Merton Sundays; A Selection from the Sermons of H.W. Sargent. with an Intr. by P.G. Medd. a Selection from the Sermons of H.W. Sargent. with an Intr.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... SERMON XXIII. (Easting our Care upon ffioo. i ST. PETER v. 7. Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. FEW precepts are of more universal application than this one which I have just read to you from the Epistle for the day. Look throughout the length and breadth of the land, at all classes, whether rich or poor, high or low, and where will you find the man or woman entirely free from the burden of care? We all know what an amount of positive suffering there is springing from various causes, which seldom fails to be the source of anxiety and care; how poverty, sickness, pain, and heavy bereavements will tend to disquiet the heart, and rob it of its rest and peace. Ever since sin entered into the world it has been so; for sin brought with it a long catalogue of evils, which have poisoned the stream of life, and have weighed down the hearts and souls of men. But apart from the heavier calamities which oppress men with anxious care, consider all the minor evils which beset us in our daily life, the crosses and The last Sermon preached before his death. disappointments, the harassing duties of our calling, the burden of responsibility, the jealousies, the evil tempers, the opposition of those with whom our lot is cast, --all these are of themselves fruitful sources of careworn faces and anxious hearts. Nor is it any one particular class of persons that feels the oppressive weight of care; whatever may be his condition, his position in society, his means, or his employment, a man cannot escape from care; neither riches nor high station, neither strong health nor the honest sense of enjoyment, will purchase exemption from it in some form or other. Take a few specimens of the various classes of men we see around us. Look at the man of business, w...