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MARTYRDOM Heb. 11:37 “They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword.” ST. STEPHEN, who was one of the seven Deacons, is called the Protomartyr, as having first suffered death in the cause of the Gospel. Let me take the opportunity of his festival to make some remarks upon martyrdom … Continue reading “THE FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN THE MARTYR”

FAITH WITHOUT SIGHT John 20:29 “Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” ST. THOMAS is the Apostle who doubted of our Lord’s resurrection. This want of faith has given him a sort of character in the minds of most people, which is … Continue reading “THE FEAST OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE”

John 20:29 “Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” ST. THOMAS is the Apostle who doubted of our Lord’s resurrection. This want of faith has given him a sort of character in the minds of most people, which is referred to in … Continue reading “FAITH WITHOUT SIGHT”

ST. THOMAS is the Apostle who doubted of our Lord’s resurrection. This want of faith has given him a sort of character in the minds of most people, which is referred to in the Collect for the day. Yet we must not suppose that he differed greatly from the other Apostles. They all, more or … Continue reading “THOMAS, BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME,THOU HAST BELIEVED; BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED”

THE INCARNATION John 1:14 “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” THUS does the favoured Apostle and Evangelist announce to us that Sacred Mystery, which we this day especially commemorate, the incarnation of the Eternal Word. Thus briefly and simply does he speak as if fearing he should fail in fitting reverence. If … Continue reading “THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD”

THE WORLD’S BENEFACTORS John 1:40 “One of the two which heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.” WITH this Festival we begin our year,—thus ushering in, with a few weeks of preparation, the day of Christ’s Nativity. St. Andrew, whom we now commemorate, has been placed first of the Apostles, because … Continue reading “THE FEAST OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE”

John 1:40 “One of the two which heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.” WITH this Festival we begin our year,—thus ushering in, with a few weeks of preparation, the day of Christ’s Nativity. St. Andrew, whom we now commemorate, has been placed first of the Apostles, because (as far as … Continue reading “THE WORLD’S BENEFACTORS”

WITH this Festival we begin our year,—thus ushering in, with a few weeks of preparation, the day of Christ’s Nativity. St. Andrew, whom we now commemorate, has been placed first of the Apostles, because (as far as Scripture informs us) he was the first among them who found the Messiah, and sought to be His … Continue reading “ONE OF THE TWO WHICH HEARD JOHNSPEAK, AND FOLLOWED HIM, WAS ANDREW, SIMON PETER’S BROTHER”

1 Cor. 13:11 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” WHEN our Lord was going to leave the world and return to His Father, He called His disciples orphans; children, as … Continue reading “CHRISTIAN
MANHOOD”

John 5:2, 3 “There is at Jerusalem by the sheepmarket a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.” WHAT a scene of misery this pool of Bethesda must have presented! … Continue reading “SCRIPTURE A
RECORD OF HUMAN SORROW”