FOR

THE SUNDAYS AND OTHER CHIEF DAYS

OF

The Christian Pear.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

A FEW ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS.

BY

R. DRUMMOND B. RAWNSLEY, M.A.

AUTHOR

LATE FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLL. AND VICAR OF SHIPLAKE, OXON.
SERMONS PREACHED IN COUNTRY CHURCHES,' "VILLAGE SERMONS,

HATCHARD & CO., 187, PICCADILLY,
1861.

100. 7.185.

WITH THE NAME OF

WALTER S. HALLIDAY, OF GLENTHORNE,

HIS OWN AND HIS FATHER'S FRIEND,

This Volume,

IN RECOLLECTION OF HAPPY DAYS, AND A MOST PLEASANT

INTERCOURSE,

IS,

BY THE AUTHOR,

GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS.

SERM. I.-FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

CHRIST'S COMING.

ST. MATT. XXIV. 23, 27.-Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo,

here is Christ, or there, believe him not. For as the lightning

cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall

also the coming of the Son of man be.

II.-SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

RECEIVING ONE ANOTHER.

ROM. XV. 7.-Receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to

the glory of God.

III.-THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

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PREPARING CHRIST'S WAY.

ST. LUKE III. 4.-Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths

straight.

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