Parish sermons on the ascension of our Lord
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- Parish sermons on the ascension of our Lord
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- 1871
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Parish sermons on the ascension of our Lord
Author: West, J. R. (John Rowland), 1808-1893
Year: 1871
CONTENTS SERMON I. THE ASCENSION DAY ON EARTH. "And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into Heaven." — S. Luke xxiv. 50, 51 1 SERMON II. THE ASCENSION AND THE SESSION. "He was received up into Heaven ; and sat on the right hand of God." — S. Mark xvi. 19. 9 SERMON III. THE ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN. "We see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the Angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour." — Heb. ii. 9. 17 SERMON IV. THE EXALTATION IN HEAVEN ABOVE. "He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come : and hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the Church, which is His Body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." — Eph. i. 20 to end 27 SERMON V. THE CONSUMMATION OF THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. "Great is the mystery of Godliness : God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of