eccentric preachers.
ECCENTKIO PfiEACHERS. 303
But if you knew sometimes how we desire to lay hold on men, and how willingly we would be as solemn and serious as death itself, if that would do it, and how little we care to speak extravagantly except that men ramble, and we must ramble after them, you might often excuse us if something is said that does not com- mend itself to your taste, and you might say, probably, the man knows best what he is at, and is using his strength most naturally, and in that way in which God's blessing will rest upon him. Judge the preacher, but do remember there is something better to be done, namely, to get all the good you can out of him ; and if odd and strange — as men take pearls out of oyster shells, and pick treasures out of earthen vessels, so do you take what God sends, whatever may be the infirmity of the preacher. And to brethren engaged in winning souls, I say, by the memories of those good men who were ac- counted eccentric, fear no man's frown, and court no man's smile : say the right thing and the true, and say it as best you can, asking God's help to say it so that it shall make men feel its stings even to anger ; for blessed is the man who has discharged his conscience before the living god. Do you think England would ever be going back to Eome if the thousands of ministers we have were preaching the Gospel as they ought to be ? With such a mass of preaching — twice every Sunday besides week-day services — ought not England to be guaranteed a defence against the inroads of Popery such as would be impregnable ? I trow it would. With more life, love, and eagerness, then I may believe there would be more eccentricity. I think it is very likely, and I pray God to send it. (Applause.)
A COMPLETE LIST
8I>TJIiaEON^'8 SERMON'S
PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRT, TOQBTHEB WITH THE SUBJECT AND THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE USED FOK EACH SERMON.
Inteoduction. page
Sehuon I. — Sovereignty and Salvation 1
"Look nnto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am Grod, and there is none else." — Isaiah xlv. S3.
Sebmon Ti.—The Bible 83
*' I have written to him the great things of my law, httt they were connted aB a strange thing.*'— Hosea viii- 12.
Sebmoh m. — The JPeraonality of the Soly Ghost ... 45
" And I will pray the Father, and he shall give yon another Com- forter, that he may abide with ^on forever ; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him ; but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall he in you." — John xiv. 16, 17.
Sekmon W.—Tfie Comforter 66
"But the Comforter, which Is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I haye said unto yqa. "—John xiv. 86.
Sebmok Y. — Christ Crucified r B5
" But we preach Christ crucified, nnto the Jews a stumblipg-blopk, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."— 1 Cob. i. 23, 24.
Sebmon YL—Xhe Fower of the Moly Ghost 113
" The power of the Holy Ghost."- Romans xv. 13. Sebmon yXl.—The Church of Christ ....... 134
" And I vrill make them and the places round about my hill a bless- ing ; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing."- Ezekqil xxxiv. 36.
Sebmon VVJ.—Xhe Mternal Name 154
" His name shall endure forever."— Psalms Ixzli. 17.
Sebmon IX.— Jowl's First Frayer 170
" For behold he prayeth."— AOTS Is. H.
306 LIST OF SPUEGE03Sr'S SEBMONS.
Seemon X.—J'oseph A.ttaeUed by the Archers . . . PAGE 198 " The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at Wm, and hated him • but his bow abode in strength ; and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel."— Gekesis xlix. 23, iti.
Seemon XI.— Tfte Tomb of tTesug 211
" Come and see the place where the Lord lay."— JIatt. xxvili. 6. Sekhoh Xn.— 27ie Carnal Mind Enmity Against God . . 230
** The carnal mind is enmity against God." — Romans viii. 7. Sermoh "SMI.— Christ's People— Imitators of Him, . . . 252 " Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and per- ceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." — Acts iv. 13.
Sekmoh HTV.— Thoughts on the last Battle 274
" The sting of death is sin ^ and the strength of sin is the law. Bnt, thanks be nnto God, which giveth ns the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." — 1 Cob. xv. 56, 57.
Sebmon xv. — Hea^ven and Sell 296
'* And I say .unto, yon, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall 'sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king- dom of heaven. Bat the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." — Matthew viii. 11, 12.
Sbbmoit Xn.— Gospel Missions 331
" And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the re- gion."— Acts xiii. 40.
Sebmon XYIL—The Enchanted Ground 344
" Therefore let ns not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober." — 1 Thes. v. 6.
Sermon iL\ ill.— Faith . . . . ' 364
"Without faith it is impossible to please God."— Hebbews vi. 6.
SECOND SERIES OF SERMONS. Fbeface. Sebmon I.— The Glorious Habitation
*^Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations." — Psalms xc. 1.
Sebmon II. — Healing for the Wounded: A. Sermon for the
Crimean Soldiers Ig
" He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."
PsAT.va cxliii. 8. '
Sebmon III. — The Peculiar Sleep of the JSeloved .... 34 "For so he giveth his beloved sleep."— Psauis cx^rli. 8.
.Sebmon W.—The Sin of XTnbelief BO
"And that lord answered the man of God, and said. Now behold if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a tLins be h And he said. Behold, thou sHalt see it with thine eyes, but Shalt not eat thereof."— 3 Eihss vii. 19.
LIST OF SPUBGEOlir'S SERMOITS. 307
Sebmon Y.— Election page 66
" But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the ■truth : whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."— 2 Thbs. 11. 13, 14.
Sbemon YT. — The Bouse of Mourning and the Bowse of
X'easting 88
" It Is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting."— BccLE. vii. 2.
Sekmon VII.— T7te X>ay of A.tonement 104
" This .phall be an evjerlasting, statute unto you, to make an atone- ment for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year."— Lbvit- icus xvi. 34.
Seemon VIII.— TAe Allegories of Sarah and Bagar ... 120
*• These are the two covenants." — Galatxans Iv. 24. Seemon IX.— Tfte Elealtation of Christ 136
" Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name : that at the name of Jesus every liuee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."— Philippiaks 11. 9-11.
Sermon X.—The Saints' Beritage and. Watchword . . .168 - "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against tfaee in judgibent thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteous- ness is of me, aaith the Lord." — Isaiah liv. 17.
Sebuon XI.— Songs in the Night 167
" But none siiih. Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night 1 "—Job xxxv. 10.
Sebuoh XII.— God's Providence 188
*' Now, as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl : and they four had one likeness ; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides ; and they returned not when they went. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful : and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them ; and when the living crea- tures were lift up from the earth, the wheels were lift up." — Ezekiel 1. 15-19.
Sebmon Xm.— ^ Tiew of God's Glory 204
"And he Bald, I beseech thee, show me thy glory."— BxoDns zxxill. 18.
Sermon XTV. — Confirming the Witness of Christ .... 317
" Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you."— 1 Corin- thians i. 6.
Sermon XV. — Barvest Time 232
" Is, it not wheat harvest to-day ?" — 1 Samuel xii. 17. Sermon XVI.- Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints . . . .246 " A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. "—Matthew xii. 20.
308 LIST OF SPURGEOS'S SESMOfTS.
Beioioii XVn.— 27ie Meaurreetion of the Dead . . . riax 2S2 " There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the Just and un- just."— Acts xxiv. 16. Sbkkon XVTU.—The Ctirse JCemoved 280
" Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us ; for it is written. Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." — G^juitians iii. 13.
BsBHOir XIX. — Xhe Comer's Conflict with Satan . . . , 29S
'** And as he was yet -a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered.him again to his father." — JiUKS ix. 42.
Sekkoh "SX.— Christ the JBoefc 312
" And that Sock was Christ."—! Cob. x. 4.
Seemon XXI.— .a Tieit to Calvary 328
" And filate saith unto them. Behold the man 1 "— JosN ziz. 6.
Sebuok XXn. — TeaehiTig Children 345
" Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord."— PsAUi xxxiv. 11.
Sebkoh 'XXm.—The Qod of the A.ged 361
" Even to your old age I am he ; and even to hoary hairs I will carry yon. I have made, and I wUl bear; even 1 will carry, and will deliver yon."- Isaiah xlvi. 4.
Sebuoh XXIV.— Omniscience 380
*^ Thou God seest me.".M3}ENE&is xvi. 13. Bebhon XXV.— Christ in the Covenant 395
" I will give thee for a covenant of the people."— Isaiah zUx. 8. Sebkoh XXVI.— Xoee's Commendation 410
" But God commendeth his love toward us, In that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." — ^Romans v. 8.
Sebmon XXVII.— Turn or Burn 42S
" If he turn not, he will whet his sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready."— Fsaui vii. 12.
THIRD SERIES OF SERMONS. Fbeface. Sekhoh I.— a. Faithful Friend 11
** There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.** — ^Pbovehbs xviii. 24.
Sermon II. — The I^eafless Tree 37
" But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and it shall be eaten as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves ; so the holy seed shall be the substance there- of." — ^Isaiah vi. 13. Sebmox m. — The Snare of the Fowler .-•,., 42 '^Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler." — ^Fsalu xci. 3.
Bebmos TV.— The FnUtful Vine 68
" And the word of the Lord came nnto me, saying. Son of man. What is the vine-tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest } " — Esskiel xv. 1, 3,
LIST Oo? SPUKS'EOS'iJ- SEKMOS'S. 309
Sbiukok y.Spiritual Sevival the Want of the Chmreh . pass 74 " O Lord, revive thy work,"— Has. lii. gi
Sebmoh VI. — The A.nxi<yua Inquirer 90
" O that I knew where I might find him." — Job xxiU. 3.
Sermon VII.— T?ie Sinner's Itefuge 106
" Then ye Bhall appoint yon cities to he cities of refuge for yon : that the slayer may flee hither, wliichkilleth asy person at unawares." — Ndmbbrs xxxt. H.
Sebxoh VIII. — The Vumh Singing 119
"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be nnstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break .out, and streams in the desert."— IsAiah xxxv. 5, 6.
Sebmon IX. — Foretastes of the Seavenly Iiife .... 138
" And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down rnito us, and brought ns word again, and said. It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.';- Dbut, 1. 86.
Sermon X. — Freachjing for the Foor .149
4 ** The poor have the gospel preached to them." — "Watt, xi. 5.
Sermon XI.— Secret Sins 164
*' Cleanse thou me from secret faults." — PsAxja xix. 12. Sermon XlL—FHiJaJi's Appeal to the Undecided .... 179 "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him ; if Baal, then follow him."— 1 EiHSS xviii. 21.
Sebuon XIII. — Salvation of the Zord 194
" Salvation is of the Lord." — Jonah ii. 9.
Sermon XIV. — Megeneration 210
"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3.
Sermon XV.— Spiritual Hesurreetion 825
" And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." — Efhesians ii. 1.
Sermon XVl.— Confession of Sin ....••• 241 A sermon with seven texts. The Mardened Sinner:
Pharaoh— "I have sinned."— ExoDr 8 Ix. 27. The Jtouble-Jtfinded Man.
Baaiajt- " I have sinned."— Ntjmbers xxil, 34. The Insincere Man,
Saui/— " I have sinned." — 1 Samuel xt. 24. The I>oubtful Fenitent.
AcBAN — " I have sinned." — Joshua vii. 20. Th^ Repentance of Despair.
Judas— "I have sinned."— Matt, xxvii. 4. The IRepentance of tiie Sadnt,
Job— "I have sinned."— Job vlt 20. The JBtessed Confession,
The PBODioAii— " I have sinned."— Luxe xv. 18.
310 LIST OF spuegbok's sermohs.
Sbbmon XVn.— Fattfc . . ... . . • • - ^^^^ ^^
" Without faith it is impossible to please God."— Hbbbkws xi. 6.
Sebmon XVIIL— JJafta6'» Faith 269
" By faith the harlot Kahab perishes not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." — Hbbbbws xi. 31,
Sebhoh XIX The JBlood-ahedditiff 283
" Without shedding of blood is no remission." — Hebkbws ix. 23.
Sbbmon XX. — trustification by Grace 395 ,
" Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."— Romahs iil. 24.
Sbkmok XXI. — Manasseh 311
" Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God."— 2 Cbbon. Tfxxiii. 13.
» » Sbbmon XXSI.—Why are Men Saved 328
"Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake."— PsAUt cvi. 8. Sbbmon XXIII.— Particwlaj' Election 343
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your call- - ing and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : * for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting -kingdom of oxir Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." — 2 Pbtee i. 10, 11.
Sbbmon XXrV, — Mcrcyj Omnipotence, and tTustice . . , 359 " The Lord is slow to anger^ and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked."— Nahom i. 3.
SBEMpN 'X^y.—Chriet^The Power and Wisdom of God . . 375 " Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."— 1 Cob. i. 24.
Sebmon XXVI. — Going- Some : A. Christmas Sermon . . . 389 " Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."— Mask v. 10.
Sbbmon XXVII.— .4 Mighty Saviour 404
" Mighty to save."— Isaiah Ixiii. 1. Sebmon XXVIII.— J»r««l in Egypt 419
■" Anfl thSy elrtg thfi song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and mjarvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, thou king of saints."— REVBr
I.ATIONB XV. 3.
Sbbmon HXlX.-^JPresumptuotis Sins 432
" Keep back tby servants also from presumptuous sins."— Psalm xix. 13.
FOURTH SERIES OF SERMONS.
Pbefaob.
Sebmon I.— The Parable of the A.rlc 1
"And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life."- Genesis vii. 15.
Sebmon II. — Proving God • ' . • 31
" Prove me now."— Malachi iil. 10.
LIST OF spubgeon's sermoks. 311
Sermon III. — Meditation on God PAOS 39
'• My meditation of him shall be sweet."— Psalm civ. 34.
Seruok rv. — JPardon and tTuatification 58
** Blessed is he whose transgressiou is forgiven, whose sin is covered."— Psalm xxxii. 1.
Sermon V.—Tfie Good Shepherd 75
" The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,"— Psalm xxiii. 1. SERtiON VT. — The Gracious lAps of J'esus 93
" Grace is poured into thy lips." — Psalm xlv. 2. Sermon YII.— ^ Time of Finding for Zost Sheep . . .111
*'I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away\ and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick : but I will destroy the fat and the strong ; I will feed them with judgment." — Ezsk. xxxiv. 16.
Sermon VIII.— TAe Ikvo Talents .,129
"He also that had received two talents came and said. Lord, thou deliverest unto me two talents : behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him. Well done, good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."— Matt. xxv. 23, 33.
Sermon IX.—TIie Prodigal's Return . . ... , , .145 *' But when he was yet a great way off, his. father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." — ^Lttke
XV. 30. ■
Sermon X.—God, the A.ll~seeing One 161
" Hell and destruction are before the Lord : how much more then the hearts of the children of men ? "-Proverbs xv. 11.
Sermon XI. — The Intmntability of Christ 178
" Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."— He- brews xiii. 8.
Sermon 'Sll.—FauVs Sermon before Felix 193
**■ And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered. Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. "^AcTsxxiv. 25. Sermon Xlll.—The Death of Christ . . , ... . .309 *' Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. "-Isaiah liii. 10.
Sermon XIV. — JL Call to the Vnconverted 323
" For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."— Gal. iii. 10.
Sermon XV. — The Warning Neglected 240
"He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning ; his blood shall be upon him,"— Ezekiel xxxiii. 5.
Sermon XVT.— What Have I Done ? 258
" What have I done ? "—Jeremiah viii. 6. Sermon X\tII. — Light at JEvening Time ...... 275
"^It shall come to pass thatat evening time it shall be light."— Zbch- ARIAH xiv. 7.
312 LIST OF SPUKGEOir'S SEEMOKS.
Sermoh XVrn.—Th^ Redeemer '■^"*" ^^