CONTRIBUTED BY DIVINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN AID OF THE FUND FOR REPAIRING THE DAMAGE DONE TO LEEDS, BY THE HURRICANE OF JAN. 7, 1839. LEEDS: JOHN CROSS, COMMERCIAL-STREET. 1839. PREFACE. THE Editors of this Volume gladly avail themselves of the opportunity which its publication affords, most gratefully to acknowledge the kindness of their revered Diocesan and other Clerical Friends by whom the first seven Sermons of the Collection have been contributed,-kindness which those only can fully appreciate who are aware of the strong objections to publicity which opposed its exercise. Nor can they hesitate to entertain a confident hope that their feelings on this occasion will be shared by the Congregations accustomed to assemble in the Edifices for the repair of |