OF

HENRY WARD BEECHER,

IN

Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.

FROM VERBATIM REPORTS BY T. J. ELLINWOOD.

"PLYMOUTH PULPIT,"

EIGHTH SERIES:

MARCH-SEPTEMBER, 1872.

NEW YORK:

J. B. FORD & COMPANY.

1873.

252

B411s

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by

J. B. FORD & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

I. THE HEREAFTER (1 Cor. xiii. 13).

LESSON 1 Cor. xiii. *HYMNS: 132, 1246, 1272.

II. THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES (Matt. xiii. 22)

LESSON: Dan. iv. HYMNS: 578, 500.

III. THE REALM OF RESTFULNESS (Heb. xi. 27)

LESSON: Heb. xi. 17-40. HYMNS: 2:8, 607, 1251.

IV. HOW TO LEARN ABOUT GOD (Jer. ix. 23, 24) .

Preached in Steinway Hall, New York.

37

55

V. THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE (John iv. 20–29)

LESSON: Luke xv. HYMNS: 128, 877, 597.

VI. OUR FATHER, THE KING: BROTHERHOOD, THE KING-

DOM (Matt. vi. 9, 10)

LESSON: Matt. v. 1-17. HYMNS: 212, 705, 505.

VII. GOD'S WILL IS GOOD WILL (Phil. iv. 4–7)

113

LESSON 1 Cor. i. 18-31

LESSON: Psalm cxlv. HYMNS: 199, 688, 617

VIII. THE CONFLICTS OF LIFE (Eph. vi. 10-18)

LESSON: Heb. xii. 1-14. HYMNS: CGS, 905, 725.

IX. THE UNITY OF MEN (Heb. xii. 22-24)

X. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY (2 Pet. i. 2-11)

LESSON: 1 Pet, i. 2-16. HYMNS: 286, €55, 1251.

129

149

HYMNS: 364, 531,

169

XI. SIGNS OF THE TIMES (Matt. xvi. 2,

3).

. 189

LESSON: Acts xix. 23-41. HYMNS: COS, 705, 1022.

XII. THE BATTLE OF BENEVOLENCE (Matt. v. 11, 12, 16) 209

LESSON: John xiii. 1-17. HYMNS: 1344, 600, 1181.

XIII. BEARING ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS (Rom. xv. 1;

XIV. THE INDWELLING OF CHRIST (Col. i. 27)