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THE

ATIONAL PREACHER

AND

VILLAGE PULPIT.

Original-Monthly.

FROM LIVING MINISTERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

4136.

VOL. V.

NEW SERIES ENLARGED.

CONDUCTED BY REV. W. H. BIDWELL.

New York:

CONDUCTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. H. BIDWELL, 5 BEEKMAN ST.
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1862.

The Dying-Bed.

Religion Practical.

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The Unexpected Visit.

The Happy Island..

The Bible a Compass..

Prayer

186 Terse sentences from Jeremy Taylor 313
187 The Salvation to be Prayed for... 314
188 Never Distrust God...
188 The True Test of Piety.

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Gently glides the Stream of Time. 189 Not the Sinner, but Satan.

Humiliation and Glory of Christ..
Temporal Benefits of Piety

316

216

190" Awake, Thou that Sleepest,'
Not with Enticing Words,'

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Youth given to the World.

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217

Where is Paradise?...

318

The Rebellious Prayer..

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Christian Unity..

219 The Alchemy of Grace.

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Trials and Cares..

220

Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting...

221

Have you Glorified God?.
The Child of God Secure.

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340

Beware of Delay.

Rev. H. W. Beecher's Experience. 221

Letter from a Pastor.

222

God's Right in us Acknowledged.. 341
The Terrors of Guilt.....

341

240

Living to Die....

342

Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting.

241 The Only Cordial..

343

A Voice from India..

Power in Prayer.

Time's Soliloquy

Solemn Appeal to Christians..
Fassing Away..
Christian Emotion..

A Call to Duty.

242 Make You a New Heart.
243 The Watchword...

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244 Look at the Preacher..

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246"There is but one Book,'

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The Harvest Past.

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248 Death Ministering to Life.
249 A Praying-Wheel..

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250 Small Sins...

348

251 Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting.
251 Among the Stars.

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Demand of the Times on the Pulpit 252 Religion in the Army.

Prayer.

Time Enough Yet,"
Pastoral Letter.

Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting.
The Highest Honor.
The Curious Mirror.

253 The Endless Rest.
254 A Coming Eternity.
306 Bridging the Stream.
308 The Repetition of Sin.
311 Appeal to Youth..

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BY REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D.,

PASTOR OF THE SOUTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

MAN MORTAL AND TRANSIENT.

"FOR dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."-GEN. 3: 19.

"FOR what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."-JAMES 4: 14.

MEETING you upon this the first Sabbath of the new year, and yielding to the suggestions of the hour, I have chosen the above Scriptures, as an appropriate basis for our present meditation. The first of these passages you will at once recognize as the language of God, pronouncing the decree of mortality upon our first parents, and through them upon the race. The second is the language of the same God, drawing a picture of the fleeting character of our present life. Both are suited to impress and profit a meditative mind. In each we find a fact which it is not the part of wisdom to ignore or forget. The theme of man as mortal and transient is, I am aware, quite familiar to your thoughts; the Christian pulpit is often reminding you of the truth on this sub

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