Transcribed from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org
SERMONS ON NATIONAL
SUBJECTS.
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BY
CHARLES KINGSLEY.
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London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1890
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_First Edition_, 1880.
_Reprinted_, 1886, 1890.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
SERMON I. THE KING OF THE EARTH 1
II. HOLY SCRIPTURE 9
III. THE KINGDOM OF GOD 17
IV. A PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS 31
V. CHRISTMAS DAY 40
VI. TRUE ABSTINENCE 47
VII. GOOD FRIDAY 59
VIII. EASTER DAY 67
IX. THE COMFORTER 76
X. WHIT SUNDAY 85
XI. ASCENSION DAY 99
XII. THE FOUNT OF SCIENCE 109
XIII. FIRST SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 134
XIV. SECOND SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 144
XV. THIRD SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 153
XVI. ON THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING 164
XVII. THE COVENANT 175
XVIII. NATIONAL REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS 184
XIX. THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 191
XX. PROFESSION AND PRACTICE 199
XXI. THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT 210
XXII. THE WAY TO WEALTH 221
XXIII. THE LOVE OF CHRIST 230
XXIV. DAVID’S VICTORY 242
XXV. DAVID’S EDUCATION 254
XXVI. THE VALUE OF LAW 265
XXVII. THE SOURCE OF LAW 275
XXVIII. THE EDUCATION OF A HEATHEN 287
XXIX. JEREMIAH’S CALLING 298
XXX. THE PERFECT KING 306
XXXI. GOD’S WARNINGS 316
XXXII. PHARAOH’S HEART 325
XXXIII. THE RED SEA TRIUMPH 337
XXXIV. CHRISTMAS DAY 346
XXXV. NEW YEAR’S DAY 354
XXXVI. THE DELUGE 362
XXXVII. THE KINGDOM OF GOD 373
XXXVIII. THE LIGHT 384
XXXIX. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 395
XL. THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE 403
XLI. THE FALL 412
XLII. GOD’S COVENANTS 423
XLIII. THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS 433
XLIV. THE WORK OF GOD’S SPIRIT 445
XLV. THE GOSPEL 453
XLVI. GOD’S WAY WITH MAN 463
XLVII. THE MARRIAGE AT CANA 474
XLVIII. PARABLE OF THE LOWEST PLACE 482
I.
THE KING OF THE EARTH.