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PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS

by

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D.

Formerly Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford

In Eight Volumes

VOL. VIII.

New Edition







London
Longmans, Green, and Co.
and New York: 15 East 16th Street
1891





CONTENTS.


SERMON I.

Reverence in Worship.

"_Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen
ephod._"--1 Sam. ii. 18


SERMON II.

Divine Calls.

"_And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel.  Then Samuel answered, Speak: for Thy servant heareth._"--1
Sam.  iii. 10


SERMON III.

The Trial of Saul.

"_And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings.  And he offered the burnt offering._"--1 Sam. xiii. 9


SERMON IV.

The Call of David.

"_So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone._"--1 Sam. xvii. 50


SERMON V.

Curiosity of Temptation to Sin.

"_Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil
men.  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away._"--Prov.
iv. 14, 15


SERMON VI.

Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief.

"_And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me?
and how long will it be ere they believe Me, for all the signs which I
have showed among them?_"--Num. xiv. 11


SERMON VII.

Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignor