L. WOODS. The Great Encouragement to Min

isterial Effort.

1 Cor. 3: 7. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.

DEDICATION AND CONSECRATION.

R. HALL. On Candour and Liberality as evinced in Promoting the Erec

tion of Places of Worship.

Luke 7: 5. For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

R. HALL. The Heavenly Temple.

Rev. 21: 22. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

LATHROP. Christ's Presence the Glory of his Temple.

Hag. 2: 9. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts.

LATHROP. The Presence of God in Holy Places.

1 Kings 8: 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less this house that I have builded?

LIVINGSTON. Sanctuary Blessings.

Ex. 20: 24. In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

MASSILON. Respect in the Temples of God.

Mat. 21: 12. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.

L. F. DIMMICK. The Influence of Truth.

John 17: 17. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.

L. GRIGGS. The Triumphs of the Gospel.

Haggai 2: 9. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Nature and Means of Ecclesiastical
Prosperity.

Importance of the Sanctuary.

Ps. 46: 4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

BEECHER. The Design, Rights and Duties of Local Churches.

1 Tim. 3: 14, 15. These things write I

READ.

unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The Sacredness of the Sanctuary. Gen. 28: 17. How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

T. S. CLARKE. The Pulpit worth more than it Costs.

Mat. 26: 8. To what purpose is this waste?

PRES. HUMPHREY. The Lord our Help.

1 Sam. 7: 12. Hitherto the LORD hath helped us.

LEIGHTON. The Divine Glory of Zion.
Isa. 28: 5, 6.

JAY.

SUBJECTS APPROPRIATE TO FUNERAL.

The Saviour Comforting his Disci

ples.

John 14: 2, 3.

JAY.

JAY.

The Bereaved Christian Parent.

2 Sam. 12: 22, 23. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Divine Correction.

Heb. 12: 9, 10.

JAY.

JAY.

God the Sanctuary of the Afflicted. Ezek. 11: 16. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

The Hand of God in Afflictions.
Job 9: 12. Behold, he taketh away, who
can hinder him? who will say unto him,
what doest thou?

MCILVAINE'S COLLECTION. Consolation in the Loss of Pious Friends.

1 Thess. 4: 13, 14.

SAURIN.

The Voice of the Rod.

Micah 6: 9. The LORD's voice crieth unto

the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

J. MATTHEWs. The Benefit of Afflictions.

Heb. 12: 10. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

B. DICKINSON. The Day of Pentecost.

Acts 2: 1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

A. FULLER. The Blessedness of the Dead who Die in the Lord.

Rev. 14: 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence-forth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

A. FULLER. Chastisement resulting in Repent

ance..

Jer. 31: 18. Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke turn thou me, and I shall be turned for thou art the LORD my God.

A. FULLER. The End for which God suffers his People to be Afflicted.

1 Pet. 1: 6, 7.