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. OGLE & SON, 1 Royal Exchange. 1865. L.A. THE NEW YORK 434747 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1902 F. SOMERS, PRINTER, No. 32 Beekman Street, N. Y. :0: 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., PAGE. 1 17 27 33 By Rev. Talbott W. Chambers, D.D., 42 XIII.-In Memoriam of President Lincoln, By Rev. Dr. Gurley, 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., 51 By Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., 57, 67 By Rev. Thomas S. Hastings, D.D., 90 102 105 121 131 139 154 XXII.-Relation of Christian Life to XXV-Advantages of Denominationalism, By Rev. Elbert S. Porter, D.D., XXVI.-Adorning the Doctrine, cal Education, XXIX.-The Earth Tributary to Christ's Kingdom, 217 By Rev. Charles W. Baird, 227 237 By Edwards A. Park, D.D., 241 By Rev. Henry C. Fish, D. D., 265 By Rev. Isaac S. Hartley, 289 By Rev. E. B. Edgar, 299 Vol. XXXIX, No. 1.] JANUARY, 1865. SERMON I. BY REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D. D. [Whole No. 949. 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 |