prov., xxii., 6, vol. i., p. 192.

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INDEX.

Activity, duty of, ii., 356, 362.

encouragement to, ii., 420.

in secular things right, ii., 448.
value of, i., 281.

Appetite, sins of, i., 295.
Atonement, i., 352.

theories of, ii., 120.

Belief contrasted with faith, i., 419-|
421.

importance of, ii., 285.

sincerity not sufficient, ii.,255,290.
Bible, object of, i., 389; ii., 225, 298.
Brotherhood of man, i., 335.

Care, causes of, i., 190-192, 278.
cure of, i., 375.

Christ a present Savior, i., 67, 110.

a sublime radical, i., 134.

as he appeared to the Jews, i., 126.
characteristics of his teachings, i.,|
130-133.

Christ, only hope of salvation, i., 108.
our comfort in sorrow, i., 66-70,

312.

personal claims on us, i., 349.
personal experience of, i., 475;
ii., 130.

power of personal presence, ii.,
201, 305.

relation to the human soul, i., 77.
second coming of, ii., 389.
seeming failure and real success,
i., 148-151.

source of his power, i., 123.
suffering love of, i., 162; ii., 51.
sympathy of, i., 274, 431.

trial before Pilate, i., 347-349,
358.

with Martha and Mary, i., 273-
276.

with the common people, i., 130.
See Atonement, Divinity, Incar-
nation, Suffering.

contrasted with Greek philoso-Christian character described, ii., 306.

phers, i., 122.

crucified, true power of preach-
ing, i., 13-18, 152, 406; ii., 169,
193, 197.

cure of the blind man, i., 257–262.
earthly circumstances, i.,142-148.
God revealed in, i., 106.

human nature of, ii., 42.
influence on society, i., 149.
intercession of, ii., 111.
mock coronation described, i.,161-
164.

moral power of his teachings, i.,|
121.

object of our allegiance, i., 78.
object of our love, i., 354.
object of our obedience, i., 355.
object of our worship, i., 80-86,
356, 436.

the best evidence of Christianity,
ii., 315, 375.

Christian experience, necessary to a
successful ministry, i., 20, 478; ii.,

195.

of God's love, i., 43.

of God's presence, i., 330; ii., 52.
development of, ii., 54, 248, 252.
Christianity, divine and permanent, i.,
385; ii., 465.

still a vital power, i., 17; ii., 303.
Church, imperfections in, i., 23.

present power of, ii., 466, 476.
the true test of, ii., 376.
Conscience and love contrasted, i., 166,
169.

corrupt, ii., 78.
Conversion described, ii., 367.

duty of laboring for, i., 458.

Conversion, how to secure, i., 460.

illustrated, ii., 247.
instantaneous, ii., 251.

necessity of, ii., 161.

Dancing, evils of, ii., 328.

Death, certainty of, ii., 436.
contemplated, i., 376-378, 422,
480; ii., 128.

often premature, ii., 332.

to the Christian, glorious, i., 52 ;
ii., 314.

Depravity. See Man.

Divinity of Christ, i., 75, 106, 434; ii.,
38-41, 191.

Doctrines, not the essence of religion,
i., 386.

Doctrinal preaching, i., 27; ii., 174.

Earthly good a symbol of things to
come, i., 373.

not to be despised, i., 369, 370.
unsatisfying, i., 365.

Earthly plans must include eternity,
ii., 449.

Education, value of, ii., 335.
Esau and Jacob, i., 325.
Ethics, duty of preaching on, i., 27-30.
Events, teaching of, ii., 347.
Everlasting punishment, i., 109, 111.
Evidence of Christianity, ii., 315, 375.

Faith in Christ contrasted with doc-
trinal belief, i., 419-421.
Flowers, lessons from, i., 183.

God, patience, ii., 225.

repentance, ii., 99.

revealed in Christ, i., 106.
sensitiveness, i., 96.

sovereignty, i., 417.

titles, i., 414.

true conception of, derived from
human experience, ii., 44-47,
149.

unsearchableness, i., 103.

See Love, Suffering.

Gods of the heathen described, ii., 90.
Gospel, for the poor, i., 405.

Happiness, of earth transient, ii., 438.
popular idea of, i., 60.
Health, a duty, ii., 329, 394.
Heresy-hunting, ii., 258.
Holy Spirit, agency in conversion, ii.,
369.

influence of, ii., 312, 382.
Hope, in trouble, i., 310.
Humor in the pulpit, i., 26.
Humphrey, Hon. James, sermon after*
the death of, i., 363.

Immortality, i., 320; ii., 294.

revealed by Christ, i., 398.
Incarnation, ii., 37, 389.

object of, i., 167; ii., 50.
Indolence, i., 293.

Infants, salvation of, i., 107.
Institutions and ordinances not relig-
ion, i., 129.

Following Christ in suffering, i., 155. Jacob and Esau, i., 325.

Foresight, a duty, ii., 332.
Forgiveness, duty of, ii., 238.

of God, ii., 230-235.

Freedmen, sermon to, ii., 11.

Garden, sepulchre in, i., 55.
Genius defined, i., 36.
God, fatherhood of, i., 411.
forgiveness, ii., 230-235.
gentleness, i., 91.
greatness, i., 93.

his care of us, i., 187-190.
immutability, ii., 89.
in nature, i., 439.
justice, ii., 295.

knows the heart, i., 442, 445.
long-suffering, ii., 207.

our help, i., 441; ii., 124, 417.
passibility, ii., 48, 93-98, 214.

Jacob's ladder, ii., 445.
Jacob's sorrow, i., 334.

Judging fellow-men, ii., 153.

Kingdom of God, its growth, ii., 12–
16, 395.

Law of descent, ii., 392.

Laymen, responsibility of, i., 464–470.
Liberty of the pulpit, i., 25-30; ii.,
172, 178, 182, 401.

Life, good and evil, illustrated, ii.,
459.

Little sins, i., 292.

danger of, i., 241, 300.

described, i., 242-253.

Lord's Supper, invitations to, i., 70, 87.
Love and conscience contrasted, i.,
166, 169.

Love, described, ii., 371.

the essence of religion, i., 169; ii.,
137, 309.

the key to God's dealings, ii., 360.

Love of God, i., 35, 435–438.

abuse of, i., 44.

Pharisees and Sadducees described, i.,

123-126.

Piety, evidence of, ii., 157, 371, 381.

necessary to a right life, ii., 452.
to be sought in youth, ii., 337, 456.
Plymouth Church, i., 21, 31; ii., 422.

a reason for consecration, ii., 25, Power, of Christ's teaching, i., 121.
31.

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Man, sinful, i., 41, 99–102, 395; ii.,
208, 215-220, 229, 246, 294.
spiritually dead, i., 19.

Manna, spiritual meaning of, i., 203-
207.

Marys, at the tomb, i., 55-59.
Millennium, ii., 389.
Miracles, i., 403.

Morality not religion, ii., 379, 434, 452.

Nature, a manifestation of God's love,
i., 51; ii., 413.

flowers, i., 183.
spring, i., 305-309.
storm, i., 223; ii., 267.
teachings of, i., 94.
the moth-miller, i., 289.

Old age, preparation for, ii., 323.

Passions, sins of, i., 297.
Paul, at Cæsarea, ii., 347.

at Corinth, i., 14; ii., 167.
conversion of, ii., 66.
natural character of, ii., 61.
Peace, not obtained by sacrifice of prin-
ciple, i., 136-138.

only found in Christ, ii., 310.
Personal experiences, of Christ, i., 475;
ii., 130.

of trust, i., 192.

of goodness, i., 231–236.

of spiritual truths, i., 152-154.
Prayer, encouragement to, ii., 419.
power of, ii., 118.

Prayers, i., 112, 177, 196, 217, 269; ii.,
32, 83, 105, 279, 340, 383.
Preaching, Christ, ii., 167, 191.

Christ crucified, true power of, i.,
13-18, 152, 406; ii., 169, 193,
197.

Christian experience necessary to,
i., 20, 478; ii., 195.
doctrinal, i., 27; ii., 174.
humor in, i., 26.
methods of, i., 28.

to the poor, i., 24.

liberty in, i., 25-30; ii., 172-178,
182, 401.

See Personal Experiences.
Proverbs, influence of, ii., 286.
Public affairs, Christ in, ii., 397.

duty of preaching on, i., 28; ii.,
182, 401.

Punishment everlasting, i., 109, 111.

Redemption, glory of, ii., 404.

through suffering, i., 164-167.
Reform, love the true instrument of,
i., 172; ii., 199.

Regeneration, i., 396.

a divine work, ii., 367, 369.
necessity of, ii., 308, 317.

Religion, contrasted with morality, ii.,
379, 434, 452.

love the essence of, i., 169; ii.,
137, 309.

present state of, ii., 470-475.
true idea of, ii., 178.

Religious truths spiritually discerned,
ii., 373.

Revelation of God's will in providence,
ii., 350-356.

Revivals among children, i., 317.

in Plymouth Church, i., 21.

Sabbath, Christ's estimate of, i., 133.

purpose in preaching, i., 19-32. Sadducees, description of, i., 123.
Personal influence, i., 455.

Salvation, comprehensive, ii., 181, 401.

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