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D EEP
H EL
O U T O F TH E DEE P
OF
SU FFE R IN G AND SOR R OW
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u nt o
ve
me,
my
for t h
m c om e
G o d,
soul :
wat
i nt
er
com e
are
o d eep
w at
er
in
so
e ve n
th t
a
o v er m P l xi 1 2
I m b ro u g h t i t o
gre t t ro ubl e d mi ery t h t
I go m ou rni g ll t h d y Io ng P xxx v ii i 6
Th
orro w o f m y h e rt
e l rge d O h ! b ri g
P xxv 17
Thou m
t of m y d i t re
Th e L or d h t h h e rd t h v o i c e of m y wee p ing
t h L or d wi ll re c e iv e m y p r yer P vi 8
I
th
orro w wh ich I h d i
m ul t it u d e of t h
m y h e rt Th y c om fort h v e refre h e d my o ul
P
x c i v 17
the
oo d
s ru n
so
ss.
n a
a re
O
I
s.
an
e ou
x.
O U T O F TH E
DEEP
OF
SU FFE R ING
E ACH
AND
heart knows its
SO R R O W
bitterness ;
o wn
soul has its own sorrow ; each

of
has its dark days
m an
e a ch
s life
storm and tem p es t
when all h is j oys seem blown away b y some

sudd en blas t
o
ill fortune and th e de sire
of
his eyes is taken from him and all his

,
hopes and plans all w h ich h e intended to

,
do
or
so
that h e cannot
an
to enj oy are hid

,
s ee
w it h
blinding mist
h is way before him
knows not whith er to go
or
whither
to ee for help ; w h en faith i n God seems

broken up for th e moment when h e feels
,
> <
O U T O F T H E DEEP
no strength no purpose and knows

,
no t
what to determine what to do what to be

,
lie v e what to care for ; when the v ery earth

,
seems reeling u nder h is feet and the foun

,
of
tains
th e abyss are broken up
W h en th at
d ay
God s c ovenant
c omes let h im think

,
a nd
take heart
sun s warmth perished
Is
of the
out
because t h e storm is cold with h ail
th e
s ky
a nd
Is G od s love changed
bitter wi n ds ?
cause we c annot feel it in our trouble
the sun s light peris h ed
ou
of
the
becau se the world is black with c loud

mist ?
way for a few short days
Is
s ky
a nd
Has God forgotten to give light
su ff ering souls because we cannot see

No
of
of
to
our
perplexity
God s message to e v ery
s ad
and de
solate heart on earth is that God is Light

,
and in H im is no darkness at all ; th at G od

4
TII E C H ARA CT E R O F
is
O ne ,
no change at all
H im th ere
in
and misery ;
the hour
our own deat h
lo v e ;
in
the day
or
of
of
of
tribulation
our
death whether
,
the death
of
those we
j udgme n t whereof it i s
,
is God who j u s t ie th us ; who

he that condemneth ? It is Christ wh o
written
is
in
And therefore we
deli v er us i n the time

f
an d
p ray boldly to Him and ask H im to
can
Lo v e and in H im there is no cruel ty
at all ; that God is

is
GOD
It
d ied yea rath er who is risen

,
e v en
no w
gain who
,
maketh intercession for us
that boundless lo v e
of
God
To
which H e
sh owed forth i n th e li fe of Christ Jesus

to
that p erfe c t and utter will to de l i v er
whi c h God showed forth in th e
d eath
Christ Jesus w h en th e Fath er spared

to
wn
S on but ga v e H im freely
,
that bound l ess l o v e we

5
m ay
fo r
tr u st
of
no t
His
us
us ;
o ur
OUT O F
sel v e s our fo rtunes
,
o ur
s o uls
we lo v e
an
TH E
our
D EE P
f amilies
the bodies and souls of th ose
Na tio na l Se r m o ns
To all
sooner or later
th ink that the baptis m
of
But do
no t
re c omes once
to a man in som e
a ll
Christ comes
to baptise them wit h re

for
bodie s
o ur
o ne
terrible
a fiction some one aw ful c on v iction of his

,
own si nfulness and nothingnes s
N o ; with
many and those perh aps t h e best people

it goes
year
n
on
mont h after month
By se c ret trials
one b ut t h ey
an
ear
after
y
c h a s t e ni n
s,
w h ich
God can understand
the Lord is cleansing th em from t heir secret

faults and maki ng them to understand
,
wisdom secretly
chaff
of
b urning
self will
-
ou t of
them th e
and self c onceit

-
an d
v anity and lea v ing only th e p ure go ld

,
of
>
THE
H IDD E N
Ho w
O SS
righteousness
CR
many sweet and holy
souls who look c h eerful enoug h before the

,
of
eyes
man yet
,
h av e
th eir secret sorrows
T hey carry th eir c ross u nseen all day long

and
lie down to sleep
on
i t at night ; and
th ey will c arry it perhaps for years and

years
and to their graves
t h rone
of
and to t h e
Christ before they lay it down ;
and non e b ut
t h ey
and Chris t will e v er
kno w w h at it was ; what was t h e se c re t

chastisement w h ic h G od sent to make th a t
soul b etter which seemed to us already
good for earth
So
to o
does t h e Lord watc h

th e
H is peop l e and tries t h em with re as

,
rener of silver sits by h is f urna c es wat ch

ing t h e me l ted metal ti ll h e knows th at it
is purged fro m al l its dross by seei ng th e
image
of
h is
own face ree c ted on it

To wn a nd Co nt ry Sermo n
.
By su fferings was C h rist made perfect ; and

what was th e best path for Jesus Christ is
surely good enough for us e ven tho u g h it
,
be
a rough and thorny
o ne
Let u s lie still
beneath God s h and ; for th ough His h and

be hea v y upon us i t is stro ng and safe
,
beneat h us too ; and none

of
o ut
can
pluck us
His h an d for in Him we li v e and

,
mo v e and h ave
our
being
H e waits for
us year after year with patience w h ich

,
cannot tire ; therefore let us wai t awh ile

,
for Him
Wit h Him is plenteous
re d e m
tion and t h erefore redemption e n ough for

,
u s and for those l ikewise w h om we love

And
though we go down into h ell with
Davi d
wit h D a v id we shall nd God
there (Ps c xxxix

nd that He does
.
Ps
no t
xvi
leave
ou r
and
souls in
hell nor suffer His holy ones to see cor

,
T HE
r u p tion
in
CR
O SS O F
H R IST
Y es ha v e faith in
Go d
N othing
thee which H e has ma d e shall
s ee
co r
ruption ; for i t is a tho u ght of God s and
no thought of H is can perish

shal l be p urged
e
ase ;
out
in
God said in the beginni ng

our
image
wn
and li v e to all eternity
T hee
fo r
thee of which
Let
us
make
shall be sa v ed
,
out
T hough T ho u slay
of thee
out
Y es have fa ith
in God and cry to H im
t h y d is
othing shall be burnt
in
thee but
but thy dross ; and that

man
No t h im
of
yet
m e,
the deep
lo v e
w ill I
T hou lo v edst me i n Jesus Christ
before the foundation of the world

S r m o n G oo d New f
.
Oh
and
K
ing
sad hearts and su ffering
W eary
Christ
ones
Look to
T here hung your
of
God
A nxious
th e
K in g
sorrowing sou l s and
cross
?
m ore ,
of
T he
the
O UT
K
S orrows
of
ing
OF
T H E D EE P
Ay
pai n and grief
tyranny and desertion death and hell H e

,
has faced the m one and all and tried their

,
strength and taught them His and con

,
quered them right royally
And since He
hung u p on that torturing cross sorrow is

,
di v ine godlike as j oy itself

,
All that
man s fallen nature dreads and despises

God honoured
on
th e cross and took u nto

,
H im s elf and b l est and consecrated for e v er

,
A nd
no w
poor
in
heart as well as p urse ; for Jesus

,
blessed are the p oor if they are
was p oor and theirs

h e a v en
is
t h e kingdom
of
Blessed are the hungry if they

,
hu nger for righteousness as
w ell
as
food
for Jesus h ungere d and t h ey shall be lle d

,
Blessed are thos e who mo u rn if they

,
mourn not only for their sorrows but for

their sins ; for Jesus mourned for our sins
T R U E RE S I G N A T I O N
and
on
the cross H e was mad e
who kne w no
forted
s in
s in
fo r
wh o
are ashamed
th emse l ves and hate themselves
of
us
and they shall be com
B l essed are those
an d
h umble themsel v es before God for on the

,
cross Jesus h umbled Himself ; and they

shal l be exalted
and despised ;
d id
Blessed are t h e forsaken

not a ll men forsake Jes u s
i n His hour of need
And why
too thou p oor deserted

,
d isci p le
o ne
be abo v e his Master
no t
thee
S hall th e
No
E v ery
one that is perfec t must be as his Master

N tio n l Se r m o n
a
N e v er let us get into th e common trick
of calling unbelief R esignation ; of asking

and th e n because we ha v e
belie v e putting in a
,
at the end
w il l,
T hy
no t
w il l
faith
Let us make God s will
and so say
to
be do ne
T hy will be
our
d one
O F T H E D EEP
O UT
w ell
T here is a false as
h oly resignation
come
fo r
or
coming
oth ers
necessary appare ntly
or
let
Master in th e Agony
to t h at
ll em o r z es
But
point let us pray boldly

e tte s a nd
with our
N ot w h at we will
sa
us
but w h at T hou wilt !
as a true and
W h en t h e sorrow is
good
f Ch a r les
K ings l y
C h ristianity h eig h tens as well as deepens

t h e h uman
tions
as
I am happy
th e more
faith
best for us
a ffe c
well as the di v ine

;
h Op e ,
for the less
G od knows what is
I am
sure w e d o
not
Continual resignat ion I begin to nd is

,
the secret of contin u al strength

dying
p ath
of
as
B oeh m e n
dai ly l iving
interprets it
D ai l y
is th e
L tter
e
s a nd
l f e m o r ie s
L I T E RAL F A I T H 1 N
In all the trials

some way
man goes
P RO M I S ES
G OD S
life there is still

,
escape to be found
co m
of
I S peak
n
e
p
that wh ich I know
my own c omfor t I wil l not speak
Of
of
I will
was simply by not struggling
d o i n rr
my work v igorously w h ere
Go d
cal meaning and that P salms

,
c xl v i
xxxvii
c v ii
cxii
ro
m e t ap h o r i
mises had a real not a mere

xxxi v
had put
me and belie v ing rmly that His

x
cxxiii
xx v i i
cxx v i
are as practi c ally true for us as
t h ey were for the Jews of

it is the faith l essness
of
o ld ,
and that
this day
p re v ents men from acce p ting God s
h ich
p
ro
mises i n their literal sense with sim p l e

Cll
it
the p ath by which I attained

It
if
th e righ t place to look for
to
it ; and if not of escap e still of

sation
lldllk e
faith
Le tt r
e s
13
d JII e m o r z es
an
'
OUT
T H E DEE P
OF
D o not fear the clo uds and storm and

bow
rai n ; look at th e
v ery rain itse l f

tho u g h
sti l l sun l ight
and
s ky
th e
c annot see it is shini n g
u
o
y
sti l l that up
blue
T hat is a sign that
s u n,
in th e cloud in th e
bove beyond th e cloud

,
is
warmth and c loud l e s s
Belie v e in God s co v enant
Believe that th e sun will conquer the

clouds
w armt h
will conqu er cold calm

,
wil l conquer storm fair wi ll conquer fou l

,
ligh t wil l conquer dark n ess j oy will con

,
qu er sorro w life conquer death love con

,
quer destru c tion and th e d e v ouri ng oods

because God is light G od is love G od is
,
life
G od is peace and j oy eternal G od

,
i s with out change and labours to gi v e life

,
and j oy and pea c e to man and beast and

all c reated t h ings
i ng
of
th e
Th is was th e mean
rainbo w
It is a witness that
TII E
God
w ho
I N TH E C LO U D
B O V
made th e worl d is th e friend

,
and p reser v er
man ; that H is promises
of
are like the everlasting suns h ine which is

abo v e th e clouds wit h out spot
,
w ithout
va riableness
or
shadow o f turnin
N t io n l Ser mo n
a
If
I did not be l ieve
fa din rr
or
in
'
a special P ro v i
dence in a p erpetua l education of

,
men
by e v il as wel l as good by smal l th ings

,
as
well as
great i f
I did not belie v e that
I could belie v e not h i ng

L etters
.
a nd
M em or ies
Let us be content ; we do not know

what is good for us and
,
It is true and
,
( thoug h
ou
God
does
w ill nd
G od knows it is a
it
d i fficult
true
l esson
ough to learn) that th ere should be no

greater comfort to Christian people tha n to
n
be made like Chri s t by s u ffering p atiently

l5
O U T O F T HE D E E P
not only the h ard work
of
eve y
r
d ay
life
but sorrows troubles and si cknesses and

,
all our heavenly Father s corrections w h en

,
soe v er by any manner

,
of
ad v ersity it
,
shall please H is gra c ious goodness to visit

them
Fo r
C h rist Himself went not up
to j oy but
,
rst
He su ffered pain
He
entered not into H is glory before He was

crucied
read in the
T herefore those words whic h we

V isitation
of
the
S i ck
about this
matter are not mere kind words meant

,
to gi v e comfort for th e moment

ar e
T hey
truth and fact and so u nd phi l osophy
Th ey
h ealth
a re
and
as true for t h e young lad i n

spirits as for the
crawling towards their graves
o ld
It
folks
is tru e
t h at si ckness and all sorts of trou b les are

sent to correct and amend in
doth offend th e eye
P
>
of our
16
us
w h atsoe v er
hea v enly Fatl

I
> <
PATI ENCE
It is true and
,
n d
will
o
u
y
it true that
,
whom the Lord lo v eth He chasteneth!

A ll S i nt D y Ser m o ns
a
of
St
T hat ye through p atience and comfort

Scrip tures
the
.
P aul
might ha v e hop e
and again
,
her p erfect work

get patience
says
Let patience ha v e
But where are we to
God knows it is h ard in
such a wor l d as t h is for poor c reatures

B ut
fait h can breed
though patience
cannot breed
to be al w ays patient
patience
itself ; and fait h in whom ?
Faith in
our
Father i n Heaven e v en in Almighty God

,
Himself
Patience
H oly
He calls Himself the

and Conso l atio n
S pirit ,
of
G od
P ray for His
and He will make you
pray for His Holy S pirit and H e
tient
will console and comfort you
p romised that
B
S pirit
17
of
H is
He h as
th e Com
,
OUT
OF
forter the S pirit
P ati en c e
T H E DEEP
of
Love
T ru st
as k
to as many as
Him
and
As k
Him at His Holy T ab le to make
Him to ch ange your wills
patient ; ask
into t h e l ikeness
yo u r e yes
of
H is
h e O pened ;
will
th e
and
world
S a c rament
Th en wi l l
t h en will yo u
the Sc riptures a sure pro m ise

glor y
u
o
y
of
in
s ee
h op e and
,
all
redemption for yo u rs e l f and

t h en yo u will
s ee
in
t h e b le s sed
of
t h e Lord s b ody and bl ood a
sure sign and warrant h anded dow n fro m

,
h and
to
h and fro m age to age from year

,
to year from fat h er to

,
s o n,
t h at H is
ro
mises s h all b e f u llle d th at pa tien c e s h all
h a v e h er perfect work t h at h ope s h al l

be c ome a reality t h a t not
Lord s words s h all fai l

all
b e fu ll l ed
or
o ne
of
th e
pas s away til l
Na tio na l
18
Sermons
P R O S T RA T I O N O F M I N D
G od means some good to

t ra t ing
you perh aps
'
He
u
o
y
by p ros
means by gi v ing
blessings almost without yo ur aski ng
u
o
y
to S how
u
o
y
t i ve ne s s o r
how l ittle avails morbid sensi
selftormenting struggl es
S yn
thetica l minds are subj ect to this self torture

-
a period
Su c h
in
your life is t h e tim e to
c ome again a little child

a
mind to assume t h at ton e
be
I do not mean
regeneration but a permitting
re-
of
of
the
ca l m wonder
and infantile trust which will all ow all th e

,
innate principles within all G od bestowed

-
graces whic h have been bruised and bowed

by the tempest to blossom gently up wards
,
again in
,
t h e c lear S h ining after rain
a breathing time in
retrospe c tion
or
l ife
not too much
self examin ation

keep
that for the heal th y and v igorous hours

of
the mind but a si l ent basking in th e
OUT
OF
T H E DEEP
presence
light of God s
time for faith
more than for l abour ; for general and

unexpressed more th an for particular
or
earnest
rayer
p
Le tter s
a nd
Mem or ies
S orro w t h oug h dreary is not b arren

,
N ot h ing need b e barren to t h ose w h o
iew
all things in t h eir rea l ligh t as links
in
t h e great c h ain
t h emse l ves
a ll
and
of
progression both for

,
for t h e universe
T ime sho u ld seem
so
fu ll
of
T o us
life ; e v ery
moment t h e grave and t h e fath er
of
nu
n u m b ered e v ents and designs in h eaven

and earth revealing t h e mind of
,
o ur
G od
H imself all things moving smoothly and

s u rely in spite
,
disappointments
of
apparent c h ecks and
toward s
E nd !
t h e appointed
Letter s
20
a nd
M emor ie s
T H E C H A N G E L E SS
IN G D O M
In all the chances and changes

mortal life it is our
,
this
of
comfort to belie v e
o ne
rmly and actively in t h e changeless ki ng

dom and in the changeless
,
ing
T his
alone will give us c alm patience faith and

,
hope thoug h the h eavens and t h e earth be

,
shaken around
s ee
us
For
that the kingdom
citizens is a kingdom
,
of
darkn ess ;
of
of
of
truth and
,
only s h all we
so
whic h w e are
light and not

,
no t
of
of false h ood
freedom and not of S la v ery ;

,
of
bounty
and mercy and not of wrath and fear ; that

,
we li v e and mo v e and h a v e our being

not in a
D eus quidam d e c e p t o r
grudges His children wisdom

Father
of
but
who
in a
Light from whom comes e v ery

,
good and perfect gift ; w h o willeth t hat all

men should be sa v ed and come to th e
,
knowledge of the truth

21
In His kingdom
OUT
O F T H E DEE P
we are ; and in the
ing whom He h as
set
over it we can h ave most perfect trust

For
us
that
ing stooped from h eaven to
fo r us He was born for us He
earth ;
toiled for
us
He su ff ered for us He died for

,
us He arose again for us He sits for ever at

,
God s right h and
And can we not trust
Him ? Let Him do w h at He wi ll
l ead us w h it h er He will
Let Him
W h eresoever H e
leads must b e t h e way of trut h and life

W h atsoever He does must b e
ln
harmon y
wit h t h at innite love which He displayed

for us u pon the Cross W h atsoever He does
.
m u st be in h armony wit h that eternal pur

pose by w h ich He reveals to men G od t h eir
Father
T herefore though t h e h eaven

,
an d
the eart h b e s h aken around us we will trust

,
in
fo r
Him
we know that He is t h e same
yesterday to day and

-
22
fo r
ever
Na tio na l Sermo ns
o n s E D U CA T I ON
or
MAN
If we believe that God is e d ucating

men the when the w h ere and the
,
are not only
ho w
nimport ant but c onsideri ng

,
W h o is the teacher un fathomable to us

,
and it is eno u g h to be ab le to b elieve t h at

of
t h e Lord
all things is inuencing u s
through all things
P rovided we attain at last to th e truly
heroi c
an d
di v ine life w h i ch is the l ife
of
vi rtue it will matter little to

,
strange and weary ways
or
by w h at
us
through w h at
painful and h umiliati ng processes

arrived thit h er
we
have
If G od h as loved u s if
,
G od will re c ei v e us t h en let u s su b mit

,
W h om
l oyal ly and humbly to His law

th e Lord lo v et h He c h astenet h and
,
e th
every
s on
s co u r
w h om He receiveth
A ll S ints D a y Sermons
.
23
O U T O F T H E DEE P
believe t hat the wisest plan
bearing
of
it
sorrow is sometimes not to try to bear

as long as
every day
-
i s not cri pp led for one s
o ne
duties
but to gi v e way to
row utterly and freely

,
m ay
sent t h at we
s or
P erhaps sorrow is
give way to it and in

,
drinking the c up to th e dregs nd some

,
medicine in it itself whic h we Should not

nd if we b egan doctoring ourselves
letting ot h ers do c tor
I am wretc h ed
us
If we
be
ought to
sa
c an He mean but thy good ?

h eart answers impatiently
th e voi ce may answer
h ave bot h in time
wretch ed
Wh o
T hen w h at
My good
!
perh aps
T hen t h ou s h al t
L tter
e
24
And if t h e
don t want it I want my lo v e

,
simply
t h en we s h al l p er h aps h ear a voice

made th ee wretc h ed b ut G od ?
or
s a nd
M em or ies
TH E P ROB LE M
OF
of
After all the problem

,
di fcult
o ne ,
for it solves
soon at b est b y death

t h e best
to
kn o w
w ay y o u
L I FE
life is
itself
no t
so
very
D o what i s right
can and wait to t h e end

,
If in spite
,
of
wars and fevers and a cc i

,
dents and th e strokes

,
of
chance this world

,
be green and fair what must th e coming

,
world be like
Let us comfort ourse l v es
as S t P aul did (in innitely worse times)

t h at the su fferings o f this present time are
.
not worthy to be compared with t h e glory

that shall be reveal ed
quote
o ne
It is not fair to
text ab out t h e c reation groaning
and travailing without the other that it

,
will not groan and tra v ail long
Would
the mother w h o has groaned and travailed

and brough t fort h children would
give
th ose chi l dren for t h e sake

25
of
she
no t
OUT
T H E D EE P
OF
Th en b elieve th at
h aving had th at pain ?
t h e day will come wh e n t h e world and

,
every h u man being i n it w h o h as really

groaned and travailed
wou l d not give
up its past pangs for th e s ake
of
its then
present perfection b ut will l ook b a ck
on
this l ife
as
t h e mot h er does
wit h g l ory and j oy
on
past pain
L etter
s a nd
M e mor ies
I write to yo u b e c ause every expression

of
h u man sympat h y b ri ngs some litt l e c om
fort
if
it b e only to r emind su ch as you
t h at yo u
alone in the world
no t
a re
I know noth ing can make up for s uch a

ate
loss
as
yo u rs
l ove
on
eart h al l round
is not dead
world for
But you will still h ave
and
his
love
It lives still in t h e next
u,
o
y
u
o
y
and perhaps with you

D
at h
of
26
H u s b an d
Fo r
E T E R N I T Y O F M ARR I AG E
wh y should not those w h o are gone if they

,
are gone to their Lord be actually nearer

,
us
further from us in t h e heave nl y
no t
world praying for us and it may b e

,
fluencing
ways
of
in
and guiding us i n a h undred

w h ic h we i n
ou r
prison h o u se of
-
mortal ity cannot dream ?

Yes
wh o m
do not b e afraid to b elieve that h e

y
h ave lo v ed is still near
ou
of
and you near h im and bot h

,
G od who died
,
is all
can
is in it if
,
on
s ay
the Cross for
ou
near
Th at
But what comfort t h ere
can give u p one s h eart to
o ne
be l ieve it !
L ette rs
All t h at I can
text Matt xxii

,
ou
o u,
30
a nd
sa
M emorie s
about th e
of
Marriage
in
the
!
world to c ome! is that it has nought to

,
do with me and my wife

27
I know that
P
>
OUT
O F T H E DEEP
if immortality is to
identity
of
i nclude
in my case
person I shal l feel for her for

,
e v er what I feel now

d e v elo p ed
be
T hat feeling may
i n ways w h ich I do
no t
ex p ect ; it may hav e pro v ided for it forms

of expression v ery di fferent from
an
are among the ho l iest sac ram ents

that I take no c are
Of
believe to be eternal as my
I lea v e all in t h e hands
of
whi c h
life
of
T he union I
o
wn
soul and
,
a good God
Is not marriage the mere
pp
ro x
im a
tion to a unity that shall be perfect in

heaven
And s h all we not be reunited
in hea v en by that still deeper tie ?
S urely
if on earth Christ the Lord has loved some

more than others
why should not we do
the same in hea v en and yet love all

,
D o I thus seem to under v al ue earthly
bliss
No
I enhance it w h en I make it
28
SH A D O WS
the sacrament
of
AN D
S U BS T A N C E
a higher un i on
Will not
this thought gi v e more exquisite delight ;

o ff
will it not tear
the thorn from e v ery
rose ; and sweeten e v ery nectar cup to

perfect security of b l essedness in this life
to feel that there is more in store for
that
of
expressions
all
love here are

,
be perfect if we b ut work here

wor k
ou t
our
o wn
T hat
us
a union w h i ch will
of
but dim shadows
salvation
L etter s
a nd
so
as to
M emor ies
an awful feeling of
is
havin g the roots w h ic h c onne c t
o ne
wit h
the last generation seemingly torn up and

,
h aving to
N ow I am th e root I stand
s ay ,
self supported wit h

-
to rest
on
*5
oth er older stature
no
But t h is
that God is th e God

D
at h
of
of
29
must belie v e
o ne
Abraham and that

,
Pa
re nt
OUT
OF
T H E DE E P
all li v e to Him and that we are no more

,
isolated and self supported t h an wh en we

-
were children
our mother s bosom

Lette r s nd M emor ies
on
Be l ieve th at those who are gone are

I
nearer us than e v er ; and that if as

,
surely
believe they do sorr ow over the mis h aps

,
and misdeeds
of
t h ose w h om they lea v e
behind they do not sorrow in vain

,
Th eir
sympathy is a furth er edu catio n for t h e m

and a pledge too
,
of
help and I believe

,
nal deliveran c e for t h ose

look do wn in love
of
whom t h ey
Blessed are th e
Lord
on
Le tter
d ead
s a nd
Memor ies
w h o die in t h e
for they rest from th eir labours and

,
their works do follow them
Th ey rest from t h eir labo u rs
All th eir
struggl es disappointments failures back

,
30
TH E D EA D
CH R I ST
IN
slidings which made them unha p py here

,
be cause they could not p erfectly do th e wil l

of
God
are past and o v er for e v er
their works follow t h em
But
T he good which
they did on earth that is not past and

over
It c annot die
for ever following

,
It l i v es and grows
in th eir pat h long
on
after they are dead and bearing fru it u nto

,
everlasting life not only

,
men whom they n ever

tions yet u nborn
in
s aw ,
t h em but in
,
and in genera
G ood News of
God
Sermo ns
A l ittle while and ye s h all
no t
s ee
me and again a little w h ile and ye shall

,
s ee
me be c ause I go to
our
th e
Lord w h en speaking
Father
of
deat h to His sorr owing disciples

i t be
those
as
so
wh o
His
.
wi th Christ t h en is i t
,
said
o wn
And if
so
with
are C h rist s with t h ose whom

,
31
OUT O F TH E D EE P
we lo v e
T hey are the partakers
death therefore they

,
H is resurrection
are
of
His
the p artakers
of
Let us beli e v e that
blessed news in all its fu l ness and be at

,
p eace
A little w h ile and
we
see t h em
and again a little while and w e do not

them
s ee
But why
gone to the
Father
Be c ause they are

a nd
to t h e source
fount of all life and power all light and

,
lo v e th a t they may gain lif e from His

,
l ife power from His power light from

,
H is light lo v e from His

,
not for nought
S urely
l ove
and surely
not for nough t
For if they were like Christ

,
on
earth and
,
did not use their powers for themsel v es

alone if th ey are to be like Christ w h en
,
th ey shal l
s ee
Him as H e is th e more
,
surely will they not use th eir p owers

t h emse l ves but as Christ
,
32
fo r
ses His for

,
U N S EE N P R E S E N C E S
S urely l ike Christ they
th ose they lo v e ?
may come and go e v en now unseen

Christ they may breat h e u pon
h earts and
not in
v ain
And
for w h at t h ey did for us
w h en th ey were yet
do more full y
Like
restless
our
P eace be unto you
s ay ,
on
earth they c an
t h at they are in h eaven
no w
Th ey may seem to h ave left us and we may

,
weep and lament
But t h e day will come
w h en t h e veil shall b e taken from
our
eyes and we s h all s e e t h em as t h ey are

wit h Christ and in C h rist for ever and
angu ish for j o y
th at another human bei n g has entered
remember no more
ou r
into that one true real and eternal worl d
w h erein is neither disease disorder change
de c ay nor death for it

,
th e bosom
of
is
one oth er than
th e Fath er
A ll Sa ints
.
D ay
Ser m ons
O U T O F T H E D EEP
A nd
what if earthly lo v e seems

in
delicious that all change

a change
so
i t would seem
worse shall we repine
fo r t h e
Wh at does reason (and faith w h ic h is

reason exercised o n the invisible ) require o f
,
us but to conclude that if th ere is c h ange

,
there will be someth ing better there ?

Letter s nd M e mor ies
a
Wh at is th e true e v erlasting life th e life

of
Go d
and
Christ
but a life
of
lo v e a life
,
p erfect acti v e self s a c ric ing goodness
of
which is the
o ne
only true life for all
rational beings w h et h er
,
hea v en in h eaven as
on
w ell
Form your own n otions as

ange l s and saints
'
in
earth or in
as
ou
earth
on
will ab out
h ea v en (for e v ery o ne
must ha v e some n otions about t h em ) and
,
try
o
to
picture to yourse l f what the souls
those whom
ou
ha v e lo v ed and lost are

34
FRO M
II E L P
T H E B L E SS E D D EA D
d oing in the other world
but bear this in
mind that if th e saints in hea v en li v e the

,
everlasting life they must b e li v ing a life

,
of
usefulness
of
love and
,
of
good works
T here are those who belie v e what we are

too apt to forget and that
,
is
t h at th e e v er
lasting life cannot be a s els h and idle life

spent only in being h a p py onese l f
T hey
belie v e that the saints i n h ea v en are
idle
no t
that they are eternally h e l ping man
kind doing all sorts o f good o fces for th ose

,
souls who need them

they s h ould
d elight
no t
I cannot
be right
why
s ee
For if th e saints
was to do good o n earth mu c h more

,
will it be to do good i n hea ven
If they
helped poor su fferers if they comforted th e

,
aficted here
on
earth muc h more will they

,
be willing to h elp and comfort them
no w
t h at t h ey are i n the full power the full free

,
35
OUT
OF
T H E D EEP
of
dom the full love and zeal

,
ing life
e ve rl as
the
If t h eir h earts were warmed and
softened by t h e re of G od s l ove h ere h ow

,
muc h more th ere !
If t h ey lived G od s life
of love here h ow mu c h more t h ere b efore

,
t h e throne
of
And if any
G od and th e face
o ne
shall
sa
of
Ch rist
t h at the sou ls of
good men in heaven c annot h elp

are h ere
on
earth
us
wh o
I answer Wh en did
they as c end into h eaven to nd out t h at ?

If t h ey h ad ever been t h ere let us be sure
,
t h ey wou l d h a v e h ad better news to b ring
h ome t h an t h is that those whom we have

,
h onoured and loved
on
earth have l ost t h e
power whic h they used on c e to h ave

comforting us who are struggling below
of
N o we will believe w h at every one w h o

,
l oses a b elo v ed friend c omes sooner
or
later
to b e l ieve th at th ose whom we h ave hon

36
M I N I S T ER I N G S P I R I T S
o u re d
and l oved though taken from
our
eyes are near to

,
ght for
s p irits ; that they still
our
under t h e banner
us
their
of
Master Christ and sti ll work for us by

,
virtue
of
His li fe
of
love w h ich they l i v e
in Him and by Him for ever
P ray to t h em indeed we n eed not as if

,
t h ey wo ld he l p us
t h eir own
not their
any self will

-
T hey do God s will and
own
and go
and not their own

our
of
out
of
on
God s errands
Father Himself that is enough

,
And w h at S h all we pray ?

will be done
us
Father T hy
,
earth as i t i s in hea v en
Goo d New of G o d Ser mo n
on
not t h at
fo r
Is
God
If we p ray to
o ne
thought that
s.
belo v ed
ou r
ones slee p in Christ Jesus enough
T hey
l eep in J esus and therefore in innite

,
tenderness sympathy care and lo v e

,
37
T hey
O U T O F T H E D EE P
s l eep i n Jesus ; and He is the Life and

,
therefore they sleep in Life

in
T hey S leep
Jesus ; and He is the Light and there

,
fore they sleep i n Light
T hey sleep i n
Jesus ; and He is Love and therefore they

,
slee p i n Lo v e
And what better
is better that they who sleep

must sure l y awaken
T his
in
Jesus
For as it is written
H is is a quicke n ing awakening life gi v ing

-
S pirit
in
and
so
in
to sleep
Him is to s l eep
th e v ery fount and core
p ower
If
from Jesus all
tal ents come h ere
on
ou r
of
life and
powers and
earth s urely He will
gi v e us more and nobler wh en we sleep

,
in Him and wake in Him to a risen and

,
eternal life
t h em that
with Him
face
to
And more i t is written that
leep in Jesus will He bring
At
the last day we s h all see
face those we lo v ed and before

38
T H E S P I R I T U A L B O D Y A REA L B O D Y
that o h
doubt it not
C h rist draws near

alone
O ftentimes
w h en
spirits He comes
our
no t
but loving souls souls w h om we

,
kne w in the es h
earth bear up His
on
train and h over near
our
hearts and j oin
their whispers to t h e voice and inspira

tion
of
Him wh o loved
us,
and w h o will
guide us wit h c ounsel here and after t h at

,
re c ei v e us into glory
meet those belo v ed
w h ere we shall
ones
not
as
our
fore
fathers dreamed as me a gr e s h adows itting

,
t h rough dreary and formless c haos but as

we kne w t h em
alone put
o ff,
on c e
the body
of
th e es h
bu t t h e real body th e S pirit

,
ual body to whi c h es h and blood was but a
h usk and s h ell living and loving more full y

,
more utterly than even before b ecause it is

,
in
C h rist who is t h e fount
of
life and freed

,
in Him for ever from hell and death

39
And
s o,
if
you wish for a sign that this
is
come to h oly communion and take t h e
bread and wine as a S ign t h at your bodies

and theirs your souls
,
from t h e same fount
a nd
of
theirs are fed

,
everlasting life
t h e dead and risen and ever living body

Christ Jes u s w h ic h He h as given to
of
b e t h e l ife
of
t h e world
We kno w that afi c tions do c ome

terri bl e b ereavements
strange
all
sorrows
But from w h om do they come
of
life and death ?
j oy and sorro w ?
Is
answer the most essential

is
and
question of all questions ?

It
s ad
T here they are G od h elp us
is Lord
of
the Ho ly S pirit
of
Who
Who is Lord
no t
t h at
th e
And is not th e
of
a ll answers
God ; the S p irit
w h o proceedet h from the Father and the

40
B L E SS E D N E WS
S on
the
S pirit
of
the Father who
loved
so
the world that He spared not His only

,
begotten S on ; th e S pirit
the
S on
who
loved th e world that He stooped to
so
d ie
is
of
for it upon the Cross ; the S pirit w h o

th e
Comforter and says

,
I have seen
t h y ways and will h eal thee I will lead

,
thee also and restore comforts to thee and

,
to thy mourners
I speak peace to him
that is near and to him t h at is afar

sait h th e Lord ; and
o ff,
will h eal him
Is not that t h e most blessed news th at

,
He w h o takes away is the very same as

,
He wh o gi ves ?
T hat He w h o afi c ts is
th e very same as He w h o comforts ?

Al l S ints D a y Sermo ns
-
Oh !
blessed news t h at G od Himse lf is
the Comforter
Blessed news t hat He who

,
strikes will also h eal ; that He w h o gives

41
OUT
the cu p
O F T H E D EE P
sorro w wil l also gi v e the
of
strength to drink it
Blessed news that
c h astisement is not punishment but the

,
edu cation
a Father
Blessed n ews th at
,
whole duty is the duty
ou r
of
of
of
a c h ild
t h e S on w h o said in His agony Fath er

,
not my will but T hine be done

,
Blessed
news that our Comforter is th e S pirit w h o

,
comforted Christ t h e S on Himself ; who

proceeds both from t h e Father and th e
and who will tell us t h at in Christ
S on ,
we are really and literally th e children

God who may c ry to Him in
,
need
Father
w ith
our
extreme
full understanding
all that t h at royal word contai n s
of
of
A ll Sa ints -D a y Ser m o ns
rou b l e
c om e b out m
My i n
h v e t ke u ch h ol d up o m t h t I m n t b l e t
l ook up y
um b er t h n t h h ir
t h ey
m ore i
of m y h e d d m y h e r t h t h f il e d m P 1 15
I ck no wl e d ge m y f ul t
d m y i i e v er b efore
m
Ag i t T h ee o l y h v e I i nne d nd d o n e t h i
e vil i Th y igh t P li 3
d
I id I w ill c o fe m y in u nt o t h L or d
T h o u forg v e t t h w i c ke d ne of m y i n P xxxi i 6
B le e d i th m
nd
w h o e i i ! u i t y i forgi v e
w h o e i i pu rge d P
xxxii 1
T h ere i forgi ve e w i t h T h ee t h erefore h l t Th o u
b fe re d P c xxx 1
t
s a re
n s
ea,
sa
ss
ss
an
s.
an
s.
n, a
so
ss
n ss
s.
s n
e.
s n
s.
s , an
a ns
e.
n n
e,
ar e
an
II
OU T O F TH E D E E P
OF
SI N
G OD
is not
gainst
all the struggles
of
ou
bu t for yo u in
,
life ; H e wants you
to get thro u gh safe ; wants you to

ceed
wants
to c onquer ; and He
u
o
y
will h ear your c ry

help you
yourse l v es
out
of
t h e deep and
And t h erefore w h en
w rong,
c ry to this man
h elp me ; do
sue
u
o
y
nd
utterly wrong do not

,
or
u
o
y
that man
s et
Do
ou
me a l ittle more
right before God comes and n d s me

,
in t h e wrong and punishes me

45
Cry to
God H imself to Christ Himself ;

to lift
Do
ou
y
no t
up ;
as k
Him to
sinfu l man
D epart from me for I am a

,
Lord
wait a l ittle ti ll I h a v e
rise n up and washed

,
righ t
No
u
o
y
be like S t P eter before his con v er
sion and cry
made
s et
H im
as k
m yself
Cry
my stains and
somew h at t to be seen
Come quickly
j us t because
O ff
Lord a t once
am a sinful man ; j ust
because I am sore let and hindered in

running my ra c e by my
sins and
wn
wickedness ; because I am lazy and stupid

because I am perverse and v icious
th er ef o r e
raise up T hy power and come to me T hy

,
miserable c reature T hy lost c hil d and with

,
Th y great migh t s uccour me

be c ause
me
fo r
h a v e fallen v ery
I have plunged
ou t
Lift me up
lo w ;
of
deliver
T hy sound
and safe highway into deep mire w h ere

46
CO RR E CT I O N A N D D E L I V ERA N C E
no ground is
Hel p myself
cannot
i f T hou hel p me not I am undone

,
DO
so
P ray
so
a nd
Let your sins and
wickedness be to you
no t
a reason
hid
fo r
ing from Christ who stands by ; but a

reason the reason
,
to Christ
of
all reasons for crying

,
who stands by
whether H e delivers
ou
And then
by gentle means
by sharp ones deli v er you H e will and
or
s et
your feet
on
rm
ground and order

,
your goings that you may run with
t ie nc e
the race which is
along the road
of
s et
before
life and the pathway
of
God s co mmandments w h erein there is

death
ou
oo d
Ne ws of
G od ,
Sermo n
no
s.
What are we to do when our sins brin

u s,
as t h ey certainly will some day
us into
,
t ro uble
but
47
to open
ou r
b rin c1
eyes
and see that the only thing for men and

is
women w h om God h as made
to obey
How can we p rosper by doing any
Him
thing else
But some
is i ll ghting against G od
It
may
o ne
s ay ,
I know I ha v e
sinned and I do wis h and long to obey

,
God but I am
,
entangled
so
I l ong to do
so
me,
so
h av e
weak and my S ins

,
that I cannot O bey G od
I feel and know when I
look back t h at all my

,
s in
and S h ame and
unhappiness come from being proud and

self wil l ed and determined to h ave my
-
way
But I
ca n n o t
mend
D o not despair poor soul
thousand times sooner h ear yo u

o
u
y
o wn
cannot mend than that
ou
h ad a
s ay
can
t h at
For
those w h o really feel they cannot mend

those w h o are really we ary and worn
out
with the burden of their

48
sins
t h ose
1
'
R EPE N T A N C E A N D RE N E WAL
who are tired
out
with their own wilfulness
and feel ready to lie do w n and die like a

,
spent horse and
sa
G od take me away
no matter to what p l ace ; I am not t to

live here on earth a shame and a tor m ent
,
to myse l f day and nigh t
those who are
mind are very near very
i n that state
of
near n d ing
ou t
glorious news
God knows as well as you what you

have to struggl e aga inst ;
times better
no t
a thousand
He kno w s What does H e
know ? T herefore pray to Him
H im
to make yo u r will like His
Cry to
own
will
that you may love what H e l oves hate what

,
He
ha tes
and do w h at He wishes you to
do ; and yo u will surely nd it c ome true

t h at th ose
who
try to mend and yet know

,
that th ey cannot mend themselves God will

,
mend them
N a tio na l Ser m o ns
49
OUT
O F T H E DEEP
S in dy a p r fa is literally as it sign ies
of
the missing
and th at each
or
rather is itself
a mark
miss brings a p enalty
t h e penalty is to me t h e best of ne w s
,
and gives me h ope for myself and for

every human being past present and
,
ture
fo r
it makes me look
fu
them all as
on
children u nder a paternal education w h o

,
o f,
are b eing taught to be c ome aware

use their
own
and
powers in G od s h ouse t h e
,
universe and for God s work i n it ; and

,
in proportion as they learn to do that they

,
attain sal vation

and
ta,
o w rn
p
-
who len es s O f
h ealt h
'
h ea lth
literally
spirit w h ic h is
,
l ike
the b ody its own reward

Letters nd M em ories
of
If in sorr ow t h e th ought strikes

th at
ou
th e
o
u
y
are punis h ed for your sins mourn

,
for th em but not for the h appiness they

,
50
M E M O R I ES
OL D
hav e pre v ented
H e has stopped
R ather than k G o d that
in time and remember
o
u
y
His promises of restoring us if we p rot

by His chastisement
Ah
Letter
s a nd
Mem or ies
how many a poor foolish creature
in misery and S hame wit h guilty con

,
science and
s ad
heart tries to forget his

,
S in to forget h is sorrow ; but h e cannot

,
He is sick and tired
of
s in
He is miser
able and he hardly knows why

,
T here
is a longing and cra v ing and h unger at

,
h is heart after something better

he
begins to remem b er
Father s house
O ld
learnt in childhood
of
his
words
good
o ld
Catech ism and Bib l e
stran gely in h is mind

them
his
T he n
Hea v enly
which he
words
start up
H e had forgotten
laugh ed at them perhaps i n

51
ou t
h is
wild days
But now th ey come up h e

,
does not kno w where from like bea u ti

,
ful ghosts gliding in

of
th em
lesso n s
And h e is ashamed
T hey reproa c h him th e dear old
and at
last
h e says
Would
G od that I were a little child again ;

once more an innocen t little child at my
mother s knee
fool ;
o ld
and t h e
righ t after all

able !
P erhaps I h a v e b een a
S unday books were
At least
t h ought
was my
am miser
own
master
b ut p erhaps He a b out w h om I used to

read
the old S unday books is my
in
Master after all

o wn
master ;
At least I am not my
,
am
s la ve
P erhaps I
have been gh ting against Him against

,
t h e Lord G od all this time and now He

,
h as s h own me t h at He is t h e stronger
t h e two
52
of
T HE G OO D P H Y S I C I A N
And w h en the Lord has drawn a man

N ot
thus far does He stop ?

,
not leave His work h alf done

is half done it is t h at
H e S tops
If the work
that
no t
Whoever comes to Him howe v er
confusedly
He does
stop
we
so
or
clumsily
or
e v en lazily they
may c ome He will in n o wise cast
out
He may afict them still more to cure that

confusion and laziness ;
but
He is a physi
eian who never sends a patient away

keeps
h im
or
waiting for a single h our

Na tio n l Ser m o ns
.
Th e blessed S t Augustine found

.
ne v er conqu er h is
with himself
or
o wn
he
could
S ins by arguing
by any oth er means till

,
he got to kno w G od and to see that God

,
w as
th e Lord
And when his s p irit was
utterly broken w h en
,
he
s aw
h ave been a foo l and blind all

3
himself to
along
the n
O UT
th e
O ld
O F T HE D E E P
words which h e learned
mother s knee came
at
to h is min d
his
and
he k n ew t h at G od had been watching g u id

,
ing him letting h im go wrong only to

,
show
of
the folly
h im
going wrong c aring

,
for h im bearing wit h him ple a ding with

,
b ack
his conscience alluring him

,
to the
on l y true h appiness as a lo v ing fat h er will

,
a rebellious and s elf willed c hild ; and h e

-
became a changed man

state may God
us in His
of
T o that blessed
His great mercy bring
good time
own
And if He does
bring us to it i t is little matter w h ether

,
He brings us to it t h rough j oy
sorrow throug h ho n our
,
t h rough the Garden

th e
V alley
of the
or
of
throug h
through shame
E den
S hadow
or
of
or t h rough
D eath
Fo r
what matter how bitter th e medicine is if

it d oes but save
ou r
li ves
54
N a tiona l
Sermons
TH E S ENS E O F S I N
of
Y our sense
t ic is m ;
sin is
no t
fana
it is I suppose simple c onscious

,
ness of fact
As for h elping y o u to Christ
I do not beli e ve
s ee
can
in c h
o ne
I can
no hope but in prayer in going to

,
H im yourself and saying :

,
Lord if T hou
,
art there if T ho u art at all if this be

,
not all a lie fu l l T hy re p uted promises

,
and give me pea c e and t h e sens e

i
n
s
v
e
e
s
g
of
and the feeling th at bad

,
fo r
as
may be Th o u loves t me still seeing all

,
understandi ng all and therefore making

,
allo wance for all !
I have h ad to do t h at in past days ; to

challe nge Him t h roug h outer d arkness and
the si l ence
of
night till I almost expected

,
that He would vindicate His
o wn
honour
by appearing visibly as He did to S t

,
Paul and S t John ; but H e answered in

.
55
OUT
T H E DEE P
OF
th e still sm all voice o nly ; yet that was

,
enough
D ear friend
an d
fo r yo u
'
and
our
wh o
e tt r
fo r
t h e secret
me is to lay
so
life
purposes
our
D o Th o u purge
alone shall I b e cl ean
requires t trut h in t h e inward parts

wilt make m e
secretly
of
chara c ters conti n ually b efore Him
made t h em and cry
me and
M emor ies
e s a nd
to
T hou
Th ou
understand wisdom
What more
rationa l belief
For surely if there b e any G od and He

,
made us at rst He who makes can also

,
mend His
gear
trines
o wn
work if it gets
of
ou t
What more mirac u lous in t h e doc

of
regeneration and renew a l than
in t h e mere
fa c t
of
creation ?
L
56
etter
s a nd
M em or ies
T HE S I N S O F Y O U T H
As
for the sins
l 3 0 th
P salm ?
of
yo u th what says the

,
If Th ou Lord were ex
,
treme to mark what is done amiss

could abide it ?
But there is mercy with
Him therefore shall He be feared

,
Go d
h ow to fear
by working
who
A nd
I kno w not better than
at the spe c ial work which
on
He h as given us trusting to Him to make

,
it
of
use to His creatures if He needs us

,
T herefore fret not nor be
of
doubtful min d
b ut j ust do the duty which lies nearest

L e tter
nd i ll m
s a
Yes ;
this is
'
o r z es .
comfort this is
our
o ur
hope ; Christ th e G reat Healer the Gre a t

,
P hysician can deliver us and will deli v er

,
us from th e remains
c onsequences
of
our
of
our
o wn
old sins
follies
th e
No t
indeed at once or by miracles but
by
fo r
us
s l ow education
Better
57
indeed
O U T O F T HE DEEP
perhaps that He should not c u re us at

s in
once l est we s h o u l d fancy that

,
w as
ligh t t h ing which we could throw

whenever we c h ose
a
o ff
and not t h at it is
an inward disease corroding and corrupt

,
ing t h e wages w h ereof are death

,
so
He
And
it is that b e c aus e Christ loves

hates
sins and c annot abide
our
us
or
endure t h em b ut will punish t h em and

,
is mer c ifu l and loving in punishing as

long as a tin c t u re
left in us
into
P h ysician
remnant
of
S in i s
Th erefore let us put oursel v es

h ands
the
or
and
of
ask
C h rist
G reat
Him to h eal
wo u nded sou ls and purge

,
the
o ur
c orrupted
souls and leave to Him the c hoi c e

,
h ow He will do it
ou r
of
Let u s be c ontent
to be punis h ed and c h astised
Let Him
deal wit h us if He sees t as He dealt

,
PU NI SH M E N T O F S I N
with D a v id of
s in ,
o ld ,
whe n He forgav e the
and yet p unished it by the death
his child
Let Him do what H e will by
us pro v ided He does w h at He
w i ll d o
make us good
m en
A ll
a ints -D a y
Sermo n
My belief is that G od will punish (has

He not p unis h ed already somewhat ?) e v ery
wrong thing I e v er did unless
re p ent
th a t is change my behav iour therein

,
and th at H is l ightest blo w is h ard enough

to break bone and marrow
saying
s aw
on
of
B ut
as
fo r
any human being whom I e ver
eart h that there is no
h O p e fo r
them ; that if ever under th e bitter smart

,
of j ust punishment they O pened their eyes

,
to their folly and altered their mind e v en

,
then God would not forgi v e them ; as for

saying th at I will
,
no t
59
fo r
al l th e world
and t h e rulers
t h ereo f
I n ever
man in w h om t h ere
s aw
not some good
w as
and I believe t h at G od sees t h at good far

more clear l y and l oves it far more
,
d eeply ,
th an I can because He Himself put i t

,
t h ere and t h erefore it is reasonable to
b e l ieve th at He wil l educate an d strength en

t h at good and c h astise t h e h older
,
of
it
til l h e o b eys it and loves it and gives

,
h imse l f up to i t ; and t h at t h e said h older

will nd such ch astisement terrible enough
if h e is unruly and stu bb orn I doubt not
and
so
mu c h t h e b etter for him
th is I cannot
s ay
Beyond
Letter
s a nd
M emor ies
If a man really be l ieved h imself to be

a son under a father s edu c ation h e wo ul d
belie v e everything whic h h appened to b e

a part
of
th at edu cation
60
And su c h a
FATH E R S
man I belie v e
,
E D U CAT I O N
pray ing and
so
work
so
ing keeping before him as his lode star

-
O ur
Father h allowed be T hy name ; T hy

,
kingd om come ; Th y w il l be done on earth

as it is in heaven
and asking e v en for
his daily bread for th at purpose and no

other would nd sel shness and self seek
-
ing die
gro w
out
in
of
h im and a c ti v e b enevo l en c e
h im
sorrows and falls
He would nd pas t
t urned
practical use for h is
o wn
unexpe ctedly to
and other s good ;
and discover to h is delight t h at his Father

,
h ad been edu c ating h im w h il e h e fancied

,
h e was educating h imself ; and h e would

neither h ave leisure nor need to torment
h imself about t h e motives of his a c tions
b ut simply whate v er h is hand found to

do
do it with a ll h is might
Letter s
61
a nd
M e m or ies
> <
O U T O F T HE D EEP
Let us for w ard
G od l eads
us
t h ough
blind S hall we be afraid to follow ?
I do
not
s ee
my way ; I do not c are to ; but I
know that He sees His way and that I
s ee
Him and I cannot belie v e that i n spite

,
of
all one s sins He will forget His gracious
promises
Th ey h ad an eye unto Him
and were lightened
Th ey that put their
trust in Him s h all not b e ashamed

I kno w th e m i serable
p eevish lazy
,
conceited faith less prayerless wretch t h at

,
am but I know this too that

,
O ne
is
guiding me and driving me when I would

,
h as
not be guided who will make me and

,
made me go His way and do His work b y

,
fair means
or
by fou l
Lett r s
e
Be
of
good ch eer
a nd
M em or ies
WH E N the wicked
man turneth from his wickedness (then

62
G O S PE L O F T HE I N C AR N A T I O N
there and then ) h e shall sa v e his soul
and all his S in and wickedness shall

a l i ve
not be mentioned unto h im
measure
of
guilt (if t h ere c an be a

the in c ommensurable s p irit u al )
of
measure
m ay
What your
be I know
,
no t
But this I know
t h at as long as you keep the sense

guilt ali v e in your
o wn
of
mind you will
remain j u stied i n G od s mind ; as long

as
will
your sins before your fa c e He
s et
u
o
y
s et
them behind His back

Letter s nd Memor ie
.
Th is is t h e G ospel t h e good
,
e w s for
fall en men that there is a Man in th e

,
midst
of
t h e throne
of
God to whom all
power is given i n h eaven and earth

t h at t h e fate
of
the world and
is t h erei n the fate

,
fate
of
of
sun
a ll
that
and stars the

,
kings and natio ns th e fate of every

,
63
publican and harlot heathen and o u t c ast

,
the fate of all w h o
a re
in deat h and h ell
de p end alike upon the sacred heart

Jesus
of
t h e heart w h ic h grieved at the
tomb of Lazarus His friend

,
the heart
w h ich we p t over Jerusalem ; the h eart

w h ich said to the blessed Magdalene the
,
woman th at was a S inner
G o in peace
thy S ins are forgiven thee
the h eart
that yearns o v er every sinful and wander

ing soul all over the earth
to all
of
Wh y will ye die
any pleasure in t h e d eat h
God cryin g
,
of
Ha v e
him that
dieth saith the Lord and not rather t h at

,
h e sho u ld turn from h is wi ckedness and
liv e
Come unto me all ye that are
weary and h eavy laden and I will give

you rest
Na tio na l
Ser mons
M E SS AG E O F H O LY CO M M U N I O N
T his is the message
ment
of
of
the blessed sacra
th e body and blood
which te ll s you that in s p ite
Christ
of
al l your
of
daily sins and failings you can still look

,
up to G od as your Fath er ; to the Lord

Jesus as your l ife ; to the H oly Sp irit as
your guide and your inspirer ; that though
you be a prodigal
s o n,
your Father s house
is still open to yo u ; your Father s eter

nal love ready to meet
o
u
y
afar
o ff
the
moment t h at you cry from your heart
Fat h er
have sinne d and am no more

,
worthy to be called T hy child

y
ou
and that
must b e converted and turn back to
G od your Father not merely once
fo r
b u t weekly daily hourly as often as

,
forget and disobey Him
all
y
ou
T his is the
message o f t h e blessed sa c rament that
though you c annot come to it trusting

65
in your own righ teousness
ou
can c ome
trusting in His man ifold and great mercies ;

that though
o
u
y
are
no t
worthy to gath er
up the crumbs under His table yet He

,
is th e same Lord whose property is ever

to ha v e mercy and He will grant t h at
,
in
your souls shall be washed
Christ s
most precious blood that you may dwell

,
i n H im and He
,
in y o u ,
for ever
Memb ers
of
C h rist children
of
of the kingdom O f h ea v en h eirs

,
God heirs
,
of
a Hop e
undying pure t h at will never fade away

,
you have a right gi v en you by t h e promis e

and oath
of
Almighty God Himself to h o p e

,
for yoursel v es for your neigh b ours for this

,
poor distracted world for e v er and ever : a

righ t to be l ie v e that there is an everlas ting
66
TH E U N DY I N G H O PE
of
day
j usti c e and peace and happ iness in

,
store for the whole world and that

,
if
o
u,
y
you will may ha v e your share in that

,
lorious sunrise which shall ne v er set again
Go to the S criptures and there read the

,
promises of God the grounds of your j ust

,
hope for all h ea v en and earth

,
hold th e Lamb
s in o f
the
of
God
the wor l d
w h o takes away
How dare we
Be
who
call oursel v es C h ristians wh o ha v e been

,
baptized into H is name wh o ha v e tasted

,
His mercy who ha v e th e might

,
of
of
His
lo v e th e con v erting and renewing p o wer

,
of His
S pirit
how dare we doubt t h at H e
wi ll take away the sins of t h e world

Ay
step by step nation by nation year

,
by year th e Lord S hall conquer ; for He

,
must reign till He has put all enemies

under His feet
He has promised
67
to take away t h e sins of t h e worl d and He

,
i s G od and cannot lie

,
68
My
h e ar t
ui e t e d w i t h in m e
c o m e up on m e nd
is d i s !
e rfuln e
h orribl e d re
ss
re m b li g
d
h t h o v er w h el m e d m T l v 4
Th o u h t p ro v e d nd vi it e d m y h e r t i t h night
e o n P x v i i 3
Ne v er t h el e t h o u g h I m om e t im e fr id y t p t
I m y t ru t i n T h ee P 1v 3
Th e L ord i m y l igh t d m y l v t io n w h o m h ll
I fe r T h e L or d i t h t re gt h of m y l ife of wh o m
h ll I b e fr id P xx vii 1
I o u gh t t h L or d nd H h e r d m
d e livere d
m fro m l l m y fe r P xxx i v 4
t
ar e
es
as
as
s a
sa
e s
an
ss
an
S.
a
.
70
I II
OU T
FE A R
D EE P
A ND A N! I ETY
there who has not at times said

to h imself
is
God
so holy
glorious ; while I am
so
p ure
so
u nj ust and
,
clean and mean ! and God is so great and

,
powerfu l ; while I am
Wh at s h all I do ?
despise me ?
all I l ove best ?
so
small and weak
D oes not God ha t e and
Will He not take from me

Will He not hurl me into
How can
Wretched man that
endless torment when I die ?

escape from Him
am I c annot escape from Him

,
71
Ho w
then
can I turn away H is h ate ?
How can I
make Him change H is mind ?
How c an I
W h at s h all I
sooth e and appease Him ?

do
to escape Him ?
And
D id you e v er h a v e su c h t h ough ts
did you ever nd those though ts th at

,
of
slavis h terror
of
h ell make
U nless y o u
G od s
wrath ,
better men ?
ou
th at dread
never did
go beyond them as far b eyond
t h em as hea v en is b eyond h ell

t h em as a free
s on
as
far ab ove
is ab o v e a miserable
c ro uc h in g slave t h ey will do you more

,
harm th an good
Th is S pirit
t h is slavis h terror instead

,
of
of
b ondage
bringing us
nearer to G od only drives us farth er from

,
Him
It does not make u s h ate w h at is
wrong it only makes us dread t h e punis h

,
ment
of
it
How th en s h all we escape the terror

72
M E SS AG E O F H O LY B A P T I S M
and misery
ou t of
of
our sins
'
your baptism
an e v il conscience and rise

,
Believe t h e warrant
Y our ba p tism says
of
to yo u
G od is your Father He does not hate

,
yo u t h o u gh you be the greatest sinner

on
earth
He l oves you for you are His
child and He willet h not th e death

,
of
sinner but that all s h ould come and be

,
saved
made
He h atet h nothing that He
T his is the message of your bap
t is m
h as
that
ou
are God s child and that

,
God s will and wis h is that you sh ould
gro w up to become His

lo v ingly
trustingly
s o n,
to ser v e Him
manfully ; and that
He can and will give you th e p o w er to

do
so
already
He has given you the power

you wil l but claim and use it
But you must claim and use it because

,
you are meant not mere ly to be God s

73
O UT O F TH E D EE P
wilful ignorant sels h ch ild obeying Him

,
from fear
of
loving loyal
,
God is
the rod but to be His willing

,
s on
N a ti o na l
no t
Ser m o ns
a tyrant w h o must be
peas ed with gifts or a task master who

-
m u st be satised with th e labour

s l a v es
of
h is
He is a Father who l o v es H is
children who gi v es and lo v et h to gi v e wh o

,
gives to al l freely and u pbraidet h not

,
He
truly willeth not t h e death of a sinner but

rath er that he should turn from his wicked
ness and li v e
His
w i ll
h owsoe v er mu c h men s
is a good
Sin
and
w ill ,
and folly
m ay
resist it and seem for a time to mar it yet

,
He is too great and good to

e v en the worst
grudge
owe
th e smallest
an
man
spite
or
P atiently nobly magnanimously
God wai t s waits
fo r
74
th e man w h o is a
EVE RLA S T I N G L O V E
fool to nd
,
out
his fo l ly ; wai t s for the
h eart which has tried to nd pleasure in

e v erything e l se to nd out that
e ve ry th i m r
else disappoints and to come back to H im

,
that fountain of all who l esome p leasure

that well S pring of all li fe t for a man
-
li v e
When th e fool nds
o ut
to
his folly
when the wilful man gi v es u p his wilful

ness
when the rebel submits himse l f
to
w h en the son comes ba c k to his
la w ;
house
father s
upbra iding
no
there
is
no sternness
no
re v enge ; but th e everlasti n g
and boundless lo v e of God wells forth again

as e v er
T he Creator has condescended
to
wait for His creature because w h at H e

,
wanted was not H is creature s fear but H is
creature s lo v e ; not his lip obedien c e but
h is
heart
because H e wanted
h im
com e back as a trembling slav e

75
no t
to
to
his
m aster,
but as a
w h o h as fo u nd
son
at
out
last w h at a fath er h e h as left h im when

,
h as
all beside
played h im false
Let h im
come ba ck th us to nd all is forgiven
and
to
h ear t h e Fath er
s ay ,
T his my
s on
was dead and is alive again ; h e was lost

and is fo u nd
D is c ip lin
a nd
f Wh e n the tempest comes
tio n fear
,
of
Cross
to
us
s.
w h en
C h rist begins to mean someth ing

t h en i n
ou r
misery and con
fu sion we look up to heaven and

O ne
there any
trou b le
Or
Is
D oes G od
D oes
nderstand
G od feel
for my
D oes G od c are for my trou b le
G od know what trouble means
trouble
D oes
as k,
in h eaven w h o under
stands all t h is ?
my
a f ic
nxiety s h ame come t h en t h e
Fo r
o th er Sermo n
must I
g h t
t h e battle of life alone

76
M E SS AG E O F T HE C R O SS
without sym p athy
mad e m e and
Go d who
,
put me here
of
does the Cross
hel p from
or
h as
T hen
Christ bri ng a
m es
sage to our heart such as no other thing

or being
to
us,
on
earth can bri n g
For it say s
God does understand th ee u tterly
for Christ understands thee
C h rist feels
Christ feels with th ee ; C h rist
for thee
h as
su ffered for thee and su ff ered with t h e e

,
T hou canst go through nothi ng which

Christ has not gone th ro u gh
of
G od
endured po v erty
agony death for

,
H e the
fear
So n
shame
hee that He might be

,
touched wit h the feeling
of
thine inrm ity
and h elp thee to endure and bring thee safe

,
thro u g h all to v ictory and peace

We tm in ter Ser m o n
.
T houg h we h appily no longer belie v e

,
i n the terror by night which

,
77
o ld
w as
O UT
O F T HE D E E P
thought to come from witches
g h os ts
demons yet there is a terror by night

,
in
which we must belie v e for i t comes to us

,
from God and should be listened to as the

,
v oi c e
of
G od e v e n that terror about our

,
own sinfulness folly weakness whic h c omes

,
to us in dreams and S leep l ess
igh ts
We
may lear n from th ese night fancies and

night thoughts ; for t h ey are
O fte n
God s
message to us calling us to repentance and

,
amendment
of
life
Th ey are often God s
Book of Judgment w h erein our S ins
are
written which God is setting before
u s,
and showing us the t h ings we have
G od
d one
ends dreams to men w h ic h enable
them to look b ack and re c ollect things

,
past
w h i c h th ey h ad forgot only too
easily ; and t h ese h umble and penitentia l

dreams are God s warning that (as t h e
78
R E L I G I O N O F F E AR
Article s ays ) the infection
of
nature doth
remain e v en in those who are regenerate
and that nothi n g but th e continual hel p

of
God s
back
or
will kee p us from
S pirit
falling away
D is cip li n
of
T h e religion
c ial
of
fallin or
a nd
o th r S r m o n
e
terror is the most su p er
all religions
God s arbitrary will
and almighty power may seem
d ark
by
themsel v es though deep as they do to the

,
Calvinists be cause they do not in v olve His

,
mora l chara c ter

that He
is
Join them with the fact
a God of mer cy as well as
j ustice remember that His essence is lo v e

,
and the thunder c loud will blaze with

dewy go l d full
,
light
A ll
bright
fo r
of
soft rain and p ure
the deep thi ngs
G od is l ight
God are
Le tter
79
of
s a nd
M e mor ies
and
will not (please God to

help me as He h as hit h erto ) be anxious
I am not
about anyt h ing

out
Why sh ou l d we weary
th e little life we have left i n us w h en

,
He h as promised to c are for us and make

,
us rene w
o ur
yout h and h eap us with

,
e v eryt h ing th at is good for us ?

And as for
no t
so
di fculties
our
been fullled
1n
th em As
shall thy strengt h be ?
been G od s sendi ng ?
venting t h e cu p
of
Has it
th y
day
Ha v e t h ey not
God s way
of
pre
bliss being over sweet ?
and c onsider have they not been blessed

,
lessons
Have we not had in all things
wit h t h e temptatio n a way to escape ?

SO
out
ou
of
of evil G od b rings good ;
rat h er
or
necess i ty H e b rings stre ngth
Th e
h igh est spiritual training is contained in

t h e most paltry p h ysical a c cidents
80
and
S C H OO L L E SS O N S
the meanest actual want may be

means of calling i n to a c tual life the
sible b ut S leeping embryo
noblest faculties
of
os
the very
T his is a great mystery ; but we

animals in time and s p ace ; and by time
and space and

,
educated
animal natures are we
our
T herefore let us be only patient
patient ; and let God
our
Fath er teac h
His own lesson His own way

,
Let
us
try to learn it well and learn it quickly
but do not let us fancy that He will ring

the school be ll and send us to play before
,
ou r
lesson is learnt
In
all t h e events
w h at G od does
and
n ot
Le tter
of
s a nd
M em or ies
life pray p ray take
send as
not
good for
u s,
trust H im to send us what is good
R emem b er all these thi ngs are right and

,
81
O UT
O F T H E DEE P
c ome with a reaso n and a purpose and a

,
mean ing ; and h e w h o grum b les at t h em
b elievet h
for
the
time
being
at
least
)
(
i n th e Living G od
no t
Ah
do not fancy t h at I am not often
in
perplexed
Cast down yet not
pair
Christ reigns as Luther used
No
and
th
erefore
I
y
to
des
sa
w ill
not fear
t h oug h t h e mountains be removed (and

I with t h em) and cast into t h e midst o f
th e
s ea
Le tters
All t h es e
yo u
Th ey
in
h im
Memories
go
to
t h e making
fo r
nxieties will b e good
a ll
man calling
a nd
of
th at G od dependen c e
ou t
w h i ch is th e only tr u e self de
n
d
e nc e ,
e
p
t h e only tr u e strength
said old Hezekiah
Lord by all
,
Well
th es e
t h ings men l ive (by tro u ble sorro w sick

,
82
VA I N
F E AR S
ness ) and in th ese things is the life
of
t h e spirit
MS
O ur
Lord said
etter
s.
T ake no th ough t for the
morrow ; the morrow s h al l take thought for

the things
S u fcient unto the
itsel f
of
day is t h e e v il t h ereof
Matt vi
.
3 45
And
do we not nd that our Lo rd s words are
true ? Who are the p eop l e w h o get through

most work i n their li v es with th e l east
,
wear and tear

peop l e ?
Are they t h e anxious
T hose who imagine to th emselves
possibl e misfortunes and ask continually

,
What if t h is
h appened
or
Ho w
if that ?
s h ou l d I be ab le to get th roug h su c h and

s u ch a trouble
no t
Far far from it
waste th e stre ngt h w h i ch
given us for to day

-
in
dreams about to morro w
or
h as
vain
T o day is quite
-
Let us
Go d
vai n fears
83
of
full enoug h
anxiety and c are
S ufcient
for t h e day is t h e e v il th ereof and su fcient

,
fo r
th e day is th e good thereof
and to morrow too may

-
entl y from what we
h op e
To
d ay
very di ffer
end
Y es
B ut t h ey
may end very di fferently from what we
f
w h at
ea r
Look not too far ah ead lest you see
is
c oming b efore yo u are ready for
t h e sig h t
If we foresaw t h e troubles th at
are c oming perh aps it would break our

,
h earts ; and if we foresaw t h e happiness

w h ich is coming perh aps it would turn
,
h eads
ou r
Let us n ot meddle with the future
bu t refrai n our souls and keep them

like little c h ildren c ontent with th e
,
lo w
d ay
food and t h e day s s ch ooling and th e day s
play h o u rs sure th at th e D ivine Master

-
knows
u s,
all
t h at is righ t and how to train

,
and w h ith er to lead us t h ough we

,
84
T H E H I DD E N F U T U R E
know not and
,
eed not know save this

,
is
leadi ng each
O bey
and fol l ow
t h at the path by whic h He

of
us
step
if
we will but
step leads up to
Al l
85
E verlasting
Sa ints
Life
D a y Ser m o ns
DEE P
L O NE LIN E S S
FA IL U R E
D ISAPPO IN T ME
87
NT
My
am
h e a rt is s m itt e n d own a n d w i th ere d like gras s

e v e n a s a s p arrow t h at s it t e th al on e o n t h e h o u s e
,
t o p Ps
.
c ii .
o ver
4, 6
h as t T h o u p u t a wa y from
a nd h id m i n e a c u a i nt a n c e o u t of m y s i g h t P s
!
My
s a nd
fri e
me
nd s
ooke d
m y ri gh t
on
h an d ,
an d
s aw
h ere
w a s no
o uld k o w m I h d n pl c e t nt o
d n o m n c re d for m y o ul
I c ri e d unt o T h ee O
L or d
id T h o
d
t my H p
Wh e n m y p i ri t
w
in h e v i e
k ne w e t m y p t h P
t h en T h o
c xlii 4 5
G r ci o u i t h L or d
n d ri g h t eo u
our G d
y
i m er c i f ul
Iw
m i ery nd H
m
P
c x vi 5 6
m a n t h at w
an
e.
ee u
'
an
sa
as
n ss,
as
u ar
88
ea,
e.
D E EP
L O NE L I NE SS,
FA I L U R E,
D I SAP P OINTM EN T
sorro w and failure w h ic h
sorrow
forc es men to believe th at th ere
i s O ne
who
hearet h prayer for c es t h em to lift up their

,
eyes to
h elp
On e
from whom cometh their

of
Before t h e terrible realities
d an
ger deat h disappointment S hame ruin

,
and most
d eser v ed
of
all before deserv ed shame
ruin all arguments me l t away
and the man
or
woman w h o was but

,
too ready a day before to

89
s a y,
T ush
Go d
will never
h Ope
to
s ee
and will
ever h ear b egins

,
passionately th at G od does
t h at G od doe s h ear
n ess w h en t h ere
,
is
no
w h en h e h as
a nd
m an
no
nto
caret h for h is soul t h en th e

,
B u t is t h ere no
w h om
dark
pla c e to ee
of
to
s ee ,
comfort nor h elp
most awful i f most bl essed

is ,
of
In th e h o u r
in m an,
no
c an ee
O ne
all questions
h ig h er t h an man
N o O ne h igh er tha n
man w h o c ares for my so ul and for t h e

,
ouls of t h ose w h o are dearer to me t h an
my own
o ul
NO deli verer ?
u
g
d
e
j
No
t h ough He
my
he
NO friend
N o h e l per
N o c o u nse l lor ?
p un is h er
No
a consuming re
E ven
G od
?
misery alone in t h e universe
no
even
Am I i n
?
Is my
misery witho u t any meaning and wit h out

h Op e
If t h ere be no G od the n all t h at
is left for
m e is
despair and death

90
But
U S T I F I C A T I O N B Y FA I T H
if there be then I can hope that there is a

,
meaning in my misery ; t h at it comes to m e

not withou t c ause even th oug h that cause
,
he
mv own fault
T hen I can p l ead with
G od even though in wild words like

,
J ob
and ask W h at is t h e meani ng o f this sorr ow ?

,
What h ave I done

I
will
unto G od
s ay
Wh at s h ould I do
D o not condemn m e
s h ow me w h erefore Th o u c ontendest with

me
S ure l y
mighty ;
Oh
would speak u nto t h e Al
desire to reason with God
my friends a man I b elieve can gai n

,
courage and wisdom to

t h e inspiration
w h en once
of
h e h as
s ay
the S pirit
that only by
of
G od
But
said that from his heart
h e b egins to b e j ustied by faith ; for h e h as

h ad faith in God
He h as trusted God
and more h e has j ustied
God
He has
c onfessed that God is not a mere force

91
or
O U T O F T HE D EE P
la w
of
N ature
nor a mere
tormentor ; but a R easonable Being

will h ear reason and
,
J u st Being who
will do j usti c e by the c reatures He

m ade
T he
Wes tm ins ter Ser m o ns

d eeper,
t h e more
th e cross
u
o
y
t h e bitterer your loneliness
are like Him who cried upon
My G od my G od w h y h ast
,
Th o u forsaken me
grief
least
to o,
is l ike
He knows w h at t h at
.
He
feels for t h ee at
T houg h all forsake t h ee He is wit h

,
t h ee still and if He
,
he
wit h th ee w h at
,
Ay
matter w h o h as left th ee for a while ?
b lessed are t h ose t h at weep now
t h e Lord loveth He c hasteneth

,
fo r
whom
and
be
cause He l oves t h e poor He brings th em

,
low
fo r
Al l t h ings are blessed now but

all things ex c epting
92
s in
s in
are redeemed
R E J O I C I N G I N T R I B U LA T I O N
of
by th e life and death
the
So n
God
of
Blessed are wisdom and courage j oy and

,
h ealth and beauty and love and marriage

,
childhood and man h ood corn and wine

,
an d
fruits
o w ers
them by H is life
for Christ redeemed
And blessed too are
tears and shame blessed are weakness and

,
u gliness blessed are agony and sickness

,
b l essed the
s ad
remembran c e of our sins
and a broken h eart and a repentant spirit
Blessed is death and b l est t h e unknown

,
realms where souls await t h e resurrection

,
day for C h rist redeemed them by His death

,
Blessed are all things weak as well as

,
strong
B l essed are all days dark as we l l

,
as brigh t for all are His and He is ours

,
and all are ours and we are His for ever

,
T herefore sigh
j oice in your
o n,
o wn
ye
s ad
sadness
93
ones and
,
ache
o n,
re
O U T O F T HE DEE P
u ff e ri n
ones and rej oi c e in your
sorrows
of
o wn
R ej oice t h at y o u are made free
of
t h e h oly brot h er h ood
mourners ;
j oice that yo u are co u nted worthy

f ellowship
God
in t h e su ff erings
R ej oi c e
and
of
trust
sorrow shall come j oy
of
t h e S on
a
of
for after
o n,
T rust
re
on
for i n
man s weakness G od s st ren gth s h all be
made perfect
of
gate
life
T rust
on
E ndur e
for deat h is t h e
to t h e end and
on
p ossess yo u r s oul s in patien c e for a li tt l e

w h ile
while
and t h at
per h aps
D eat h c omes swiftly
swiftly still p erh aps th e day

,
very
l ittle
and
m ore
of
the
Lord
T he deeper th e sorro w t h e nearer

,
salvation
Th e
th e
'
n igh t
Wh e n
r e
is d a k
t h e p ai n i s
st
e f or
t h e d aw n
ore t t h c h il d i b orn
L or d t h n d
N tio n l Sermo n
s
And t h e d ay o f t h e
94
T H E L O S T ON E F O U ND
T hou who art weary and h eav y laden

wh o
tho u
fanciest at moments that the
Lord s arm is Sh ortened t h at it c anno t sa v e
and art ready to c ry God hath forgotten

,
me take comfort and look upon Christ

,
T hou wi l t n ever be sure
of
the lo v e of
Go d
unless tho u rememberest that it is t h e same

as the lo v e
Christ
of
le arn e s t
Christ ; and by looking at

to know thy Father and
H is Father whose likeness and image H e

,
is and
,
s ee
that the Sp irit which proceeds
alike from bot h of them is the
S p irit
of
humanity and lo v e which cannot h elp

,
going forth to seek and to sa v e thee

S
imply because th o u art lost
s ay ,
nto Christ ;
an d
be
s u re
Look I
,
that what
the good S amaritan did to the wounded

traveller that same will He d o to thee
,
95
O UT
OF
T H E DEE P
of
becaus e He is t h e S on
and h u mane
Man h uma n
,
Ar t t h ou robbed wounded deserted left

,
to die worsted in th e battle

,
of
life and
,
fallen i n its rugged road with no counsel

,
no strength
no
h Op e ,
no purpose l eft ?
Th e n remem b er t h at there is
O ne w alk i n cr
to and fro in this world unseen but e v er

,
of
present w h ose form is as th e form

,
of
S on
Man
An d He has time
as
the
He h as
will to turn aside and minister to such as

,
N 0 h uman b eing
thee !
sorro w
so
SO
mean no human
,
petty but t hat He has th e time

,
and the will and t h e power to h ave mercy

on
it becaus e He is the S on
,
of
Man
T herefore He will turn aside even to thee
whoever t h ou art w h o art weary and

,
heavy laden
and can nd no rest for
thy sou l at t h e very moment and i n t h e

,
96
H EA LI N G
very
AND
R EST
man n er w h ic h is best for th ee
Wh en
t h ou hast su ffered long enou gh He will

stab lish strengthen settle thee He will
,
bind up thy wounds and pour in th e
O il
and the wine
Of
His S pirit the Holy
G h ost t h e Comforter and will carry t h ee

,
to His
o wn
inn w h ereof it is written

,
He
will h ide t h ee se c retly in His own pres

ence from th e provoking of men ; He will
keep th ee i n His taberna cle fro m the strif e
of
tongues
He will gi v e His angels charge
over thee to keep t h ee in all thy ways ;
and
He will give t h ee rest at l ast in th e bosom

of
th e Father from whi c h thou

,
like
all
human souls c amest forth at rst and to

,
w h ich thou shalt at last return with all

,
human souls who h ave in th em the S pirit

of
God
and
of
Christ and O f eternal life

D i c ip line nd o ther Serm o ns
.
97
We all li ke c omfort
But wh at kind of
m erely
comfort do we not
like bu t need
Mere l y to b e c omfortable
T o b e free
from fear anxiety sorrow
Th e c omfort
w h i c h poor h uman b eings
in su c h a
w ant
world as t h is is not t h e c omfort

of
b u t t h e c omfort
strength
is
forter w h om we need
merely
not
of
ease
Th e
co m
w h o will
o ne
ki nd t h ings bu t give h elp
s ay
h e l p to t h e weary lonely h eavy l aden

-
heart w h i ch
h as
no time to rest
not t h e s u nny and

strong h e l ping arm
mili ng fa c e
Fo r
but
th e
we may b e in
us,
ere
kindness
t h o u g h we may
m
be
grateful for
t h an sweet
m ay
s h o c king to
t h at s tat e t h at s miles
an d
We need
it o f
m u si c
ar e
no more comfort to us
to a
d rowning
man
We
b e miserabl e and u nab le to h e l p b ei ng
mi s erab le
and
u nwilling to h elp it too We

.
98
FAC E
TO F A C E ! V I T H S O RR O W
do not wish to ee from

not wish to forget it
so
awful
th e
sorro w
m aster
so
we
We dare not
h eart rending
SO
God
that
our
It
do
is
plain spoken
-
and tutor of
our
h earts must wis h us to face it and endure

,
it
O ur
Father has given us th e c up
sh all we not drink
it
forter w h o will h elp
us
cup
Job
w h o will give
us
Oh !
for a c om
to drink t h e bitter
faith to say with
,
T ho u gh He slay me yet will

,
in Him
our
lesson it is meant to
us the temperate
grief and learn th e

,
teach
w ill
who will gi v e
to keep sober and
calm amid th e shocks and changes

!
trust
who will give us th e rm reason
to look steadily at
tal life
of
mor
If we h ad such a comforter
as
that we S h ould not care if h e seemed at

,
times stern as well as kind ; we could

,
endure rebuke from h im if we coul d only

99
h im
get from
wisdom to understand t h e
rebuke and c ourage to bear t h e c h astise

,
ment
W h ere i s that comforter
God
answers : T hat Comforter am I t h e G od

,
of
Heaven and
f o rt e r s
on
E arth
Th ere are com
earth w h o c an h elp th ee with
wise word s and no b le counse l s can b e

,
strong as
m an
G od
be more strong t h an man more
c an
and tender
woman
as
But
tender than woman likewise

t h e strong arm
of
an d
w h en
man s u pports t h ee no
l onger yet u nder t h ee are t h e

,
Arms
E verl asting
Sa ints
All
Y o u are disappointed
D ay
Se rmo ns
DO
remem
b er if yo u l ose h ear t a b out yo u r work

t h at
of
on e
of
it is
lo s t
Th at th e good
every good deed re m ains and b reeds
and works
on
for ever
100
and t h at all
N OT H IN G I S R EALLY L O S T
that fails and is lost is the outside s h ell

of
th e t h ing w h ic h perh aps might have

,
been better done bu t better
or
worse has
noth ing to do with th e real spiritua l good

whic h you h a v e done to men s hearts for
w h i c h God will sure ly repay

o wn
way
and
time
u
o
y
in H is
Letter
s a nd
Memor ies
D on t be down h earted if outward h u m ili
atio n disappointment fail u re c ome at rst

,
If God be indeed
our
Fath er in any rea l
sense t h en w h om He l ovet h He ch asteneth

,
even as
de l igh teth
of
fath er t h e
And
s on
in whom h e
ti ll th ou art emptied
t hyself G od c annot ll thee

,
it b e a l aw
of
th e
o ld
though
Mysti c s is true
and pra c tical common sense
G o th y way
though t h e way to true light is a long

ladder
Le tter
10 1
s a nd
M e m or ies
OUT
As
for
a ny
OF
T H E D EE P
schemes
of
mine it is a
,
slight matter w h eth er th ey h ave fai l ed

no t
or
of
But th e failure
s chemes would
a h undred
alter my convi c tion
no t
t h at t h ey are attempts
in
a right dirce
tion ; and I wil l die in h op e not h aving

,
re c eived t h e promises but b e h olding t h em

,
o ff,
afar
and confessi n g myse l f a stranger
and a pilgrim
So
am c ontent
to
h ave failed
I have
l earnt in t h e experiment price l ess trut h s

c on c erning myself my fellow men and th e
-
City of G od w h ic h is eternal
,
in
t h e h ea
vens for ever c oming down among men

,
and
e
actual izing itself more and more
very s ucc eeding age
in
Letter
s a nd
M emories
We h ave h ope in Christ for the next

life
as
well as
for this h Op e t h at in
102
T H E D I V I N E D I S CO N T E N T
the next life He will g iv e us power to

s uc ceed w h ere we failed here ; that He will
enab l e
no t
all
to be good and to do good and if
us
to make oth ers good (for th ere we trust

wi ll b e good togeth er) to enj oy t h e
,
fuln ess
of
th at pleasure for w h ic h we h av e
b een l onging
on
eart h t h e p l easure o f
ing oth ers good as C h rist

,
is
s ee
good and per
fe e t as t h eir Fath er in Heave n is perfe ct

All S i nts D a y Ser mons
Th ere
gra c e
of
a re
many w h o h ave in th em b y
,
G od the divin e thirst for th e

,
h igh er life
w h o are dis c ontented with
t h emselves as h amed
,
ar e
of
th emselves ; who
tormented by l o ngings w h i ch th ey
c annot satisfy instincts w h i ch th ey c annot

,
analyse powers w h ic h th ey cannot emp l oy

,
duties w h i c h they cannot perform do c trinal

,
c onf u s ions w h ich th ey c annot unravel ; w h o

103
O U T O F T HE DEEP
would wel c ome
any c hange
e v en
the
most tremendous w h i c h would make t h em

,
obler purer j uster more loving
useful
more
minded
s ay
clear hearted
of
more
so u nd
and
and w h en t h ey t h ink
death
wit h t h e poet
Tis lif e n o t d e at h f o r w h i c h I p ant
Tis lif e w h ereo f m y n er ve s are s c ant
Mo r e lif e and fu ll er t h at I w ant
To t h e m we
long ago B e
and gifts
If
u
o
y
of
of
for G od h as said it
good c h eer
Th e calling
G od are wit h out repentan c e
h ave t h e divine t h irst it will b e

,
sure l y s atised
If yo u l ong to
men and women

O nly
c an s ay,
u
o
y
be
bet te r
will surely b e
so
be true to t h ose h igh er instin c ts ;
only do not learn
t o d espise
and q u en c h
t h at divine t h irst ; only stru ggle
o n,
in
pite
of
mistakes
of
failures even
104
o f s ins ,
T H I R S T FO R A L I V I N G
G OD
for e v ery one of which last your Hea v enly

Father will c h astise you e v en while He
,
of
forgives ; in spite
struggle
on
al
l disappointment
Blessed are
who hunger
u
o
y
and thirst after righteousness for you sh all

,
be lled
T o you and not in v ain

,
S pirit and th e Bride say Come

,
him tha t is athirst Come

,
T he
And let
And whosoe v er
will let him drink of t h e water o f life freely

W ter of L if eSer m ons
,
Th e h eart
t h an
sou l
an d
a religion
of
man wants more
as it is written
My
soul is athirst for G od even t h e Li v ing

,
G od
Th ey want a living G od w h o cares

,
for men forgives men saves men from their

,
sins ; and Him I h ave found in th e Bible

and nowhere e l se save in the fac ts
,
w h i ch t h e Bible al one in t erprets

Le tters nd
of
l ife
105
ll Iem or ies
O U T O F T H E DE E P
What was C h rist s life
No t
o ne
of
deep spe c ulation quiet t h oug h ts and brigh t

,
visions ; but a l ife
of
g h ting against e v il
earnest awful prayers and struggl es with i n

,
continual labour o f b ody and mind with out
insu l t and danger and c o nfusion and vio

lent exertion and b itter sorrow
C h rist s life this
is
t h e life
I
goo d and great man
of
Th is was
almost every
e v er heard of
T his
was Christ s c up w h ic h His dis c ip l es were
to drink of as well as He t h is was t h e b ap

t is m
of
baptised
re with w h i c h th ey were to b e
of
be t h eir gh t
as well as He ; t h is was to
of
faith
t his
was t h e
t rib u l a
tion throug h w h ich th ey and all ot h er

,
gr eat saints were to enter into th e king

,
do m
of
heaven
Fo r
it is certain that t h e
h arder a man gh ts against evil the h arder

e v il will ght against him in return b ut it
106
BA PT I S ED I NTO
CH
R I ST
is certain too that the harder a man gh ts

against evil the more i s he like his S a v iour
,
C h rist and the more glorious will be his

,
reward in h eaven
Villa g
10 7
e Sermon
DEE P
D OU B T D AR K N E SS
109
HE L L
ord G d of my l v t ion I h v e c rie d d y

O h ! l t m y p r yer e t er i nt o
n d nigh t u nt o T h ee
T h y p re e nc e F m y o ul i ful l of t ro ubl e d
T h o u h t l id
m y l i fe d r we t h nig h unt o H el l
pl c e o f d rk ne
nd i
m i n t h l o w e t p it i n
l xxxviii 1 2
th
d ee p P
I f I go d o w n t H e ll T h o u t t h ere l o Y
t h d rk n e
i n d rkn e wi t h T h ee b t t h nigh t
cl e r t h d y P c xxx i x 7 11
i
I w it e d p t i e t l y for t h L or d ;
d H in clin e d
u to m
n d h e r d m y c lli g
H b ro u gh t m
h orribl e p it
l o
t of t h
t of t h
m i ry cl y
An d H h t h p t
nd
t m y f ee t up o n t h ro c k
o g i t o m y m out h e v e n t h nk givi g u nt o
n w
o u r G d P x1 2 3
G d h t h d e l i v ere d m y o u l f rom t h p l c e o f H ell
h l l re c e i v e m P xl ix 15
H
O
sa
or
an
ss
s as
as
e,
s.
ou
e a,
an
se
a s
ou
a s
ar
s.
ss, a
ss
as
s.
D EE P
D OU B T, D AR K NE SS,
HE L L
is sometimes true th at sunsh ine comes

,
after storm
but
l ive
in
S ometimes
not always
true
or
E qually
wh o could
tru e that
most h uman li v es there are periods of
trouble blow following blow wave follow

,
ing wave from

,
O pposite
and unexpected
quarters till all G od s b i llows h ave gone

,
o v er th e soul
in
Ho w
paltry and he l pless
suc h dark times are all pro u d attempts

of
to hang se lf poised in t h e centre

-
the
abyss and there organise for oneself a

,
c haracter by means
of
circ u mstances
111
E asy
OUT
OF
T H E DEE P
enough it seems for a man to edu c ate h im

self wit h out God w h ile h e l ies c omforta b ly
in id l eness
on
a sofa
But w h at if h e
found h imself h urled perforce among t h e

of
real universal experiences
of
and made free i n S pite

ness
of
of
t h e broth er h ood
h imself by
,
of
do u bt and fear and h orror
humanity
great dark
woe commo n
,
alik e to t h e simplest peasant woman and

,
to every gr eat sou l w h o h as left h is impress

,
up on t h e h earts
Heat h en
O pposite
Moses
or
S o c rates Isaiah
,
or
Mo h ammed
ard S h akespeare
of
t h e m h ave t h is
t h at once
of
Jew
t h e most
c reeds and aims w h eth er it be
A u gustin e
n
after generations
C h ristian ; men
or
of
in
or
E pi c tetus
or
D ante or Ber
Ba c on eac h and all
o ne
fact in c ommon
t h eir lives at l east t h ey h ave

,
gone down into t h e b ottomless pit and

,
112
T HE ON E E S C A PE
there out of the utter darkness ha v e asked

th e
question of all questions Is th ere
a G od ? and if there be what is He doing

,
wit h me
What refuge then when
a man feels himself powerless in the

gripe of some unseen and inevitable power
and knows not whether it
or necessity
be
c hance
e nd
a devouring
or
to
wrap himsel f ster nly in himse l f and c ry
will endure though all the uni v erse
be against me
H ow ne it sounds
But w h o has done it

esca p e
o ne
we may
f eet
s ee
N o there is but
one chink
light
o ne
'
through which
rock
which
on
our
may nd standing p la c e e v en in the

-
abyss
and that is the belief intuiti v e
ins p ired du e neither to reasoning

,
no r
to
stu dy that the billows are God s bi llows
and that though we go down into H e ll

113
OUT
T H E DEEP
OF
He
is
b ut
He is educating
t here
also
the b elief th at not we

us
t h at t h ese seem
in c o h erent miseries storm following
i ng ly
earth qu ake and earth quake re as if th e

,
c aprice
of
all t h e demons were l et loose
against us h ave in His mind a sp iritual

,
c o h erence an organic u nity and p u rpose

,
though we
s ee
it not ; t h at these sorrows do
not c ome singly only be c ause He is maki ng

,
s h ort work wit h
ou r
S pirits ; and b e cause
th e more e ffect H e sees produced by
o ne
blow the more sw iftly He follows it up

,
by another ; till in
o ne
great and varied
crisis seemingly long to us

,
compared wit h immort ality

may
b ut short
o ur
s p irits
be
H e at e d h o t w it h b u r ning f e a r s ,
An d b at h e d in b at h s
of
h is s ing
A n d b a t t e r e d w it h t h e s t r o k e s
To s h ap e
an d u s e
t e ars ,
of
doo m,
Tw o Yea r s A9 0
D O U BT
AN D
D E SP A I
T here is no darker
these
h im
t emptation
that which comes over a

de v il whispers to
man
m e
God
Luck and everything else is
agai n st me
upon me
wh en the
such thoughts as
God does not care for
hates me
tha n
T here
some
curse
Why should I change ?
Let
seems
God rst c hange to me and then will I

change towards Him
But God will not
change ; He h as determined to have no

mercy on me
I can
s ee
that ; for e v ery
thing goes wrong with me

is the use
my own
H av e
of
way
my repenti ng
I will go
and what must be must
eve r
you
T hen what
had
such
thoughts
T hen hear the word of the Lord to you :
When
wicked
whensoever
man
w ickedness
turneth
W h eresoever,
away
the
from
h is
w h ich h e has committed and

,
1 15
OUT
OF
T H E DEEP
doet h t h at which is lawful and righ t he

,
s h all sa v e h is soul a l i v e
Have
any
pleasure in the death of him that diet h

saith th e Lord and not rather that h e
,
s h ould be convert ed and li v e ?
N e v er
be l ieve the devil when h e tells you that

God h ates
he tells
u
pon
u
o
y
u,
o
y
Of
stance s
or
ou
N ever b e l ieve him when
that
God
h as b een too hard
and pla ced you in su c h c ircum

temptation ignoran c e poverty
anything else th at you cannot mend

,
What does th e promise

sa
?
y
of
your Baptism
Be you poor tempted ignorant

,
stupid be
,
o
u
y
what you will you are

,
G od s c hild your Fath er s love is o v er
ou,
feel
His mercy ready for

too
S p irit
to ch ange
weak
to give you a strengt h
never fe l t before
ou
As k
of
Yo u
God s
will you
Y ou feel too proud to

1 16
L I G H T O U T O F T HE A B Y SS
c h ange
Ask G od s
S p irit
to
humble
your proud heart to soften your hard

,
h eart ; and you will nd to your
s ur
prise that when your pride
is gone
when
of
self
u
o
y
and
black ness
are utterly ashamed
your
s ee
yo u r sins i n
a nd
feel unworthy to look
to God that then wi ll

,
their true
com e
a nob l er
holier manlier feeling self respect
an d
clear conscience and t h e though t that

,
weak and simple as you are you are in

,
the right way ; that God and the Angels

God are smiling
of
on
you ; that
o
u
y
are
i n tune aga i n with all earth and hea v en

because you are what God wills
be
N ot H is proud
o
u
y
to
pee v ish self wi lled

,
child fancying yourself strong enough to

,
go alone
w hen
you are really the sla v e
of your own passions and ap p etites and

1 17
OUT
t h e play thi ngs
T H E DEEP
OF
of
th e devi l ; but His lovi ng
loyal son t h rough t h e strengt h of G od and

,
able to do w h at
will b e ca u se w h at
o
u
y
you wi ll G od wills also
Na tio na l Sermons
T o es cape at h eism and despair let us

,
remember that t h e Creator and

of
the cir c umstan ces

N ature
or
Of
li fe is not c h ance
b ut the Father of
Jesus Christ and
of us
When yo u feel
O rdainer
our
ord
u
o
y
are in th e dee p est

of
and gloomiest doubt pray the prayer

,
desperation ; cry
o u t,
Lord if Th ou dost
,
exist let me kno w t h at T hou dost

,
G uide my mind by a
not into T hy truth
u
o
y
w ay
xis
t !
that I kno w
and G od wi l l deli v er
Letter s
118
a nd
Memor ies
FA I T H
B O R N O F DO U BT
S ad as your letter was
it
ga v e me
pleasure ; for it is al ways a pleasure to see

life springing out of death h ealt h returning
,
after disease though as doctors kno w the

,
recovery from asphyxia or drowning is

always as painful as the temporary deat h
itse l f was pain l ess
of
Fait h is born of doubt
is not li fe but death w h ere
It
stirs
T ake
all
oth ing
these do u bts and struggl es
yours as simply
so
many signs that y our
Father in heaven is treating you as a

fath er that He h as not forsaken
,
not o ffended
w it h
E mpty
the
great
lesso n
o wn
idio
of lessons
thyself and God will ll thee
T ake your sorrows to your Father

heaven
thing
is
you but is teaching you
in th e way best suited to your

syncracy
ou,
in
If that name Father mean any
it
must mean that H e will not

1 19
turn away from His wandering chi l d in a

way th at you wo ul d be ashamed to turn
away from yours
If t h ere be pity lasting
affection patien c e in man they must h ave

,
come from G od
Th ey above all thi ngs
must be H is likeness
B elie v e
that He
possesses them a million times more fully

than any h uman being
S t P aul knew well at least t h e state

.
mind in which you are
He said t hat he
h ad found a panacea for it
of
And h is words
to j udge from t h e way in w h ich they h a v e

taken root and spread and conquered must
,
h ave some dept h and l i fe in them

no t
try them ?
Why
Just read th e rst nine
chapters of S t P aul s
E pistle
to the R omans
taking for granted t h at they mean the

simplest and most
sense w h ich
O bvious
can be put upon them
12 0
Lett r s
e
a nd
M emor ies
G O I N G D O W N I N TO H E LL
When the hour
of
temptation comes go
,
b a ck go back if you would escape

,
what
to
were taught at your mother s knee
u
o
y
concerning the gra c e

wi l l keep
ou
of
God ; for that alone
safe or angel
,
or
archangel
or any created being safe in this life and in

,
all lives to come
Sermo ns
What does it all mean ?
on
I cry
D a vid
N ight
and d ay the h ea v ens ha v e been black to me

Yo u
may t h ink it sinful to have such
tho u gh ts
My experien c e is that w h en they
come on e must do battle with them ;
o ne
must face them ; do battle with them

e rat e l
y;
while
be p atient if they worst
d e l ib
o ne
for a
By all such things men li v e ; in
these is the li fe of the spirit
O nly
by
going down into hell can one rise the third

day
I ha v e been in hell man y times in

12 1
my
OUT
T HE D EEP
OF
life t h erefore p er h aps

,
of
mall powe r
But I never
I have h ad some
in u encing h uman h earts
l ooked hell so close
h av e
face as I h ave been doi ng
of
late
th e
in
Where
fore I h ope t h ereby to get fres h power

,
to rise and to lift ot h ers h eavenward
I can only
O
cry
Lord
in T hee
h ave I trusted let me never b e c onfounded

,
Wherefore S h ould the wicked

is now h is G od ?
sa
Wh ere
But w h ile I fret most
there comes to me an inner voi c e saying

,
W h at matter if th e n art confounded

is
not
O nly
b elieve
rmly
Go d
that G od is
as
good as t h o u with thy nite reason canst

conceive ; and He will make thee
ab l e to con c eive
how
good He
last
at
is
and
thou s h alt h ave t h e perfect b lessing

seeing God
ent
Y o u will
S o I am and
s o,
12 2
s ay
I am
of
i n c o n s is t
if read h onestly are

,
T H E L I G H T O F T HE I N C AR N A T I O N
D avid s P s a
lms
Y et that very
in c o n s is t
en cy is w h at brings them h ome to e v ery
h u man h eart for ever
T he words
of
a man
in real doubt and rea l darkness cryi ng
fo r
ligh t and not crying in vain as

,
I shall
no t
trust
I only know t h at I know noth

i ng
So n
but hope th at Christ
w h o is the
of Man will tel l m e p iecemeal if I

,
b e patient and wat ch ful w h at I am and

,
w h at
m an is
Letter
S ome t h in gs
s ee
desperate clutch
all ; a S on
s a nd
l em o r ies
clearly and hold with

,
Father i n Hea v en
fo r
of
G od incarnate for all (that

incarnation is the one fact whic h is to m e
worth all be cause it makes all others

,
possible and rational and without it I

,
s h o u ld go mad ) and a S pirit

12 3
of
th e Father
and t h e S on the fountain
all good
on
earth w h o works to will and to do
of
good pleasure in
In
H is
o wn
of
w h om
e v ery h uman being i n whom there is
o ne
spark
of
acti v e good the l east desire to do
right
or
to be
of
use
Beyond t hat I see
little sa v e that R igh t is divine and all

conqu ering Wrong utterly infernal and
,
yet weak foolish a mere bullying phantom

,
whic h will ee at each brave b l o w h ad we

,
courage to strike at it in G od s name

Letter nd l em o
.
s a
r ies .
T here is not a sorro w which man can

taste w h ich Jesus Christ has not fullled
H e l led the cup
of
misery to th e brim and

,
drai n ed it to the dregs
He tasted deat h for
e v ery man and went down into the lo w est

,
depths of terror and sh ame

death and worst
,
of
a nd
agony and
all into the fee l ing t h at

,
12 4
H E D E S C E ND E D I N T O
God had forsaken H im
fo r
h el p or hope
IIE L L
that there was
no
H im in hea v en as well as
,
earth ; in a wor d He went down into hell

,
even into that lowest darkness where

for
o ne
moment a man feels that God

,
is noth ing to him

to G od
E v en
descended
h e is nothi ng
an d
into that de p th Jesus c on
to go down for
worst of al l temptations
of
us
T hat
which D avid
only tasted a drop when he cried

,
o u t,
My G od my G od why h ast thou for

,
saken me ?
dregs for us
Jesus
He
drained to the very
went down into hell for
us and c onquered hell and death and the

,
dark n ess
of
the u nknown world and rose

,
again glorious from th em that He might

,
teach us not
He
to
mi gh t know
h our
of
fear death and hell ; that

how
to comfort us
death and in th e
,
12 5
d ay
in
the
of j udgment
when
on
our
sick bed
-
or
in some bitter
shame and troub l e the lying devil is tell

,
ing us th at we are damned and l ost and

,
forsaken b y G od and every
s in
we e v er
did rises up and stares us i n the face

N tio n l Ser m o ns
.
and
d eat h ,
t h e Cross
t h ere is
of
of
m ysteries
Whatever may be the

o ne
life
mystery w h i c h
C h rist re v eals to u s and

,
that is t h e innite and a b solute goodness

of
G od
Let all the rest remai n a mystery
so long as t h e mystery
of
the Cross of
C h rist gives us faith for a l l t h e rest

Fai th
terror
s ay
Th e mystery
of death
the
gospel
of
evil
does
Of
not
pretend to so l ve but it tells us that the

,
m ystery
is proved to b e soluble
God Hi mself h as
task
of
t aken
fo r
upon Himself the
solving it ; and C h rist h as p roved

12 6
T HE S U B M I SS I O N O F F A I T H
by His
act that if there be e v i l in
o wn
th e world it is none
,
of
His for He hates

,
it ghts against it and He fought against

,
it to t h e death
faith in G od
T he Cross says Have
Ask no more
of
Why h ast thou made me th us ?
n o more
Wh y do the
on the earth
pain
and
Ask
more
no
Ask
Whence
death war and famine earth

,
all
esh
t i o n in g ,
p rosper
w icked
quake and te m pest and

which
Him
is heir ?
the ills to
All fruitless ques
all pee v ish repinings are precluded
hen c efort h by th e death and p assion of

Christ
D ost tho u su ffer ?
more than the
So n
Th ou canst not suffer

of
God
D ost thou
sympathise with thy fellow su fferers

-
T hou
canst not sympathise more than the S on

of
God
D ost thou long to right them to

,
12 7
O UT
O F T H E DEEP
of
deliver them e v en at the price

,
own blood
thine
T hou canst not lo ng more
ardently t h an t h e S on
of
God who carried

,
His longing into act and died for t h em

,
and th ee
W h at if t h e end
What if evil still endure ?

medicine h ave
not
et ?
What if the
c onquered th e
Have patience h a v e faith h a v e
disease ?
h Op e ,
not yet
he
as t h ou standest at the foot of
Christ s Cross and h oldest fast to it as th e

,
Anchor
as
of
of
thy soul and reason as we ll

,
th y heart
world may go
or
For h owever i ll the

seem to go th e Cross
,
is t h e everlasting token that G od so loved

th e world t h at He spared not His only
,
begotten S on but freely gave Him for

,
it
W h atsoever else is doubtful this at
least is sure
that G od
must co n quer
b ecause God is good ; th at

12 8
Ev il
must
T HE B O TT O M LE SS P I T
p erish because God hates
,
the death
E vil ,
e v en to
H ow shal l the bottomless pit if we fall

,
into i t be a p ath way to the e v erlastin

,
rock
D a v id tells us
O ut
have I cried unto T hee
of
the
cried to G od not to himself h is

,
l e a rn i
out
no
of
ch rch
u
prudence
that pit
-
d eep
He
God
o wn
talents to pull him
N ot to doctrines books
goings not
to the dearest earthly
friend not to h is own experiences faith s
assuran c es frames and feelings

,
T he mat
ter was too terrible to be p lastered o v er

in that way
or
in any way
He
w as
face to face with God alone and in utter

,
weakness
cr i e d
lesson
to
.
in
Go d
utter nakedness of soul

H i m s elf
he
T here was the
God took away from him all

12 9
things
that h e migh t have no
o ne
to
And it shall be with e v ery sou l
of
cry to but to God
man who be ing in th e deep cries

,
of
God
th e deep to
out
as it was wit h
Moses when h e went up alone into the

Mo u nt
of
G od and fasted forty days and

,
forty nigh ts amid t h e earth quake and

t h e t h understorm and t h e rocks w h ic h
,
me l ted b efore t h e Lord
And b ehold
w h en it was past h e talked face to face

,
w it h
God
as a man talket h wit h h is
friend and his countenance s h one with

h ea v enly
light
triump h ant
On
w h en
ou t
he
came
down
of
the Mount of G od
Good Ne ws of GailSe
th e torturing c ross Christ prayed
for His murderers
Fath er forgive them

,
for t h ey know not what t h ey do

13 0
And
L E SS O N S O U T O F T H E D E E P
is
this
th e ch a racter many a man may
get in the dark deep
T o feel
all
fo r
to feel with all ; to rej oi c e with those

who rej oice and weep with those
who
weep to understand people s trials
a nd
make allowances for their temptations

to put oneself in their p la c e till we
s ee
wit h their eyes and feel wit h t h eir h earts

,
fo r
till we j udge no man and ha v e h ope

,
all
to be fair and pati ent and tender
with e v eryone we meet ; to

o n e,
despair
of
despises none
look
on
e v ery
d espise
no
no one because Christ

,
an d
o ne
despairs
of
none ;
to
we meet with lo v e
al most with pity because they too may

,
have been down into th e
d eep
of
horror
or may go down into it any day ; to see

our
o wn
sin s in th e sins of others to

,
feel that we might do w h at they do and

,
13 1
OUT
O F T HE DE E P
feel as they feel at any moment
did
God desert us ; to gi v e and forgi v e li v e

,
and let li v e e v en as Christ gi v es to us

,
and forgi v es us and lives for us and lets

,
us
live i n s p ite
of
a ll
sins
Good News
ou r
God
R ej oice t h at there is a re of God the
Fath er whose name is Love burning for

,
ever unquen ch ably to destroy out

,
man s h eart and
of
nations and
,
ou t
of
every
of th e h earts of all
the p h ysi cal and moral
world all whic h o ffends and makes a

,
lie
and t h at into that re th e S on will surely

cast al l S hams lies hypocrisies tyrannies
,
false doctrines
th a t
IS
it not good news t h at
re is unquenchab le that
,
wi l l not die
us
tha t w orm
T he re may be kindled for
th e worm may seize
ou r
h earts
G od
gran t that in that day we may h a v e c ourage

13 2
T H E U N Q U E N C H A B LE
le t
to
Christ
to
of
out
come
the re and the worm do their work
to say
and
F I RE
T hese too are T hine
T hi ne innite lo v e
ha v e
t hey
T hou requirest truth i n the
in
ward parts and I will thank T hee
fo r
any means ho w e v er bitter which T hou

,
usest to make me true
I want to be an
honest man and a right man

j oy !
O
T hou
me to be
w a nt e s t
!
y
me therefore
re
Burn
self indulgence
hand dogmas
which
do
it
P urge
th e chaff of
of
vanity
and
hasty prej udices second

,
husks
which do n ot feed
I
cannot b e content
feel ashamed daily and if
there be any grains

or
also
so
Lord though it be with
my soul with whi ch
w ord
of
that t h ough I long cowardly to
j
quench T hy re I cannot
o
And
tho u ght
or
of
wheat in
power
13 3
of
me
any
action which
of
may b e
use as seed for my nation

0
after me gat h er it
,
garner
Amen
Lord into T hy
,
L tter
e
of
T he Fire
s a nd
of
G od hardens a man and
softens him at th e same t i me

ou
Mem or ies
He c omes
of
it h ardened to that h ardness
w h ic h it is written
D o t h ou endure h ard
n ess as a good soldier

and again
of
Jesus C h rist
h ave fought a good ght I

,
have kept t h e faith I h ave nished my

,
course ;
yet softened to t h at softness
whi c h it is written
of
Be ye tenderhearted
c ompassionate forgiving one another e v en

,
as
G o d,
you ;
for Christ s sake has forgi v en

,
and again
We h a v e a High P riest
w h o can b e touc h ed wit h t h e f ee l ing of

our
i nrm it ie s
seeing that He has been
tempted in all things like as we are

13 4
PU R I F I E D
BY
FI RE
Ha pp y thri c e hap p y are they who have

,
V alley
thus walked through th e

of
Sh adow
of
the
D eath and found it a p ath that

,
leads to everl asting life
Hap py are they
who ha v e writhed aw h ile in the er c e

re
of
God and have had burned

,
them the chaff and th e dross

,
an
ou t
of
d all whic h
o ff ends and makes them vain and light
yet makes them dull and drags them down

,
at the same time ; till only t h e pure gold
of
God s righteousness is left seven times
the re in c orruptible precious in
in
tried
th e sight
of
G od and man
S uch need not
regret will not regret all t h at they have

,
gone through
sober p atient
,
Th e
It has made them brave
It h as given them
r eas o n m t h e t e mp e ra t e w i ll
E nd r a n c e f o r e s ig h t s t r e ng t h a nd s kill
r
and so S haped them into th e likeness

13 5
of
Christ w h o was made perfect by suffering

,
an d
of
th ough He were a S on yet i n the days

,
His esh made strong supplication and

,
crying with tears to His Father

heard
in
He died
t h at He feared ; and
on
and
s o,
was
t h ough
t h e Cross and d es c ended into
H ell yet triumphed over D eat h and Hel l

,
by dying and desce n ding and conquered

,
t h em by submitting to th em
Goo d News of
.
13 6
G od
Sermo ns
DEE P
D EAT H
13 7
My
h e art
ui e t e d
i s d is !
w i t hi n m e ,
an d
fe r o f
the
e t h h f ll e up o m P i v 4
My e h
d m y h e r t f il e t h b t G d i t h
t re g t h of m y h e r t P l x iii 25
Y
t h o u gh I w l k t h ro u g h t h v ll ey of t h
h d ow
of d e t h I w il l fe r n e vil for T h o u t w i t h m
P
xxiii 4
T h o u h t d eli v ere d m y o u l from d e t h m i e eye
fro m t e r nd m y fee t fro m f lling P c x v i 8
as
ea
an
e s
ar
as
a s, a
13 8
n
.
DE EP
D E ATH
WH AT wil l be c ome
of
us after
die ?
W h at will the next world be like ?

is heaven like
S hall I be able to
S h all I be a man there
it ?
W h at
or
only a
ghost a spirit without a body ?

,
T o this
the
S on
of
St
P aul answers that Christ
Go d
after that He was mani
fe s t e d
in the esh was recei v ed up into
gl ory
He does not tell us what hea v e n
is l ike
i nto
fo r
though h e had been c aught u p
the third hea v en yet what h e

,
th ere was unspeakable

13 9
s aw
N eith er does h e
tell us what the next life will be like

all he says
the Man Christ Jesus wh o
is ,
walked this earth l ike oth er men was

,
received
into gl ory and He did not
leave H is man s mind His man s heart
e v en His man s body behind H im
He
carried up into heaven with H im His

w h ole manhoo d
e v en to the print
spirit soul
and body
the nai l s i n His hands
of
and in His most h oly feet and the wound

,
of
the
spear in His
h oly side
most
T hat is enough for us ; be c ause the Man

is
Christ Jesus
in
h eaven we as men
may as c end to h eaven

we S hall b e
W h ere He is
And what He
as He is Man we S hall be
,
is ,
in as far
And this we
do know that we shall be like Him for

,
we s h all
s ee
Him as He
is
14 0
V a tio na l
Ser m o n
T ERR O R O F D EA T H
Men are afraid
of
dying p rinci p ally I

,
believe because th ey fear the unknown

,
It is
that th ey are afraid
not
dying
the pain
of
of
It is not that they are afraid of
going to hell
N either is it that th ey
are afraid of not goi ng to h eaven

when th ey think of
ctually
But
d yi n g
they
feel as if to go into the next world was

be
to
turned out into th e
d ark
night
into an u n known land away from house

,
and home and a ll they ha v e known and

,
lo v ed ; and
they shrink from death

All S int D y Serm o n
so
When
afiction
u
o
y
s-
are in terror troub l e and
!
y
and in the b l ac k j aws
of
death and know not w h ere to turn that

,
blessed t h ou gh t
dead
u
o
y
Christ is risen from th e
will be a s h ield and a stre ngth
which
no
other thought
14 1
can
to
gi v e
O UT O F
T he Lord is
risen
TH E
D E EP
man with His man s
b ody and His man s spirit His h u man

,
love and tenderness ; He has taken t h em

all up to Hea v en wit h Him
still thoug h He is very
,
God
He is a man
of
v ery God
He ros e from the d ead as a man and there

,
fore H e can u nderstand me and feel for me

sti l l n o w here i n
t e e nth
E ngland
in t h e nine
century j ust as muc h as He could
w h en He was walking upon eart h in J u dea

o
o ld
When this world is vanishi ng from
ou r
eyes and we are going we know not whither

,
leavin g be h ind us all we know and love

,
and understand ; then the t h ought
of
Christ is risen from the dead
is the only
o ne
s ad ,
d ark
sa v e us from
t h oughts from fear and despair

,
all
though ts
w h i c h w il l
or from stupid carelessness and the deat h

,
142
D EAT H
H AS
a brute beast such as too many die
of
M E A N IN G ?
Christ is risen and I shall rise

fo r
has conquered deat h
will conquer it for me
Christ
Himself and H e
,
Christ took His
man s body and soul with Him from the
tomb to God s right hand ; and He will

raise my body and soul at th e last day
fo r
that I may be with H im

s ee
H im where H e is
ever and
In life and i n deat h
this is th e only thing which will save us

from
s in ,
from terror from the
t h e h ereafter
nal
e v ery
N a tio na l
T here must
of
man
altogether hi d eous
did h e die
as
Ser m o n
cause a purpose for each death
s on
meaning
of
Why did h e die we

be a
d read
or
a
th e fact would be
scribble without a
skeleton wit h out a so u l
Why
I became dumb I opened

,
14 3
O U T O F T HE D E EP
not my mouth
for it
says th e Burial P salm

wise
S o let us
became dumb :
T hy doing
wa s
.
So
like
s ay
not with rage
not with despair ; but because it was T hy

doing and therefore it was done well
,
It
was the deed not of chan c e nor o f necessity

,
N ot so
For it was the deed
of
the Father
wit h out w h o m a sparrow falls not to t h e

ground ;
of
the S on w h o died upon the Cross
in th e utterness
of
His desire to sa v e
of
the Holy G host who is the Lord and Giver

,
of Life to all created things

d eed
of
O ne
in D eath
It
the
w as
w h o de l ights i n Life and not

in
in bliss and not in woe
light
and not in darkness ; in order and
not
anarc h y
It h ad
i n good and not in evil
a nal cause
a meaning
a purpose ;
and that purpose is very good

it
is
we
know
no t ;
14 4
and
in
we
Wh at
need
TH E S I LE NC E
indeed to meddle with

for us
T o guess at it would be
know
not
O F FA I T H
m atters t o o
S o let us be dumb
high
D umb
from des p air but from faith ; dumb

,
like a wretch weary with calling
fo r
no t
no t
hel p
which does not come but dumb like a

,
child S itting at its mother s feet

looking
into her face and
her doings understanding non e

,
as
and
w a t c h in
of
them
but certain that they are all done
e t,
in lo v e
Christ is risen !
What a thought
that for the blessed martyrs

creatures in the agony
of
fo r
w as
poor
fear and shame
expecting presently to be torn to pieces

or
burnt alive
D eath
this h orrible
death cannot conquer me weak and fear

,
ful as I am
for my Lord and Master

14 5
for wh om I am going to su ff er has con

,
quered death and He will not let it con

,
quer me
He is stronger than he l l and
death and H e will not su ffer me in my last

,
h our for any pains of death to fall from

,
Him
He is
fo r
and He will care

fort to be able to
a nd
wife
E arth
ing of Heaven and

His own
s ay :
What com
Ay I am torn from
,
child and all which
earth ; but not for ever not

,
fo r
lo v e on
ever ; for
Christ rose from the dead and I w h o

,
belong to Christ Shall rise as He did

,
T his
poor es h of mine may be b u rnt i n ames

d evo u red by ravenous beasts
C h rist th e
ing
of
W h at matter
men has risen from t h e
dead and become t h e rst fruits

,
that sle p t
of
t h em
Th at same S pirit whic h brough t
back H is body from
th e
grave and hel l will

,
b ring my body also from t h e grave and he ll

14 6
T HE
O F TH E M A N Y
FA T E
a nobler ha pp i er life with H im i n j o y

unspeakable where Christ now sits o n
to
God s right hand defending me

me and blessi ng me hol d ing
,
crown
of
out
p i t y ing
to me a
glory whic h shall never fade

Na t io na l
T hese th ings are most
b i t t e rf
Serm o n
and the
only comfort that I can see in them is that

,
they are bringing us all face to face with

the realities
in
a ll
of
human life as i t has been

,
ages and gi v ing us sterner and yet

,
more lo v ing more human

,
tho u ghts about ourse l v es

here and the fate
,
of
and awakeni n g us
,
of
hard j udgments )
D
e th
a
on
more di v ine
an d o u r
business
those who are gone
in
full
nevertheless
(
which we ha v e been
the
14 7
th e luxurious
out
d ream
fri v olous unreal
a nd
at t l
e f e ld
i
OUT OF TH E D E EP
li v ing
so
long to trust in a Li v ing Fath er

,
w h o is really and p ra ctically go v erning this

world and all worlds and who willeth that
,
none S hould peris h
and therefore h as
no t
forgotte n or sudden l y b egun to h ate and

torment on e single poor soul which is past
of
out
in
this life into some other
Father s hands
ou r
thought t h ough they
Th ou art there also
and
All are
Oh
blessed
go down into hell
etter
M em or ies
s a nd
Jesus is the S aviour th e D eliverer the

,
great P hysician th e h ealer of soul and

,
body
N ot a pang is felt
or
a tear Shed
earth but He sorrows over it

,
human being
on
on
N ot a
earth dies young but H e
as I belie v e sorrows o v er it
,
What is it
whic h prevents Him h ealing every S ick

ness soothing every sorrow wiping away
,
14 8
WAR F ARE A N D
V I CTO RY
e v ery tear now we cannot tell

,
we
But this
tell that it is H is wi ll that none
ca n
should p erish
T his we
tell that H e
ca n
is
willing as e v er to heal the S ick to cleanse

,
the leper to cast
ou
ignorant,
T his we
so
de v ils to teach the
to bind up the broken h e arted

-
ca n
tell that He will go
on
doing
more and more year by year and age by
age
T his we
ca n
tell from
S cripture
Christ is stronger than the de v il

ca n
that
T his we
tell that Christ and all good men the

,
s p irits of j ust men made p erfec t th e wise

,
and the great in God s Sight who ha v e left
us their books their sayings t heir writings

,
as p recious heal th gi v ing h eir looms ha v e

-
been ghting and are ghting and will

,
the end against th e de v il and
Sin,
ght
to
a nd
O p pression
a nd
e v erythi n g which s p oils and darkens
and misery and dise a se

,
14 9
t h e face
ca n
G od s goo d earth
of
A n d t h is we
te l l t h at t h ey will conquer at t h e last

,
be c ause C h rist is stronger t h an t h e d e v il

good is stronger t h an e vi l
tha n darkness ; G o d s
ligh t is stronger
Spirit
th e
v
r
i
e
g
of
l i fe and h e alth a nd order is stro nger t h an

,
all t h e e vi l customs
elty
a nd
carelessness and
superstitio n w h ic h
and
make
miserable t h e li v es and as far as we can

,
see d estroy t h e souls of t h ousands

,
Yes
say C h rist s kingdom is a kingd om of
h eal t h and deli v erance for bo d y a n d soul

an d i t will conquer and it will spread and
,
it will gro w ti ll th e n a tions of t h e world

,
h a v e become th e king d oms

H is C h rist
t i ll
of
G od an d
of
C h rist reigns a nd will reign

,
H e h a s put all enemies
nder H is feet
an d t h e l a st of H is enemies w h ic h s h all
be destroyed is D e a t h
150
D eat h
is H is
L E SS ON
O F T H E T RA N S F I G U RA TI ON
enemy w h ic h He h as conquered by rising

from th e dead ; and t h e d ay will come
w h en D eat h will be no
more
w h e n sick
ness and sorrow s h all be unknown and G od

,
s h all wipe tears from a ll eyes

i t
a g a in ne v er forget
s ay it
C h rist is
K ing
H is kingdom is a kingdom of h ealth
l i fe an d deli v erance from all e v il
and
al
It
ways h as been so from t h e rst time
of
our
Lor d c ured t h e l eper in G alilee ; it will be

so
to
t h e end of t h e worl d
Na tio na l Ser m o ns
W h at d i d t h e spiritua l glory
counten a nce a t H is
of
C h rist s
t r an s g u ra t i o n
s h ow
H is disciples but t ha t H e was a spiritual

,
K ing
w h ose strengt h lay in t h e spirit of
power a nd wisdom an d beauty a nd lo v e

,
w h ic h G od ha d gi v e n H im with out mea

sure ; and th at t h ere was suc h a t h ing a s
51
OUT OF
TH E
D EE P
a spiritual body suc h a body as e a c h
us some day s h all h av e

C h rist at
if
of
we be foun d in
resurrection of t h e j us t a
th e
body w h ic h s ha ll not h ide a ma n s S pirit

as
it d oes h ere w h en it becomes subj e c t to

,
t h e wear an d tear of l i fe an d disease and

,
decay ; but a spiritual
body
body w h ic h
s h all be ll e d wit h our spirits w h ic h s h all

,
be perfectly obedient to our spirits

t h roug h w h ic h t h e glory
s h in e
o u t,
C h rist s spirit
of
s h one out t h roug h H is in t h e

tion
bo d y
our spirits s h all
of
as t h e glory
t ran s g u ra
B reth ren we kno w not w h at we

,
s h a ll be but t h is we do know t h at w h en
,
He s h all appe a r we s h al l be like H im for

,
we sh all s ee H im as H e is
V i lla g e Se r m ons
be l ie v e s ays th e Creed in t h e
re c tion
of
t h e F lesh
The
15
B ib l e
R esur
teac h es
us
TH E S P I
to
R IT U A L
belie v e t h a t we ea c h
of
O DY
us a s h uman
,
beings men and women s h all hav e our s h are

,
in t h at glorious day ; not merely
as
g h osts
disembodied S pirits ( of w h ic h t h e B ible

t h anks be to G od says li ttle or noth ing)
,
but as real li v e h uman beings wit h new

,
bodies of
o ur
new h ea v en
own
on
a n ew earth under a
,
T h erefore s ays D a v id my
,
es h s h all rest i n h ope
not merely my
soul my g h ost but my es h

,
F or t h e
Lord w h o not only died but rose again

wit h H is body s ha ll raise our bodies
,
ao
cording to t h e migh ty working by w h ic h He

subdues all t h ings to H imself ; a nd t h en t h e
w h ole man h ood
of
eac h
of
us body sou l
,
a nd spirit s ha ll h a v e our perfect

,
c o ns u m
mation and bliss in H is eternal and e v er

lasting glory
T ha t is
hope
ou r
Na tio na l Se r m o ns
15 3
OUT
TH E
OF
D EE P
T h ose w h o die in t h e fe a r
of
G od a nd in
t h e fa it h of C h rist d o no t really t aste
d eat h ; to th em t h ere is no de a t h
of
a c ha nge
b ut
place a c h ange of state
pass at once into some
of
only
t h ey
life wit h a ll
ne w
t h eir powers a ll th eir feelings uncha nged ;

,
still t h e same l i v ing t h in k ing acti v e bei ngs

,
w h ic h t h ey were h ere on e a rth

t h ey may rest
R est
rest
ness
b ut
if t h ey need
w h at is t h eir rest ?
B ut
t h e v will ,
peace of mind
No t i d l e
T o rest from sin
from sorrow from fear from doubt from

,
care
t h is is true rest
A bo v e all to rest
,
from t h e worst weariness of

'
a ll
knowing
one s duty and not being a ble to do it
T h at is true rest th e rest of G o d w h o

,
works for e v er and is at rest for e v er ; a s

,
t h e stars o v er
our
h eads mo v e
fo r
e v er
t h ousands of miles a day and yet are at

,
15 4
D EA T H
A NE W B
I RT H
perfect rest because t h ey mo v e orderl y

,
h armoniously fu ll ling t h e law w h i ch

,
h as gi v en t h em
work
tha t sure l y is t h e rest
na l
spirits till t h e
,
God
rest in perfec t
P erfect
of
bl essed
consummation of all
t h ings w h en C h rist s h al l h a v e m a de up
,
t h e number
of
H is e l ec t
so w h at comfort for u s
,
w h at comfort
fo r
us
A nd
who
if it be
must die
w h o h a v e see n ot h ers
die if deat h be but a new birt h into some

,
h igh er l ife
our body
if all t ha t it c h anges
;
-
in
th e mere h usk and s h ell
of
u s is
us
suc h a c hange as comes o v er th e snake w h en
h e c a sts h is
ol
and g a y
e v en t h e crawli n g caterpil la r
w h ic h
or
skin a nd comes
,
break s its prison
wings to t h e sun
W h ere is th e sting
can s t ing
and
as
of
a nd
out
fre s h
spre a d s
it s
a fa ir butter fly
de a t h th en if de a th
,
poison a nd corrup t noth ing

,
55
O UT
o
of
for w h ic h
us
OF
our
T H E D EE P
frien d s lo v e us ; no th ing
u s with w h ic h we could
men or G od ?
do
ser v ice to
W h ere is t h e v ictory of
th e
gra v e if so fa r from t h e gra v e h olding u s

,
do w n it frees us from t h e v ery t h ing w h ic h

,
d oes
h ol d us down t h e mortal body ?

Wa ter of
L gf e Sem
'
Consider th e lilies of t h e e l d
We must
take our Lord s words e xa ctl y
z o ns
He is
speaking of t h e l i l ies t h e bulbous pl a nts

,
w h ic h spring into
flower
in count l ess t h ou
s a nds e v ery spring o v er t h e

E a s t er n
dea d
l ands
A ll
d own s
of
t h e winter th ey are
nsig h tly roots h i d den in t h e e a rt h
B ut no sooner does t h e sun of spring

s h ine upon th eir gra v es t ha n t h ey rise in t o
,
sudden life a nd beauty as it pleases G od

,
a nd e v ery seed takes its own p eculi a r body

Sown
in c orruption th ey are raised in

,
15 5
L E SS ON S
O F S P R I N G TI ME
incorruption ; sown
in
weakness t h ey
,
raised in power ; sown
in
a re
dis h onour t h ey
,
d eli c ate
are raised in glory ;
beautiful in
colour perfuming t h e air wit h fragr a nce ;

,
of
types
of a ngels
immortality t for t h e crowns

,
Consider t h e lilies
grow
Fo r
t h e dead
eld
t h ey
how
R esurrection
of
not wit h out a di v ine pro v i
de u ce
ye a a di v ine
blessed
E a stertide
of
th e
e v en so is t h e
Ye s
of
inspiration
h as th e
been x ed by t h e C h urch
,
ages as t h e season w h en t h e e a rt h
a ll
s h akes
o ff
h er winter s sleep ; w h en th e
birds come back and t h e owers begin to

,
bloom w h en e v ery seed w h ic h falls into

,
t h e groun d a nd dies and rises agai n wit h

,
a new body is a witness to u s of t h e

,
R esurrection
of
C h rist ; a nd a witness too

,
th a t we s h all rise a gain ; th a t

15 7
in
us,
as
i n i t life s h all conquer dea th ; w h e n e v ery

,
bird t h at comes back to sing
buil d
and
among us e v ery o w er tha t blows is a wit

,
R esurre c tio n
ness to u s of t h e
of
t h e Lor d
a n d of o u r
R esurrection
th e call
th e Lor d t h e G i v er of Life wh en
of
T h ey obey
th ey retur n to l ife as a type and a token

,
to
us
of C h rist th eir M aker
wh o
a n d is a l i v e a gain w h o w a s l ost
in
E aster
was d ead
h ell on
e v e an d was foun d again in h ea v en

,
for e v ermore
A n d so th e re surre c tion of
th e earth from h er winter s sleep com

,
m e m o ra t e s
to u s a s eac h blessed
,
comes roun d t h e
,
Jesus C h rist
R esurre ction
an d
E astertide
of
is a witness to
our Lor d
us
th at
some d ay l ife s h all conquer deat h lig h t

,
conquer darkness
righ teous n ess con quer
sin j oy conqu er grief ; w h en t h e w h o l e

,
creation w h ic h groaneth a n d tra v aileth in

,
15 8
NO T D E A T H
B UT
L I FE
pain until now s h all h a v e brough t fort h

,
w h ic h it trav ailet h in labour e v en
th at
of
th e
ne w
h ea v ens an d t h e
ne w
ear th
w h erein s hall be neith er sigh ing nor sorrow

a ll
but G od sh all wipe a way tears from

eyes
D is c ip line
a nd
oth e r Se r mo ns
D eat h is not deat h if i t kills no p a rt
of
u s sa v e th at w h ich h indered us fro m per

feet life
D eat h is not dea th
if
it raises
us
in a moment from d a rkness into ligh t from

,
weakness into strength from sinfulness in t o

,
h oliness
us
D e a t h is not de a t h if it brings
ne a rer
D e ath
is
to
C h rist w h o is t h e fount
no t
we h a v e belie v ed
fo r w h om
in
w h om
D eat h is not death if

,
i t gi v es us to t h ose
,
life
death if it perfects our fait h
by sigh t and l ets us be h old H im
and lost
of
w h om
we h a v e lo v ed
we h a v e li v e d for w h om
,
15 9
we long to li v e a gain
if it j oins t h e c h ild
gone before
D eath is not death
t o th e
moth er w h o w a s
D e at h is not d eath
if it
t a kes away fro m t h at mot h er for e v er all a
mot h er s an x ieties a mot h er s fe a rs an d lets
h er see i n t h e gracious countenance of h er

,
Sav iour
a sure and certain p l edge t h at
t h ose wh o m s h e h as l eft be h ind a re safe
safe wit h C h rist an d in C h rist t h roug h all

,
t h e c h ances and d angers of t h is mortal l ife

D eath is
no t
deat h if it ri d s us of doubt
,
an d fear of c h ance a nd c h ange

,
of
space
and time and all w h ic h space and time

bring forth and t h en destroy
,
D e a t h is
not de a t h ; for C h rist h as conquered deat h

fo r
H imse l f and for th ose w h o trust in

,
W er of
at
160
L gf e Ser m o ns
TH E
O U NT O F L I F E
of G od s boun d less bosom t h e fount
O ut
of life we came ; t h roug h sels h stormy

,
yout h a nd c ontrite tears j ust not too

t h roug h m a n h ood
la t e
a ltoget h er useless
no t
t h roug h slo w an d c h ill old age we return

,
from Wh en c e we came ; to t h e B osom
of
G o d once more to go fort h again it may

,
be wit h fres h knowl e dge and fres h powers

,
nobler work
A men
16 1
V II
P RAY E R
D EE P
163
H e ar
p raye r 0 G o d and hi d e no t T h ys e lf f ro m
m y p e t it i o n
T ak e h e e d u n t o m e a n d h e ar m e h o w
I m o u r n i n m y p raye r a n d am v e xe d P s alm i v 1 2
In m y t r o ubl e I w ill c all up o n t h e L o r d an d c o m
pl a i n u n t o m y G o d s o s h all H e h e ar m y v o i c e o u t o f
H i s h o l y t e m p l e an d m y c o m p l a i n t s h all c o m e b e f o r e
H im i t s h al l e n t e r e v e n i n t o H i s e ar s P s x viii 5 6
Th e L o rd i s n ig h u n t o t h e m t h at c al l up o n H im H e
al s o w il l h e ar t h e i r c ry and will h e l p t h e m P s alm
c xl v 18 19
In t h e d ay w h e n I c r i e d T h o u a n s w e r e d s t m e a n d
s t r e ng t h e n e d s t m e w it h s t r e n gt h i n m y s o u l P s al m
c xxx v ii i 3
my
164
V II
P R AY E R
OU T OF
D E EP
older I grow an d th e more I see

,
t h e ch a nces a n d c ha nges of t h is mortal life

an d
of
t h e nee d s and l ongings of t h e h uman
h eart t h e more important seems t h is ques

,
tion
t h ere anyw h ere in t h e uni v erse
Is
any being w h o can h ear
ou r
prayers
Is
prayer a superuous folly or t h e h igh est

,
pruden c e
I say
Is
t h ere a being w h o
can e v er h ear our prayers
I do not say
a being w h o will al ways answer t h em and

,
gi v e
us
a ll we ask ; but
o ne
w h o will at
le a st h e a r w h o w i ll listen c onsider w h at is
,
165
t to be gr a nte d or not and grant or refuse

,
accordingly
Is
r i ses
t h at stra nge insti n ct of wors h ip w h ic h

in
t h e h eart of man as soon as h e
be
gins to t h ink to become a c i v ili z e d being

,
an d not a sa v age to be d isregarde d as a

,
c h il d is h d ream w h en h e rises to a h ig h er
ci v i l i z ation still
Is
th e e x perience of men
h eath en as well a s C h ristian for all t h ese

,
ages to go for no g h t
u
H as e v ery utter
ance th at h as e v er gone up from su ffering

and d oubting h umanity gone up in v ain ?
H a v e t h e prayers of saints t h e h ymns of
,
psalmists th e agonies of martyrs t h e aspira

,
tion s of poets t h e t h oug h ts of sages t h e

,
cries of t h e O ppresse d t h e plea d ings of t h e

,
mot h er for h er c h i l d t h e maiden praying

,
h er c h amber for h er lo v er
battle
e ld
in
pon t h e distant
th e so l dier answering h er prayer

166
T H E I N STI N CT O F P RA Y ER
o ff
from afar
G od s h an d s
wit h
K eep
quiet I am
in
t h ose v ery utterances
of
h umanity w h ic h seemed to us most noble
most pure most beautiful most di v ine

,
been all in v ain
M ere impert inences th e

,
babblings of fair dreams poure d fort h into

,
no w h ere to n o t h ing and in v ain
Has
e v ery su ffering searc h ing soul w h ic h e v er

,
gaz ed up into t h e d arkness of t h e unknown

in h opes
di v ine
of
E ye
catch ing e v en a glimpse of a

be h ol d ing all and or d ering
,
an d pityi ng all gaz ed u p in v ain
a ll ,
Oh !
my friends t h ose w h o belie v e or fancy t h ey

,
belie v e suc h t h ings a nd can preac h suc h

,
do c trines wit h out pity an d sorrow kno w

,
not
of
wh at t h ey rob a mankin d a l read y
but too miserab l e by its own folly and its

own
h Op e
s in a
mankin d w h ic h if it h a v e not
in G o d and in Ch rist is tru ly a s

,
167
H omer said o f old more miserable t h an t h e

,
beasts of t h e el d
Wes tm ins ter
Ser m o ns
W h en t h e h uman h eart asks H a v e we

,
not only a G o d
H ea v en
in
H ea v en but a F at h er in
,
t h at question can only be answered
by our Lor d Jesus C h rist
T ruly He said
No one comet h unto t h e F ath er but by
Me
T h e on l y begotten
bosom
H im
of
So n
w h o is in t h e
t h e F ath er H e h at h re v ealed
,
An d
t h erefore we can
boun d less comfort in t h e wor d s

t h e F at h er is suc h is t h e
,
t h e H oly Gh ost
t h ere is A M AN
So n
n d
Su c h
as
an d su ch
F or now we kno w th at
in
th e midst of t h e t h ro n e
w h o is t h e brigh tness of G o d s glory an d

t h e e x press im age of H is person a h i g h
priest w h o can be touc h ed by t h e feeling of
our
i nrm i t i e s
seeing He was tempte d

I6S
T H E S P I R I T O F T H E F A T H ER A N D T H E S ON
all t h ings like as we a re
T o H im we can
cry wit h h uman p a ssion and in h uman

wor d s because we know t h at H is h uman
,
h eart wi ll respond to our h uman h earts

and th at H is h uman h ear t again will
s
to H is D i v ine
o nd
Spirit
re
and t h at H is
D i v ine Spirit is t h e same as th e D i v ine
of H is F at h er for t h eir wills and
Spirit
minds are
O ne
and t h eir w i ll and t h eir
mind is boundless lo v e to sinful men

Yes
we can look up in
our
e x treme need
by fait h into t h e s a c red face of C h rist a nd

,
by fa ith take refuge with in H is s a cred
h eart saying
,
gi v e
w h at
If
it be good for me He will

,
I a sk ; and if H e gi v es i t not it
,
is because t h at too is good for me and

,
oth ers beside me

c h anges
of
In
fo r
a ll th e ch ances an d
t h is mortal life we can
sa
t
o
y
H im as He s a id in t ha t supreme h our
,
1 69
If
it be possible let t h is cup pass from M e
ne v erth eless not M y will but T h ine be
d on e
sure t h at H e wi l l present t ha t
prayer to H is F at h er a n d to our F at h er
and to H is G od and our G od
an d tha t
w h atsoe v er be t h e answer v ouch safed by

H im w h ose ways are not a s our ways
nor H is t h ough ts as
ou r
t h oug h ts
th e
pr ayer will not h a v e gone up to C h rist

i n v ain
Wes tm ins ter
Se r m o ns
I h a v e been praying long a nd earnestly

and h av e no fears now
s h all ask in my
recei v e
ame
unbelie f
b e li e vi n g
ye s h all
T h ose
two te x ts were my
strongh old w h en t h e nig h t

most
W h atsoe v er ye
Lord I belie v e h elp T h ou my

,
of
misery w a s
tterly dark an d in t h e strength

,
t h em we s h all pre v ai l
170
of
F ret not
T H E P A T T ER N O F A L L P RA Y ER S
t h en neith er be an x ious ; w hat

He wi ll do
,
God
intends
L e tter s
a nd
M em or ies
T h e longer I li v e t h e more I see t ha t t h e

P r a yer
L ord s
of
is t h e pattern
a ll
prayers
a n d w h eth er it be consistent wit h t h at to

ask t h at G od s h oul d al ter t h e course
t h e uni v erse
say
you
j udge
G od forbid
I c a nnot h elp doing
it
I do it
mot h er
O nly
we pray
its
G ra nt t h is day t ha t we run
we ough t to l ay
th e
fo r
it seems to me t ha t w h en
into no kind of danger

s tress
my
any more t ha n
a c h ild i n t h e dark c a n h elp calling
our
fo r
I do not obj ect to praying
t h e s a me breat h t ha t we
T h y w i ll be done on eart h
special t h ings
self
in
of
on
danger
the
run
9)
,
rat h er t h an on
and ask G od
not
to
t ak e
away t h e d anger by altering th e course

17 1
of
nature bu t to gi v e us lig h t an d guidan c e

,
w h ereby to a v oid it
P ray
e tter s
a nd
M e m o r ies
nig h t an d d ay v ery quietl y l ike a

,
l ittle weary c h il d for e v eryt h ing you want

,
in body as well as in soul t h e leas t t h ing

as well as t h e greatest noth ing is too
muc h to ask G od for not h ing too great
for H im to grant an d try to t h ank
for e v eryth ing
Him
G lory be to t h ee
G od
L
e tter s
a nd
M em o r ies
W h en you are i n t h e deep w h ate v er

t ha t d ept h
b e
c ry to G od
self an d n one but G o d

,
If
to G od H im
you c an go to
t h e pure fountain h e a d w h y d rink of t h e

-
stream w h ic h must h a v e gat h ered some

,
t h ing
of
d e le m e n t
as it ows
If you
c a n go to G od H imself w h y go to a ny of
,
1 72
E WI S H A N D C H R ISTI A N P RA Y ER
G od s creatures h o w e v er h o ly pure and
lo v ing
l ife
G o to G od w h o is ligh t of l ig h t
of life
F rom H im all goodness ows
G o th en to H im H imself
O ut
t h e deep h owe v er deep cry unto G od

,
G od H imsel f
If
of
nto
D a v i d t h e Jew of o l d
c oul d do so mu c h more we w h o are bap

,
into C h rist ; muc h more can we w h o
t iz e d
h a v e access by one
Spirit
unto t h e F at h er
muc h more c a n we w h o if we know w h o

,
we are an d w h ere we are s h ould c ome

,
bol dl y to t h e T h rone
of
G ra c e to nd
,
mercy and grace to h elp u s in t h e time

of
eed
H at h He promise d
He not do it
an d s h all
T o e v ery
you h owe v er weak
o ne
of
h owe v er ignorant
aye h owe v er sinfu l if you d esire to be

,
deli v ered from t h ose sins th i s grace is

gi v en
li berty
to
c ry out
17 3
of
t h e dept h to
G od H imself w h o made sun and stars all

,
h ea v en a n d earth
l iberty to stand fa c e to
face with t h e F a th er
of
esh an d c ling to t h e
O ne
t h e spirits
all
B eing w h o can
ne v er fa il nor c h ange e v e n to t h e
mortal eterna l G od
of
Wes tmins ter
O ne i m
Ser mo ns
T h e seed w h ic h we sow t h e seed of
repentan c e t h e see d of h umility t h e see d

,
of sorrowfu l prayers for h elp s h all t ake

root an d gro w and bring fort h fruit we
,
know not
how
in t h e goo d time of G o d
w h o cannot c h ange
may be weary
We
m ay
be s a d w e
our eyes may wait an d
watc h for t h e Lor d more th a n t h ey w h o

watc h for t h e morning ; but it must be as
t h ose w h o wat c h for t h e morning for t h e
,
morning w h ic h must a nd will come
for t h e
sun w i ll sure l y rise and t h e d ay wi ll sure ly

,
174
H E L P F O R T H E F A LL E N
d awn
and t h e
Sav iour
th ose w h o cry u nto H im

Fo r t h e
d own
of
will surel y deli v er

.
Wes tm ins ter
Ser m
ons
poor so u l w h o is abase d w h o is
,
and in t h e depth ; w h o feels h is own
w eakness ,
ou
fol l y ignorance sinfulness and

,
t h e deep cries unto G od as a l ost
c h ild crying a fter its fat h er e v en as a l os t

lamb bleating a fter t h e ewe o f t h a t poor
soul be h is pr ayers ne v er so confused
,
stupid a n d i ll e x pressed
,
written
fa ll
of
h im
it is
T h e Lor d h elpet h t h em th at
He is nig h unto a ll t h at call upo n
H im ; He will ful l t h e desire
t h at fear H im
of
t h ose
He a l so will h ear t h eir cry
an d wi ll h elp t h em
Wes tmins ter
175
Se r mo ns
PR A YE R S AND
CONFESSI O NS
F OR PAR D ON AN D LI K ENE SS T O G O D
0
Lamb etern a l beyond all place and

,
time !
L a mb
of
G od slai n etern a lly

,
of
fore t h e foundation
t h e wor l d
! 0
be
Lamb
t h at liest s l ain etern a lly in t h e midst of

t h e th rone of G od
Let t h e bloo d of life
w h ic h ows from T h ee procure me pardon

,
for t h e past ; let th e water of life w h ic h

,
ows from T h ee gi v e m e strength for t h e

,
future
c ome to cast away my own life
my l ife of self and sels h ness w h ic h is

,
corrupt a cc ording to t h e deceitful lusts t h at

,
I may l i v e it no more and to recei v e T h y

,
l ife w h ic h is crea t ed after t h e likeness

,
176
of
P RA Y ER S A N D C ON F E SS I ON S
G od in righ teousness a nd true h oliness

,
t h at I may li v e it for e v er and e v er and

,
n d it a well
of
e v erlasting l ife
life springing
E ternal
me good like T h ee
me
w ise
like T h ee
me j ust l ike T h ee
lo v ing l ike T h ee
to
Wisdom
E ternal
E terna l
in me
G oo d ness make
E tern a l
m ake
Justice make
,
Lo v e make me
,
Amen
F OR LI G H T
O Lord ! Lo v e w h o embra c est t h e uni
v erse Lig h t w h o ligh test e v ery

,
m an
th at
comes into t h e world take away from me

,
all darkness of soul
and
h ardness
of
h e a rt
F ill me wit h T h y ligh t th at I m ay see all

,
t h ings in lig h t
F ill
me
with T h y lo v e
t ha t I may l o v e all t h i ngs w h ic h T h ou
h ast made
A men
177
Come to us
Lord
O pen t h e eyes of
our souls an d s h ow us t h e t h ings w h ic h

,
belong to our peace and t h e pat h
l ife
of
t h at we may see th at t h oug h all man s

,
i n v entions an d p l ans c ome to a n en d yet

,
T h y comman d ment is e x ceedingly broa d
broad enoug h for ric h a n d poor for sc h olar

,
tra d esman an d labourer for our prosperity

,
i n t h is life an d our sal v ation in t h e l ife

to come
A men
F OR T R U E G L OR Y
O G od quen c h i n us all w h ic h is sels h

,
i d le mean an d quicken to l ife

,
in
u s all
w h ic h is G od like a n d for G od t ha t so
-
we may attai n at l ast to t h e tru e glory
t h e glory w h ic h comes not from sels h

,
ambition not from sels h pride not from

,
sel fis h ease but from getting rid of se l

,
17 8
in all its s h apes th e glory w h ic h

C h rist alone ha s in perfection t h e g l ory
s h n e s s
before w h ic h e v ery knee wi ll

w h eth er
in
day bow
o ne
earth or h ea v en e v en t h e glory
d oing our d u ty regard l ess of w h at it costs
of
us in t h e station to w h ic h eac h
of
us h as
been calle d by h is F ath er in H ea v en
A men
F OR H OLI NESS
O Lor d Jesus C h rist
Ex al t
me wit h
T h ee so to know th e mystery of l ife t h at
I m ay use t h e eart h ly as t h e appointed

e x pression and type
of
t h e h ea v enly ; an d
by using to T h y glory t h e natura l body
I may be t to be e x alte d to t h e use of

t h e spiri t u a l body
A men
F OR P U R I T Y AN D G OO DN ESS
P urge
T h ou me O Lord
or
I s h all
ne v er be pure ; was h T h o u me and t h en

,
17 9
a lone s h all I be c l ean
F or T h ou requirest
not frames or feelings not pri d e an d self

,
con c eit but trut h in t h e inw a rd parts ;

,
and wi l t make me to un d erstan d wis d om

secretly
O G o d T h ou art goo d an d I am bad

,
an d for t h at v ery reason

to be ma d e goo d
an d
T h ou
cl ean
c ome
I come
I a d ore T h y goo d ness
long to c opy it : but
h e lp e s t
me
me
P urge
cannot unless
.
M ake me
Cle a nse me from my secret faults
and gi v e me truth in t h e inwar d parts

D o w h at T h ou wilt wit h me
as T h ou wilt
O n ly
P unis h
make me goo d
Amen
T h ou kn e west Lord t h e se c rets

,
h earts
Sh ut
of
not T h y merciful ears to
O G od most migh ty
,
180
our
our
prayer ; but spare us O Lor d most h oly

,
T rain me
me if it be ne c essary
T h ou wort h y Judge
E terna l ,
an d suffer us not for a ny
t e m p ta
tion of th e world t h e es h or t h e de v il to
,
fall
from T h ee
am
I,
itse l f
An d
Lord am
and w h at
Lord
art T h ou
art P erfect !
T h ou
v ery poor pitiful sinful person
T h ou
B ut
T h ou wilt
an d w ha t
T h ou art G oodness
t h erefore T h ou c a nst
and
make me w h at I ough t to
be at last a goo d person

,
bring t h e burden
of
T o T h ee I can
t h is undying
w h ic h
I,
I carry wit h me too often in s h ame a nd

,
s a dness
I ask T h ee to h elp me to bear it
G uide me teac h me strengt h en me till I

,
become
s u ch
as T h ou wouldst h a v e me be
pure and gentle trut h ful a nd h igh minded
bra v e a nd able courteous an d generous
dutiful and usefu l like T h y

C h rist
So n,
Jesus
A men
18 1
P R AY E R A GA I N S T
EI N G C ON F O U ND ED
O Lor d I am oppressed c rus h ed th e

,
h eart is beaten out of me

to say for mysel f
I h a v e n oth ing
U n d ertake
Lord c on found me not

,
for me
I know I am weak
ignorant unsuccessful ; full of fa ults and

,
fai l ings w h ic h make me as h ame d of myself

,
e v ery d ay of my l ife
l ike
h a v e gone astr a y
a s h eep t h at is l ost
serv ant O Lord for

,
c omman d ments
d uty
B ut seek T h y
d o not forget T h y
I am trying to learn my
I am trying to do my d uty
stuck unto T h y testimonies
I h av e
O Lord h a v e
mercy and confoun d me not

confound me
Man m ay
B ut do not T h ou of T h y
mercy an d pity O Lord

,
w h en I d ie or before
,
Let me not nd
I d ie
t h at a ll my
labour h as been in v ain ; t h at

wiser not more useful after all
,
182
I
.
am not
Let no t
my gray h airs go down with sorrow to

t h e gra v e
Let me not die wit h t h e
miserable t h oug h t t h at in spite
of
a ll
my struggl es to do my duty my life h as

,
been a fai l ure
a nd
I a fool
Let me not
wake i n t h e ne x t life to be utterly con

,
foun d ed : to nd t h at I was all wrong
and h a v e not h in g l eft but disappointment

an d confusion of fa ce
Lor d w h o didst
en d ure al l s h ame for me sa v e me from

,
t h at most utter s h ame

an d j ust
in h ell
T h ou art good
T h ou wi l t not lea v e
G od in T h ee h a v e I truste d
l et m e ne v er be confounded
A men
F OR P EACE O F M I N D
0 F at h er g r a nt
,
not
soul
my
in
me T h y pe a c e
peaceful S pirit
me
have
an d
know t h at I s hall ne v er get i t by th ink

183
ing and reading and un d erstan d ing for

,
i t passes all th at ;
a way beyond
it
E t ernal
de c ay
of
t h e v ery essence
in
T h ine undi v ide d
of
and peace lies far

unmo v ed
G o d h ead w h ic h
ch ange
no
absolute
no r
t h is create d worl d nor sin or

,
folly of men or d e v ils can e v er alter

,
but w h ic h abi d et h for e v er w h at it is
in
perfe c t rest an d perfect power an d perfect

,
lo v e
Soot h e
t h is restless gree d y fretful

,
sou l of mine as a moth er soot h es a sick

,
an d fe v eris h c h i l d
do not know
H ow T h o u wilt d o it I
It passes all un d erst a nding
B ut t h oug h t h e sick c h ild cannot rea ch t h e

mot h er t h e mot h er is at h an d and can rea ch
,
it
A n d T h ou art more t h an a mot h er :
T h ou art t h e
E v er l asting
F ath er
T h oug h
th e e agle by y ing cannot re a c h t h e sun
yet t h e sun is at ha nd and c a n reac h all th e

,
184
eart h and pour its ligh t a nd warmt h o v er

,
all th ings
T h ou art more t ha n t h e sun
T h ou art t h e Lig h t a n d Life of all t h ings

Po u r
T h y Ligh t and T h y Life o v er me th at

,
see as T h ou seest a nd li v e as T h o u
m ay
l i v est an d be a t pe a ce wit h myself and

,
all t h e worl d as T h o u art at peace wit h

,
T h yself a nd all t h e world
o v er me t h at I
,
A gain
m ay
P our
T h y lo v e
lo v e as T h ou lo v est
I s ay I kno w not
,
how
for it passes
a ll un d erstanding ; bu t I h ope t h at T h ou
wilt d o it for me I trust t h at T h o u wilt do
,
it for me for I be l ie v e t h at T h ou art Lo v e

,
and t h at T h y mercy is o v er all T h y works
I belie v e t h at T h ou so lo v est t h e world

th at
T h ou h ast sent T h y
world and me
So n
I know not
to sa v e t h e
h o w, f o r
th at
too passes u n d erstanding ; but I belie v e

t h at T h ou wilt d o it for I be l ie v e tha t
,
185
T h o u a rt Lo v e a nd t h at T h y mercy is
,
o v er all T h y works e v en o v er me
belie v e t h at T h y will is peace on earth
e v en pea c e to me restless a nd unquiet as

,
am and goodwill to all men e v en to me

,
t h e c h ief
sinners
of
P R AY ER
O
iz e d
E FOR E
b l esse d Jesus
for us
A me n
O LY C O MM U N I ON
Sa v iour
w h o agon
G od Almig h ty w h o d i d st
make T h yself we a k for t h e l o v e of us
Oh
write t h at lo v e upon our h e a rts so deeply

th at
eith er pleasure
no r
sorrow life nor

,
deat h m a y wipe it a w ay !
sacriced T h yse l f for u s
to sacrice oursel v es
th e
V ine
fo r
T h o u h ast
o h gi v e us h e arts
,
T h ee
T h ou art
we are t h e branc h es
Let T h y
priceless blood s h ed for u s on t h e cross

,
o w
like l ife gi v ing sap th roug h all our

-
186
P RA Y ER S A N D C ON F E S S I ON S
h earts a n d minds and ll
us
wit h T h y
rig h teousn ess th at we ma v be sacrices t

,
for T h ee
u s up to offer to T h ee
Stir
Lord our bo d ies our souls our spirits ;

,
and in all we lo v e and a ll we learn in all

,
we plan a n d all we d o to o ffer ourse l v es

,
our l abours our p l easures our sorrows to

,
T h ee ; to work
for
T h y king d om
to l i v e a s
t h ose wh o are not t h eir own but bough t

,
wit h T h y blood fe d wit h T h y body ; and

,
enable u s now in T h y most H oly

,
Sacra
ment to o ff er to T h ee our repentance our

,
prayers
our
and spiritual
pra ises
li v ing
s a c ri c e s
birt h h our T h ine

-
now
fo r
an d T h ine
e v er !
Amen
C ON F ESSI ON
T h ine from our
reasonable
O F SIN
F a th er I h a v e sinned against T h ee and

,
am not worth y to be c alled T h y ch ild but

187
I come to T h ee
F at h er I h ate myself ;
,
but T h o u lo v est me
I d o not understand
myself ; but T h ou d ost an d T h o u wilt

,
be mer c iful to t h e work of T h ine own
h ands
I cannot guide and h elp myself
but T h ou canst h el p me an d T h ou wilt

,
too
n
because T h ou a rt my F at h er
oth ing
or
in
and
can part me from T h y lo v e

lo v e
from t h e
So n
T hy
of
my
I come and claim my s h are in
T h ee j ust because I h a v e no th ing an d

,
can bring T h ee noth ing bu t lie a t T h y

,
gate as a begga r full of sores
d esiring
to be fe d with t h e crumbs from T h y

table
A nd if I would h e l p t h e wre t c h ed
h ow mu c h more wi l t T h ou h elp me
n
Thy
ame is Lo v e and T h y glory is t h e like

,
ness of T hy
So n
Jesus C h rist w h o s a id
,
Come to me all ye t h at are weary an d

,
188
h ea vy laden an d I will gi v e you rest
If
ye being e v il kno w h ow to gi v e good gifts

to your c h ildren h ow muc h more s h all
,
your h e av enly F at h er gi v e H is H o l y
to t h em t h at
as k
H im
Spirit
A men
C ON F E SSI ON O F WEAK NESS
O G od my Fat h er I am T h ine ; sa v e me
for I h a v e sough t T h y c omman d ments
am T h ine not merely T h y creature
I
O
G od t h e v ery birds an d bees an d owers

,
are t h at ; an d do th eir d uty fa r better t h an

I
G od forgi v e me d o mine
I am
I
T h ine
not merely T h y c h il d but
T h y sc h oo l ch i l d
am
Lor d Jesus
C h rist I claim T h y h el p a s my sch oo l master

,
as well as my Lor d and
Sa v iour
I a m th e
least of T h y s ch ool c h il d ren ; an d it may

189
be t h e most ignorant a nd stupid
I do no t
preten d to be a sch olar a di v ine a p h il

,
op h er a saint
,
c ie n t
suf
I a m a v ery weak
in
sch olar sitting on t h e lowest form

,
in T h y great sch ool h ouse w h ic h is t h e

-
w h ole worl d
an d trying to
spell
ou t
t h e mere letters of T h y alph abet in h ope

,
t h at h ereafter
ma v be able to make ou t
w h ole words an d w h ole sentences of T h y

comman d ments an d h a v ing l earnt t h em
,
to d o t h em
If
T h ou wi l t but teac h m e T h y
statutes O Lord t h en I will try to keep

,
t h em to t h e en d ; for I l ong to be on T h y
si d e an d about T h y work
,
I l ong to h e l p
be it e v er so l ittle in making myself better

,
an d my neigh bour bet ter
I l ong to be
useful an d not useless ; a fruit beari ng tree
an d not a no x ious wee d in T h y gard en
an d th erefore I pray t h at T h ou w i l t not

190
P R A Y ER S A N D C ON F E S S I ON S
c ut
me
d o wn
or
roo t me up
no r
creatures trample me under foot

H av e
let foul
mercy upon me O Lord in my

,
t rouble for t h e sake of t h e trut h w h ic h

,
I l ong to learn an d for t h e good w h ic h I

,
long to d o
P oor
weak plant t h oug h
may be I am still a plant of T h y planting
w h ic h is struggling to grow and ower
a nd bear fruit to eternal life ; a n d T h ou

wilt not despise t h e work of T h ine own
ha nds
Lord w h o d ie d t h at
,
migh t li v e
T h ou wilt not let me peris h
stuck
nto T h y testimonies
found me
Lord
co n
A men
no t
C ON F E SSI ON O F
I h av e
O NE
IN
SPI R I T
C ON F U SI ON
OF
O G o d T h ou knowest a nd T h ou alone
,
how
far
am righ t and h ow far

,
19 1
w rong
I lea v e myself
in
T h y ha n d certain t h at
,
T h ou wilt deal fa irly j u stly lo v ingl y with

,
me as a F a th er wit h h is son
,
I do not
pretend to be better th a n I am ; neith er

will I preten d to be worse t h an
T ruly
kno w noth ing abou t it
rant h uman being th at

fully know h ow far
far wrong
am
ig no
can ne v er
am ,
am rig h t an d
how
n d ligh t
an d
darkness
ing togeth er in my h eart an d

,
gh t
c annot
d i vi d e between t h em B ut T h ou Lor d canst

.
T h ou knowest
T h ou h ast ma d e me T h ou
lo v est me ; T h ou h ast sent T h y

t h e world to make me w h at
T h o u willest not t h at
So n
into
ough t to be
s h oul d peris h but

,
c ome to t h e knowledge of t h e trut h ; and
t h erefore
belie v e t h at
s h al l not peris h
but come to t h e knowle d ge of t h e truth

about T h ee about my own c h ara c ter my
,
192
P RA Y E R S A N D C ON F E SS I ON S
duty about e v eryt h ing w h i c h it is

,
needfu l for me to know
T h erefore
Lord
I will go bol d l y on doing my duty as well

,
as
can t h oug h not perfe c tly d ay by day
a n d asking T h ee day by
sou l wit h daily bread
with
body
T h ou fee d est my
brea d
daily
to fee d my
d ay
H ow
muc h
more wil t T h ou feed my mind and my
h eart more precious by far th an my body
Lord I will trust T h ee for sou l and body

,
alike ; an d if
sins
know t h is at least th at t h e worst
need c orrecting for my
I
,
t h ing t h at can h appen to me or to any

,
man is to d o wro ng and not to be c or

,
re c t e d
igh t ,
an d t h e bes t t h ing is to be set
e v en by h ard blows a s often as
str ay out of t h e way
T h erefore O Lor d
,
will take my punis h ment quietl y a nd

manfully an d try to t ha nk T h ee
,
19 3
fo r
it
as
oug h t ; for
kno w t h at T h ou wilt
not punis h me beyon d w h at

but far below w h at
deser v e
deser v e
know
T h ou wilt punis h me only to bring me
to my self and to c orre c t me and purge

,
me an d strength en me
,
I be l ie v e O Lord
on th e warrant of T h ine
word
wn
belie v e i t un d eser v ed as t h e h onour is
th at T h ou
art
my F a t h er an d lo v est me
T h ou dost not
or
'
a f
ict
m
a
n
y
an
wi llingly
grie v e t h e c h ildren of men out of
passion or
th at
I,
ou t
or any
of S pite
m an
T h ou willest not
s h ould peris h ; but
T h ou willest h a v e al l men to be sa v e d
and come to t h e knowle dge of t h e trut h

for Jesus C h rist H is sake
A men
C ON F E SSI ON O F A TOR M EN T E D S O U L
O Lor d I am i n misery m y soul is

.
sore trouble d for
h a v e sinned
194
and I
confess t h at
w a rd
of
only recei v e t h e due
my d ee d s
h a v e earne d my
re
s h ame I h a v e earne d my sorrow ; Lord

,
a ll
h a v e d eser v e d it
l ook ba c k
waste d time an d waste d powers
on
I look
roun d on ruine d h ealth ruined fortune

,
ruined h opes
a ll
I confess t h at
I d eser v e
it
B ut T h ou h ast en d ured more t h an t h is
for me an d T h ou h ast d one not h ing amiss

,
F or me T h ou d i d st su ffer for me T h ou h ast

,
been c ru c ie d an d me T h ou h ast been

,
trying to sa v e all t h rough t h e years of my

vanity
h a v e not wearied
P erh aps I
T h y lo v e perh aps
T h y p atience
will take
c h ance
lo v e
I will
O Lord
misery
Ye t
I
s t ill
'
ou
h a v e not conquered
c as t
th e
blessed
myself upon T h y
h a v e de s er v e d all my
Lord remember me
,
T h ou comest into T h y kingdom

19 5
w h en
A men
O UT O F T HE DE EP
F ath er ! not our will bu t T h ine be d one

A ll
t h ings c ome from T h y h and an d t h ere

,
fore all t h ings come fro m T h y lo v e
We
h a v e recei v ed good from T h y h an d a nd

,
s h all we not re c ei v e e v il ?
T h oug h T h ou
slay us yet will we trust in T h ee

,
F or
T h ou art gracious an d mer c ifu l long su ffer

-
ing an d of great goodness
T h o u art l o v ing
to e v ery man an d T h y mercy is o v er all

,
T h y works
T h o u art righ teous in all T h y
ways and h o l y
in
a l l T h y d oings
T h ou
art nigh u nto t h em t h at c all upon T h ee
T h ou wilt h ear t h eir c ry an d wilt h elp

,
'
t h em ; for a ll T h ou d e sirest w h en T h ou
,
sendest trouble
on
u s is to make us wiser
,
a nd better A n d t h at T h ou canst only make

.
us by te a c h ing u s t h e knowledge of T h ysel f
G lory be to T h ee
God
THE
E ND
19 6
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SU FFE R IN G AND SOR R OW

heart knows its

soul has its own sorrow ; each

has its dark days

storm and tem p es t

when all h is j oys seem blown away b y some

ill fortune and th e de sire

his eyes is taken from him and all his

hopes and plans all w h ich h e intended to

to enj oy are hid

h is way before him

knows not whith er to go

to ee for help ; w h en faith i n God seems

no strength no purpose and knows

what to determine what to do what to be

lie v e what to care for ; when the v ery earth

seems reeling u nder h is feet and the foun

th e abyss are broken up

c omes let h im think

sun s warmth perished

because t h e storm is cold with h ail

cause we c annot feel it in our trouble

the sun s light peris h ed

becau se the world is black with c loud

way for a few short days

Has God forgotten to give light

su ff ering souls because we cannot see

God s message to e v ery

solate heart on earth is that God is Light

and in H im is no darkness at all ; th at G od

our own deat h

is God who j u s t ie th us ; who

deli v er us i n the time

p ray boldly to Him and ask H im to

Lo v e and in H im there is no cruel ty

at all ; that God is

d ied yea rath er who is risen

maketh intercession for us

sh owed forth i n th e li fe of Christ Jesus

that p erfe c t and utter will to de l i v er

whi c h God showed forth in th e

Christ Jesus w h en th e Fath er spared

that bound l ess l o v e we

the bodies and souls of th ose

th ink that the baptis m

to baptise them wit h re

a fiction some one aw ful c on v iction of his

own si nfulness and nothingnes s

many and those perh aps t h e best people

mont h after month

God can understand

the Lord is cleansing th em from t heir secret

and self c onceit

v anity and lea v ing only th e p ure go ld

many sweet and holy

souls who look c h eerful enoug h before the

th eir secret sorrows

T hey carry th eir c ross u nseen all day long

lie down to sleep

th ey will c arry it perhaps for years and

and to their graves

Christ before they lay it down ;