The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times
PrefaceCHAPTER I The substance of this paper was originally delivered as a sermon at the consecration of St. Agnes' Church, Liverpool. Acts 1:13 "THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM."CHAPTER II The substance of this paper was originally delivered as a sermon in Liverpool Cathedral at the opening of the Annual Conference of the British Medical Association in Liverpool, on July 31st, 1883. Colossians 4:14 "LUKE, THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN."CHAPTER III The substance of this paper was originally addressed, as a lecture, to a clerical audience, at St. Paul's Cathedral, on behalf of the Homiletical Society. For a certain roughness and abruptness of style I must apologize. But my readers must kindly remember that the lecture was spoken and not written, and is prepared for the press from the notes of a shorthand writer. Eccles. 12:12 . SIMPLICITY IN PREACHING.CHAPTER IV The substance of these pages was originally delivered as a sermon before the University of Oxford, in my turn as Select Preacher at St. Mary's in the year 1830. 1 Cor. 15:3-4 . FOUNDATION TRUTHS.CHAPTER V The substance of this paper was originally preached in a sermon in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, in the year 1883. Jer. 6:16 . THE GOOD WAY.CHAPTER VI The substance of this paper was preached as a sermon at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, on March 2, 1884. Acts 17:26 . "ONE BLOOD."CHAPTER VII The substance of great part of this paper was preached, as a sermon, under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and in the nave of Chester Cathedral, in the year 1878. John 7:37-38 . "LET ANY MAN COME."9. NoteCHAPTER VIII The substance of this paper was originally preached as a sermon in St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, when I was select preacher, in 1879. 1 John 5:4-5 . VICTORYCHAPTER IX This paper contains the substance of a sermon preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, in 1880. Acts 17:16-17 . ATHENS.CHAPTER X This paper contains the substance of a sermon, preached in April 1881, at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, and at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, London. Acts 26:24-29 . PORTRAITS.CHAPTER XI The substance of these pages was originally preached as a sermon before the University of Oxford, in my turn as Select Preacher at St. [remainder of note missing]. John 6:68 . "TO WHOM?"CHAPTER XII Heb. 4:14 . OUR PROFESSIONCHAPTER XIII Matt. 8:11 . MANYCHAPTER XIV The substance of this paper was delivered as an address at the opening of the Chapel of the Turner Memorial Home of Rest, the Dingle, Liverpool, October 16th, 1885. 2 Sam. 23:4-5 . WITHOUT CLOUDS.CHAPTER XV Canticles 4:12 . THE LORD'S GARDEN.CHAPTER XVI Prov. 22:6 . THE DUTIES OF PARENTSCHAPTER XVII The substance of this paper was originally preached as a sermon in Winchester Cathedral on April 2, 1886. Phil. 1:1 . THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF LAY CHURCHMEN.20. NoteCHAPTER XVIII John 3:3 ; 2 Cor. 5:17 QUESTIONS ABOUT REGENERATIONCHAPTER XIX Tit. 2:6 . THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG MENCHAPTER XX QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPERCHAPTER XXI 1 Thess. 2:1-2 . "FOR KINGS."