Parish sermons for the advent and Christmas seasons
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- Title
- Parish sermons for the advent and Christmas seasons
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- 1875
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- Public domain eBook
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About this book
Parish sermons for the advent and Christmas seasons
Author: West, John Rowland
Year: 1875
CONTENTS. SERMON I. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR CHANGED. First Sunday in Advent. "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months ; it shall be the First Month of the Year to you." — Exodus xii. 2 1 SERMON II. THE SENDING FORTH OF GOD'S ETERNAL SON. First Sunday in Advent. "When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son." — Gal. iv. 4 8 SERMON III. THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. First Sunday in Advent. "Great is the mystery of godliness ; God was manifest in the flesh." — 1 Tim. iii. 16 18 SERMON IV. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Second Sunday in Advent. "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." — S. Matth. iii. 2 26 SERMON V. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Second Sunday in Advent. "I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me." — S. Luke xxii. 29. 34 SERMON VI. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Second Sunday in Advent. "Verily I say unto you, Among them that are bom of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist ; notwithstanding, he that is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he." — S. Matth. xi. 11 46 SERMON VII. THE SECOND MAN. Third Sunday in Advent. "The Second Man is the Lord from Heaven." — 1 Cor. xv. 47 64 SERMON VIII. OUR ELDER BROTHER. Thir