Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia

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Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia (1854)
by William Douglass

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3905653Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia1854William Douglass

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		9

	SERMON II.
	PEACE IN CHRIST
These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace.—Jno. xvi. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		29

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		53

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		71

	SERMON V.
	THE SIN OF GRIEVING THE SPIRIT.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God—Eph. iv. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		93

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		111

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		133

	SERMON VIII.
	THE SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF TIME.
But this I say brethren the time is short.— 1 Cor. vii. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		153

	SERMON IX.
	ADMONITION TO REDEEM THE TIME.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Eph. v. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		173

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		193

	SERMON XI.
	A SACRED NEARNESS TO GOD RECOMMENDED.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.—Gen. Epis. James iv. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		213

	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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		231

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