ON

PRACTICAL SUBJECTS.

BY

ROBERT WALKER,

LATE ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE LIGI CHURCII OF EDINBURGII, SCOTLAND.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY REV. G. B. CHEEVER, D.D.

EDITED BY

"THE MINISTER'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION."

SECOND AMERICAN EDITION.

THREE VOLS. COMPLETE IN ONE.

NEW YORK :

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY.

M.DCOC.LV.

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CHRISTIAN HEROISM.

THE WANDERER, AND HIS RETURN.

1 THESSALONIANS iil. 8.-For now we live, if ye stand fast 1 PETER II. 25.-For ye were as sheep going astray; but are

in the Lord...

now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your

souls ....

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SERMON II.

SERMON X.

GOD'S OMNIBCIENCE.

APPROACHING THE THRONE.

Prov. xv. 3.-The eyes of the LORD are in every place,

beholding the evil and the good..

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HEBREWS iv. 16.-Let us therefore come boldly unto tho

throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace

SERMON III.

to help in time of need....

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SERMON VI.

THE LAW'S SUBJECTS.

ROMANs iii. 19.-Now we know, that what things soever

the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law;

that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may

become guilty before God...

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LUKE xii. 35, 36, 37.-Let your loins be girded about, and

your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men

that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the

wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may

open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants

whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching:

verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and

make them sit down to meat, and will come forth and

serve them...

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SERMON VII.

THE FRIEND OF THE WEARY.

SERMON XIV.

MATTHEW xi. 28.--Come unto me, all ye that labor and are

heavy laden, and I will give you rest..

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SIMILITUDE OF THE RACE.

1 CORINTHIANS ix. 24.--So run that ye may obtain

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SERMON XVI.

SERMON XXVI.

FOLLOWING GOD FULLY.

THE NEW AND LIVING WAY.

NUMBERS xiv, 24.-But my servant, Caleb, because he had HEBREWS 8. 19–22.-Having therefore, brethren, boldness

another spirit with him, and hath FOLLOWED ME FULLY ; to enter into the holiest by the blood of JESUS, by a new

him will I bring unto the land whereunto he went; and and living way which he hath consecrated for us through

bis seed shall possess it...

107 the vail, that is to say, his flesh; and having an High

Priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a

SERMON XVII.

true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts

sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed

with pure water.....

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STRANGER AND SOJOURNER WITH GOD.

ECCL. viii. 11.-—Because sentence against an evil work is

THE CHRISTIAN'S CONVERSATION.

not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sons of

men is fully set in them to do evil ...

181 PHILIPPIANS I. 27.-Only let your conversation be as it be-

cometh the gospel of CHRIST..

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SERMON XXI.

SERMON XXXI.

JESUS CHRIST, THE MINISTER'S THEME.

THE CHRISTIAN'S CONVERSATION.

2 Corin. iv. 5.-We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus

the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 137 (A continuation of the preceding Sermon.)

PHILIPPIANS I. 27. Only let your conversation be as it be-

SERMON XXII.

cometh the gospel of CHRIST...

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CHRIST THE UNIVERSAL CREATOR

SERMON XXXI.

COLOSSIANS I. 15-19.-Who is the image of the invisible

God, the first-born of every creature; for by him were all

IN LIFE OR DEATH THE LORD'S.

things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, Rom. xiv. 8.—Whether we live, we live unto the LORD;

visible and invisible, whether they be thronesor domin-

and whether we die, we die unto the LORD; Whether we

ions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created

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by him, and for him. And he is before all things, and

live therefore or die, we are the LORD's..

by him all things consist. And he is the head of the

body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born

SERMON XXXIII.

from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-

THE CHRISTIAN CHRIST'S CARE.

eminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should

all fulness dwell

143 1 PETER y. 7.-Casting all your care upon him, for HE car-

eth for you..

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SERMON XXIII.

SERMON XXXIV.

CHRIST'S POVERTY OUR RICHES.

THE CHRISTIAN CHRIST'S CARE.

2 CORIN. viii. 9.-Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he be- (A continuation of the preceding Sermon.)

came poor, that ye through his poverty inight be rich. 148

1 PETER v. 7.-Casting all your care upon HIM, for He car-

eth for you..

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SERMON XXIV.

A

FAITH AND HOPE ESTABLISHED.

SERMON XXXV.

1 PETER I. 20, 21.-Who verily was foreordained before the

SUFFICIENCY OF GOD'S GRACE

foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last

times for you; who by him do believe in God that raised 2 CORIN. xii. 9.-He said unto me, my grace is sufficient for

him up from the dead, and gave him glory, that your

thee.

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faith and hope might be in GOD.....

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SERMON XXXVI.

SERMON XXV.

THE GREAT TRUST.

ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST.

1 JOHN v. 11.--This is the record, that God hath given to

us eternal life: and this life is in his SON

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1 THESSALONIANS ii. 4.-But as we were allowed of God to

be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak, not as

pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 228
SERMON XXXVII.

THE APOSTLE'S EXHORTATION.

SERMON XLIX.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD'S GREAT SACRIFICE.

HERD giveth his life for the Sheep...

Acts xi. 23.–And exhorted them all, that with purpose of JOHN A. 11.- I am the Good SHEPHERD: the Good SHEP-

heart they would cleave unto the LORD

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SECOND COMING OF CHRIST,

PROVERBS vi. 6, 7, 8.-Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard; con-

sider her ways, and be wise; which, having no guide, HEBREWS ix. 28.-CHRIST was once offered to bear the sins

overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer,

of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear

and gathereth her food in the harvest...

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the second time, without sin, unto salvation........ 324

SERMON XLII.

SERMON LIV.

FATALITY OF PROCRASTINATION.

THE FAITHFUL STEWARD.

JAMES iv. 13, 14, 15.-Go to now, ye that say, to-day or to- | 1 Corin. iv. 1, 2.-Let a man so account of us as of the min-

morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there & isters of CHRIST, and stewards of the mysteries of GOD.

year, and buy and sell, and get gain. Whereas ye know Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found

not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? faithful..

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it is even à vapor that appeareth for a little time, and

then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the

SERMON LV.

LORD will, we shall live, and do this or that........ 262