And there appeared an angel from heaven
strengthening him; because he stood not on his own strength, but cast
himself on his Father and our Father, on his God and our God. So
says St. Paul, who tells us how our Lord, in the days of his flesh,
when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying
and tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared--though he were a son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he
became the Author of everlasting salvation unto all them that obey
him.
Oh, may we all, in the hour of shame and sadness, in the hour of
darkness and confusion, and, above all, in the hour of death and the
day of judgment, take refuge with him in whom alone is help, and
comfort, and salvation for this life and the life to come--even Jesus
Christ, who died for us on the cross.
SERMON XVII.--THE SON OF THUNDER
ST. JOHN i. 1.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
We read this morning the first chapter of the Gospel according to St.
John.
Some of you, I am sure, must have felt, as you heard it, how grand
was the very sound of the words. Some one once compared the sound of
St. John's Gospel to a great church bell: simple, slow, and awful;
and awful just because it is so simple and slow.
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