Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia
SERMONS
PREACHED
IN THE
African Protestant Episcopal Church,
OF
ST. THOMAS', PHILADELPHIA.
BY
WM. DOUGLASS, Rector.
PHILADELPHIA:
KING & BAIRD, PRS., No. 9 SANSOM STREET.
1854.
TO THE
CONGREGATION OF
ST. THOMAS' PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA;
THE FOLLOWING SERMONS,
PREPARED AND PREACHED FOR THEIR BENEFIT,
ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
AS A SMALL EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE
FOR THE MANY TOKENS
OF ESTEEM AND LOVE
BESTOWED UPON THE AUTHOR
DURING HIS PAROCHIAL LABORS
AMONG THEM
FOR THE PERIOD OF NINETEEN YEARS.
Philadelphia, November, 1853.
CONTENTS.
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| SERMON I. | ||
| THE GOD OF HOPE. | ||
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Rom. xv. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON II. | ||
| PEACE IN CHRIST | ||
These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace.—Jno. xvi. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON III. | ||
| SPIRITUAL PROSPERITY OF GAIUS. | ||
The elder, unto the well-beloved Gaius whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 3d Epis. Jno. 1, 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON IV. | ||
| MUTUAL FORBEARANCE AND FORGIVENESS. | ||
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.—Col. iii. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON V. | ||
| THE SIN OF GRIEVING THE SPIRIT. | ||
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God—Eph. iv. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON VI. | ||
| THE FORBEARANCE AND RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE OF GOD. | ||
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. Nahum. i. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON VII. | ||
| PRICE IN HAND OF THE FOOLISH TO GET WISDOM. | ||
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?—Prov. xvii. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON VIII. | ||
| THE SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF TIME. | ||
But this I say brethren the time is short.— 1 Cor. vii. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON IX. | ||
| ADMONITION TO REDEEM THE TIME. | ||
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Eph. v. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON X. | ||
| THE WISDOM OF DULY CONSIDERING THE LATTER END. | ||
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!—Deut. xxxii. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON XI. | ||
| A SACRED NEARNESS TO GOD RECOMMENDED. | ||
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.—Gen. Epis. James iv. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| SERMON XII. | ||
| HAPPY END OE THE SERVANTS OF GOD | ||
For David after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep. Acts xiii. 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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