RECTOR OF FETHARD IN THE DIOCESE OF CASHEL. REV. iii. 15, 16.-I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee REV. HENRY WOODWARD, A.M. RECTOR OF FETHARD IN THE DIOCESE OF CASHEL. RECTOR OF ST. MARY'S, KILKENNY, AND DUNGARVAN. ECCLESIASTES vii. 13, 14.-Consider the Work of God: for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that 37 SERMON IV. HON. AND REV. HENRY PAKENHAM, A. M. ARCHDEACON OF EMLY. JOHN xvi. 7.-Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. .... .... .... 63 ✓ SERMON V. REV. C. R. ELRINGTON, D.D. F.T.C.D. M.R.I.A. Preached on Easter Sunday. ISAIAH IV. 6.-Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. SERMON VI. REV. R. H. NASH, D.D. LATE F.T.C.D. RECTOR OF ARDSTRAW. LUKE XXIV. 30, 31.-And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. .... SERMON VII. .... REV. B. W. MATHIAS, A.M. CHAPLAIN OF BETHESDA. .... ECCLESIASTES ix. 10.-Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. SERMON VIII. REV. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, A.M. CHAPLAIN OF ST. STEPHEN'S, DUBLIN. 83 103 ... 127 ROMANS i. 17.-The just shall live by faith. .... 145 SERMON IX. REV. CHARLES BARDIN, A.M. HEBREWS iv. 9.-There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people JAMES ii. 26.-For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. .... SERMON XI. .... REV. SAMUEL O'SULLIVAN, A.M. CHAPLAIN OF THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN SCHOOL. JOB V. 7.-Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. SERMON XII. THE REV. J. BARTON, A.M. ARCHDEACON OF FERNS. .... 185 ROMANS Xii. 20.-Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. .... .... SERMON XIII. .... THE REV. J. BARTON, A.M. ARCHDEACON OF FERNS. MATT. vi. 16.-When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites. SERMON XIV. REV. WILLIAM HIGGIN, A.M. .... CHAPLAIN OF THE RICHMOND PENITENTIARY, AND ONE OF THE PHILIP. iii. 17.-Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark .... 205 235 255 275 RECTOR OF KILLERMOGH, DIOCESE of Ossory. JOHN XX. 30, 31.-And many other signs truly did Jesus in pre- sence of his disciples, which are not written in this Book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, for the degree of B.D. PSALM CX. 1.-The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right *Sermons 8th and 10th, should be read consecutively. THE IRISH PULPIT. SERMON I. REV. III. 15, 16. I WOULD THOU WERT COLD OR HOT. SO THEN BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH. THIS denunciation has been awfully fulfilled. Laodicea, once a flourishing city, and the mother-church of sixteen bishoprics, cannot now, says Bishop Newton, boast an anchorite's or hermit's cell, where God's name is invoked and praised. But lukewarmness was not peculiar to the Laodiceans. It belongs to every age; and the infection is at this moment among ourselves. Who then are the lukewarm? They are not, we can at once reply, either the pious, on the one hand, or the openly wicked, on the other. They are often what are called good neighbours-obliging acquaintancesagreeable members of society. They dis B |