At a Court of Aldermen, held on Tuesday, the Fourth Day of June, 1839, and in the Second Year of the Reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY,

That the thanks of this Court be given to the Reverend CHARLES CATOR, M.A., Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, for his excellent Sermon preached before his Lordship, the Judges, Aldermen, Recorder, Serjeants at Law, Sheriffs, and City Officers, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, on Sunday, the 26th day of May last, being the First Sunday in Trinity Term; and that he be desired to print the same, and cause a Copy thereof to be sent to the Lord Mayor, Judges, Aldermen, Recorder, Serjeants at Law, Sheriffs, and City Officers.

WOODTHORPE.

WILSON, MAYOR.

At a Court of Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the

City of London, on Thursday, the 13th Day of June, 1839:

RESOLVED,

That this Court doth request the Reverend CHARLES CATOR, M.A., Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, to print the Sermon preached by him at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, on Sunday, the 26th May last, being the First Sunday in Trinity Term, before his Lordship, the Judges, the Aldermen, Serjeants at Law, and several Members of this Court; and that he be requested to cause a Copy thereof to be sent to every Member of this Court, and to each of the City Officers.

WOODTHORPE.

RIGHT HONOURABLE

SAMUEL WILSON,

LORD MAYOR;

THE WORSHIPFUL THE ALDERMEN,

THE RECORDER,

THE SHERIFFS, AND THE COMMON COUNCIL,

OF

The City of London;

THIS SERMON,

PREACHED IN

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL,

On SUNDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH day of MAY, 1839,

AND PRINTED AT THEIR REQUEST,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THEIR

FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

LUKE XI. part of verse 2.

"OUR FATHER."

THESE two words display a comprehensiveness of design in the great Redeemer of the world, which fills the mind with admiration of the wisdom in which they were conceived, and the unbounded love they manifest. They lift up the soul to the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth Eternity, as the Sole Object of our address in prayer, and they teach us with what holy confidence, so that it be mixed with humble reverence, we may approach Almighty God, even OUR Father, upon His throne of grace. They are also designed to bring to our remembrance daily, the Spirit of adoption we have received through Jesus Christ our Lord, whereby as children of Godt we are to pray; and they remind us of our relation to all mankind, ‡ as brethren of the sinful family of the fallen Adam, with whom and for whom we are to pray. They extend the range of our thoughts beyond the narrow limits of a single nation or the generation of a day; and by the light thus shining through the Father's love, they kindle in our hearts a kindred flame which burns to lighten the Gentiles with the glad tidings of salvation by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and by the Holy Spirit, through whom alone they can be sanctified. It is in respect of the love thus manifested by the Holy Trinity towards all mankind, and the love thus

Isaiah lvii. 15. + Rom. viii. 15, 16. ↑ Mal. ii. 10.