SERMONS Preached in the Parish Church of Barnes 1871 TO 1876 BY PETER GOLDSMITH MEDD, M.A. LATE RECTOR OF BARNES; SENIOR FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, oxford MOTHE RIVINGTONS WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON Orford and Cambridge MDCCCLXXVII 100 q. 499. To my Aunt, EMILY GOLDSMITH, TO WHOSE LOVING CRITICISM THESE SERMONS, AND TO WHOSE OTHER MANIFOLD HELP, NOT I ONLY, BUT THE PARISH OF BARNES, ARE GREATLY INDEBTED, This Wolume IS VERY AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. WIT PREFACE. ITH the exceptions of Sermons II. and III., on "Subjection to the Civil Power," and "Christ's Prophecy of the End," which were written, by request, for a Series published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the following are ordinary Parochial Sermons, prepared, in the first instance, without any thought of publication. Sermon IV., on "God's Purpose of Love in Creation," was printed in 1875, at the special request of some who heard it, by Mr. Hodges, 24, King William Street, Strand. NORTH CERNEY RECTORY, CIRENCESTER, 1876. |