ON

VARIOUS SUBJECTS,
EVANGELICAL, DEVOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL.

ADAPTED TO THE PROMOTION OF

CHRISTIAN PIETY, FAMILY RELIGION,

AND YOUTHFUL VIRTUE.

* * *
BY JOSEPH LATHROP, D. D.
PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN WESTSPRINGFIELD.

PUBLISHED AT WORCESTER :

BY ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN.
SOLD AT HIS RESPECTIVE BOOKSTORES IN BOSTON AND WORCESTER.

ISAAC STURTEVANT, PRINTER.....1810.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

The Fear of God.

A Sermon to Little Children.

Psalm xxxiv. 11.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me, and I will teach you the fear

of the Lord.

SERMON II.

The Duty of Speaking to the Young.

- Zechariah ii. 4.

— Run speak to this young man,

SERMON III.

Youth invited to the Lord's Supper.

A Communion Sermon.

Exodus xii. 26, 27.

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What

mean you by this service 7 that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's

passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt,

when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.

SERMON IV.

Early Piety the Comfort of Old Age.

A Sermon to Young People.

Psalm lxxi. 5.

For thou art my hope, O Lord God : Thou art my truft from my youth.