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THE

NATIONAL PREACHER

AND

VILLAGE PULPIT.

Original Monthly.

FROM LIVING MINISTERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

VOL. VIII.

NEW SERIES-ENLARGED.

CONDUCTED BY REV. W. H. BIDWELL.

New-York:

CONDUCTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. H. BIDWELL, 5 BEEKMAN ST.
LONDON: TRUBNER & Co., Paternoster Row. LIVERPOOL: E. HOWELL, No. 6 Church Street
EDINBURGH : OGLE & MURRAY, 49 South Bridge Street. GLASGOW :

OGLE & SON, 1 Royal Exchange.

1865.

L.A.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

434747

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1902

F. SOMERS, PRINTER, No. 32 Beekman Street, N. Y.

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SERMON

I.-National Gratitude,

By Rev. Samuel T. Spear,

IL-The World not our Permanent Home, By Rev. Eleazur T. Fitch, D.D.,

III.-This World a Solemn World,

IV.-Our Salvation Nearer,

V.-Economy a Christian Duty,

VI.-The Rich Man and Lazarus,

VII.-Woman's Work in Time of War,

(two Discourses).

VIII.-Joy in Heaven over Repenting Sin

ners,

IX.-Fulton Street Prayer Meeting,

X.-Obstinacy of Sinners,

XI.-Praise in the Sanctuary,

XII.-Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth,

By John M. Krebbs, D.D.,

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By Rev. Talbott W. Chambers, D.D., 42

XIII.-In Memoriam of President Lincoln, By Rev. Dr. Gurley,
XIV.-The National Bereavement,
XV.-Personal Forgiveness and Public

Justice,

XVI.-Our National Sorrow,

XVII.-God Veiling Himself,

XVIII.-Victory and Reunion,

XIX.-Lessons from our National Cal

amity,

XX.-Capital Punishment,

XXI.-Christ the Bread of Life,

By Rev. Robert R. Booth, D.D.,
By Rev. Samuel T. Spear, D.D.,
By Rev. William R. Williams, D.D.,
By Stephen H. Tyng, D.D., Rector,

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By Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., 57, 67

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XXII.-Relation of Christian Life

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XXV-Advantages of Denominationalism, By Rev. Elbert S. Porter, D.D.,

XXVI.-Adorning the Doctrine,
XXVII.-Working in God's Vineyard,
XXVIII-What is the Aim of a Theologi-

cal Education,

XXIX.-The Earth Tributary to Christ's

Kingdom,

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By Rev. Charles W. Baird,

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By Edwards A. Park, D.D.,

241

By Rev. Henry C. Fish, D. D.,

265

By Rev. Isaac S. Hartley,

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By Rev. E. B. Edgar,

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Vol. XXXIX, No. 1.] JANUARY, 1865.

SERMON I.

BY REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D. D.

[Whole No. 949.

PASTOR OF THE SOUTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BROOKLYN N. Y.

NATIONAL GRATITUDE.

"O come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."-PSALMS XCV: 1, 2.

In accordance with the appointment of the Chief Magistrate of this nation, we are convened to offer up our public and grateful acknowledgments to God for the blessings and mercies with which he has crowned the passing year. To aid you in this service will be the object of the present sermon. In view of God's mercies I invite you to come into his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

The general and common mercies of Providence, in which we all so abundantly share, claim this offering at our hands. The year now passing has, in this respect, resembled all the years of our preceding lives. It has been loaded with the evidences of Divine goodness. We have been upheld in our conscious being, and in the enjoyment of our faculties of both body and

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