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TO THE MEMORY
OF
LADY LE FLEMING,
OF RYDAL HALL,
AND ALSO, OF HER RELATION AND SUCCESSOR,
ANDREW FLEMING HUDLESTON, ESQ.,
OF RYDAL HALL, AND OF HUTTON JOHN,
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF SINCERE AFFECTION AND ESTEEM,.
BY
THEIR FAITHFUL AND ATTACHED
FRIEND AND RELATION,
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
[Preached at the Visitation of Archdeacon Headlam, held at Kendal, June, 1830. Published by Request.]
"God was manifest in the flesh."-1 TIMOTHY, III. 16.
SERMON II.
CHRISTS'S LAMBS.
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[Preached at Witherslack, Westmorland, before the Trustees of Dean Barwick's
Charity, July, 1826.]
"He saith unto him, Feed my Lambs."-JOHN XXI. 15.
SERMON III.
CHRIST'S SHEEP.
[Preached at Rydal, 1826, in aid of the Funds of the Incorporated Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.]
"Jesus saith unto him, Feed my Sheep."-JOHN XXI. 17.
SERMON IV.
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[Preached at Lorton, Cumberland, 1823, in aid of the Funds of the National
Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles
of the Established Church.]
"Forasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto Me."-MATT. XXV. 40.
SERMON V.
OUR DANGERS AND OUR REMEDIES.
[Preached at Rydal, in 1848.]
"For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt Thou
compass him as with a Shield."-PSALM V. 12. And "Where
two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I
in the midst of them."-MATT. XVIII. 20....
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SERMON VI.
THE WORD OF GOD THE CHARTER OF MAN'S HOPES.
[Preached at Rydal, in 1850.]
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."-
PSALM CXIX. 105.
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SERMON VII.
THE PARABLE OF THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, EXPLAINED
AND APPLIED, WITH REFERENCE TO THE GREAT
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, 1851.
[Not Preached.]
Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchantman seek-
ing goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great
price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
MATT. XIII. 45. 46.
SERMON VIII.
ON MINISTERIAL FAITHFULNESS.
[Preached at Grasmere, August 1857, on the Sunday after Reading in.]
"Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine; continue in them;
for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself and them that
hear thee."-1 TIMOTHY IV. 16.
[Preached at Grasmere, January 23rd, 1859, the Sunday after the Funeral of the
late Mrs. Wordsworth, of Rydal Mount. Published by Request.]
"The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness."-PROVERBS XVI. 31.
"EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."
[Preached at Grasmere, during Lent, March 27th, 1859.
"There were present at that season some that told him of the
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And Jesus answering said unto them, suppose ye that these
Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they
suffered such things? I tell you, nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the
tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were
sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you,
nay but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”-
LUKE XIII. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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SERMON XI.
ON EARNEST PRAYER.
[Preached at Grasmere, September 1860.]
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he
prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on
the earth by the space of three years and six months. And
he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit."-JAMES V. 16, 17, 18.
SERMON XII.
THE ONLY FOUNDATION.
[Preached at Grasmere, August 1860.]
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"For other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ."-1 COR. II. 11.
SERMON XIII
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.
[Preached at Grasmere, February 1860.]
"Dost thou believe on the Son of God.?”—JOHN IX. 35.
SERMON XIV.
LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.
[Preached at Grasmere, 1861.]
"This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous."--1 JOHN v. 3.
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