COPYRIGHT BY

W. B. CLARKE & Co.

1888

Dedicated

TO MY FRIEND OF MANY YEARS

JOHN WARD DEAN

THE SCHOLAR, HISTORIAN, CHRISTIAN

CONTENTS.

1. NEW YEAR'S SERMON,

"In the beginning God created heaven and earth."- GEN. i. 1.

2. THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER OF LIFE,

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19

"" Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter."- ST. MATT. xxiv. 20.

3. SEEING JESUS,

29

"Sir, we would see Jesus."- ST. JOHN xii. 21.

4. EASTER,

40

"When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked."—

ACTS xvii. 32.

5. THE EVERLASTING DOORS,

50

"Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;

and the King of glory shall come in."- Ps. xxiv. 7.

6. RESTLESS DESIRE,

61

"Be still."- Ps. xlvi. 10.

7. THE GIFTS OF THE PAST,

71

"Other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors."- ST.

JOHN iv. 38.

8. EVERYTHING UNCERTAIN,

81

"Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may

bring forth."- PROV. xxvii. 1.

9. HOLY TRIFLES,

92

A handful of corn.' "-Ps. lxxii. 16.

10. FAILURES AND ANTICIPATIONS,

102

"Not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off."-

HEB. xi. 13.

"Let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, one

for Elias."- ST. MATT. xvii. 4.

12. THE STRANGE INTERMINGLING OF EVENTS,

120

"As if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel."- EZEK. X. 10.

"Other foundation can no man lay than Jesus Christ."-1 COR. iii. 11.

"I was afraid, and. hid thy talent in the earth."-St. Matt. xxv. 25.

"Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have

therefore?"- ST. MATT. xix. 27.