commending these simple addresses to the Clergy, and all those who
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is preached, but to be interested. While Mr. Sinker never belittles
the sacredness of the high subjects he treats, he makes them easily
understood."
=God and His Children=: By the Rev. F. W. WORSEY, M.A., Vicar of
Bodenham. Author of "Praying Always," "Under the War Cloud," "War
and the Easter Hope," etc. Just out. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net
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An entirely new series of simple practical Sermons, including: Six for
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SIXTH IMPRESSION OF THIS REMARKABLE BOOK, WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW CHAPTER.
=Prophecy and the War:= By the Rev. E. J. NURSE, Rector of Windermere.
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Seven Remarkable Prophecies on the War. This volume, which has proved
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=Tennyson's "In Memoriam:"= Its Message to the Bereaved and Sorrowful.
By the Rev. T. A. MOXON, M.A., Editor of "St. Chrysostom, on the
Priesthood," etc. Assistant Master of Shrewsbury School, formerly
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Six Addresses on the subject of Tennyson's Poem in relation to the
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=Our Lenten Warfare=: For Lent. By the Rev. H. L. GOUDGE, D.D., Canon
of Ely, with Special Foreword by the Bishop of London. Crown 8vo,
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Nine entirely new Sermons for Ash Wednesday, the Six Sundays in Lent,
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=The Fellowship of the Holy Eucharist=: For Lent. By the Rev. G. LACEY
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Forty entirely new Devotional Readings on the Sacrament of Love,
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=The Love of our Lord=: By the Rev. JOHN BERESFORD-PEIRSE, with
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An entirely new Set of Addresses to Boys and Young Men, which will
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=Christ's Message in Times of Crisis=: By the Rev. E. C. DEWICK, some
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Twenty Sermons originally preached at St. Aidan's College. A singularly
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=Short Village Homilies=: By the Rev. F. L. H. MILLARD, M.A., Vicar of
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A new Series of short and simple Sermons, specially adapted during
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=In the Hand of God=: By GERTRUDE HOLLIS. 2s. 6d. net. (postage 2d.).
In Memory of the Departed. This new and beautiful little volume
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=Praying Always (Eph. vi.--18). Ash Wednesday to Easter in War Time=:
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Nine Plain Sermons for Ash Wednesday, each Sunday in Lent, Good
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=The Church Times= said of Mr. Worsey's former volume: "We should like
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=The Discipline of War=: For Lent. By the Rev. Canon J. HASLOCH
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=Lenten Thoughts in War Time=: By the Rev. J. H. WILLIAMS, M.A.,
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Nine Plain Addresses, specially written for the Lenten Season in
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=The Greatest War=: For Lent. By the Rev. A. C. BUCKELL, of St.
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This most interesting course of Six Lent Sermons will be found valuable
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=The Prayer of the Lord and the Lord of the Prayer=: For Lent. By the
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=With the C.L.B. Battalion in France=: By the Rev. JAMES DUNCAN,
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected and
variations in accents and hyphenation standardised. Other variations
in spelling and punctuation are as in the original.
Chapter IX
The sentence "Then came a large dish of beans; we ate beans. We were
sending out wireless messages by this, but no relief ship appeared on
the horizon." appears to be missing a word after "this" (possibly time)
but has been left as printed.
Repetition of the title on the first page has been removed.
Italics are represented thus _italics_, bold thus =bold= and underline
thus +underline+.
End of Project Gutenberg's Round about Bar-le-Duc, by Susanne R. Day