W. D. Long, M.A.-Christ is all, and in all-Colossians iii. 11.. 613 2,981 T. Dale, A.M.-The deepness of God's thoughts-Psalm xcii. 5. 629 2,982 -C. H. Spurgeon. The voice of the blood of Christ-Heb. xii. 24 637 2,983 N. Adams, D.D.-The wise men from the East-Matt. ii. 1, 2 645 2,984 C. H. Spurgeon.-The new heart-Ezekiel xxxvi. 26 2,985-86 J. J. West, M.A.—The poor prisoner-Psalm lxxix. 11........... 661 2,987 H. Melvill, B.D.-The testimony of our virtues-Hebrews xii. 9 673 2,988 C. H. Spurgeon.-The Fatherhood of God-Matthew vi. 9 ...... 681 2,989 H. Melvill, B.D.-Why faith obtains a good report-Heb. xi. 39 689 2,990 J. J. West, M.A.-The Ruler of the sea and the Stiller of the *C. H. Spurgeon. His name-Wonderful!-Isaiah ix. 6........ 705 - C. H. Spurgeon.-His name-the Counsellor-Isa. ix. 6............... 2,995-96 C. H. Spurgeon. Declension from first love-Revelation ii. 4.. J. Lupton, A.M.-As good soldiers of Jesus Christ-2 Tim. ii. 3 777 3,001 C. H. Spurgeon.-An appeal to sinners-Luke xv. 2 3,002 H. Allen, M.A.-The harvest-Psalm cxxvi. 6... 793 W. H. Aylen, B.A.-The soul in ruins-Nehemiah iv. 10 809 3,005-6 J. J. West, M.A.-The triumphant re-appearing of Jesus Christ C. H. Spurgeon-Comfort proclaimed-Isaiah xl. 1 D. Ace-The Christian altar and priesthood-Hebrews iv. 14 .. 845 853 3,012 W. H. Aylen, B.A.-The heavenly Architect, the plan of God's J. J. West, M.A.-The effectual opening-Psalm cxlv. 16. 893 901 THE LEPER CLEANSED. PREACHED ON SUNDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1858, BY THE LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD. "And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately My brethren, we read the miracle in which these words occur in the Gospel ap- 2,977 Rev. T. Dale, M.A.-Acceptable fasting-Isaiah lviii. 6, 7. 597 W. D. Long, M.A.-Christ is all, and in all-Colossians iii. 11.. 613 ... 621 2,985-86 J. J. West, M.A.-The poor prisoner-Psalm lxxix. 11........ 661 H. Melvill, B.D.-The testimony of our virtues-Hebrews xii. 9 673 C. H. Spurgeon.-The Fatherhood of God-Matthew vi. 9...... 681 H. Melvill, B.D.-Why faith obtains a good report-Heb. xi. 39 689 J. J. West, M.A.-The Ruler of the sea and the Stiller of the C. H. Spurgeon.-His name-Wonderful!-Isaiah ix. 6....... H. Melvill, B D.-Doing God's will, the guide to discovering it 713 2,993 C. H. Spurgeon.-His name-the Counsellor-Isa. ix. 6........ 721 2,994 H. Melvill, D.D.-The parable of the sower-Mark iv. 13 Confession and absolution-Luke xviii. 13 737 2,995-96 C. H. Spurgeon. Declension from first love-Revelation ii. 4.. 745 W. H. Aylen, B.A.-The soul in ruins-Nehemiah iv. 10 ... 809 D. Ace-The Christian altar and priesthood-Hebrews iv. 14 .. 845 853 W. H. Aylen, B.A.-The heavenly Architect, the plan of God's 869 J. J. West, M.A.-The effectual opening-Psalm exlv. 16.. 893 THE LEPER CLEANSED. PREACHED ON SUNDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1858, BY THE LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD. "And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."-MATT. viii. 8. My brethren, we read the miracle in which these words occur in the Gospel appointed for to-day, one of the Sundays after Epiphany. These Gospels bring before us, Sunday after Sunday, separate relations of those mighty acts by which our blessed Lord, when he stood amongst us in the flesh, declared to men the glory that was concealed in his humanity. The important fact that his declaration of his glory was made in this way is a lesson well worthy of every one of us considering with all attention; because, observe what it is, my brethren. It is as if some mighty prince had descended amongst his people unknown, in a temporary disguise, in order to see what were their wants and their sufferings, and then had manifested his true character amongst them in this way-by his liberality being larger, his sympathy more complete, his kindness to every sufferer greater than that which any other man had ever manifested. This was the way in which the Lord, when He veiled ]' glory, manifested it amongst those that met Him upon earth. He was the suffere Friend. He went about doing good, and healing all manner of sickness and " manner of disease among the people. And, my brethren, if there was no other les than this in this passage of God's word, surely it would be a great lesson for such we are, because every one of us, I suppose, who has passed at all beyond the st of the earliest youth, knows in his own experience that the condition of man in this world is, for the most part, a condition of suffering; that it is so with every one of us; that there is hardly a heart of one that has passed his youth which rings altogether sound; there is a crack somewhere, and harsh dissonance when you try it. We may not make a show of our sufferings; we may not, mendicant like, go about ⚫ the world claiming sympathy for them; but we have every one of us got our own 1 called up into active exercise by almost any accident of life. How many of us can remember the time when we have turned away, spirit-saddened men for life, from some vault, from some green grave in some churchyard, to trace the rest of ur life through this world in comparative loneliness. Or, if it is not so with us, there is the secret sorrow somewhere, some child that is an anxiety or a weariness, some pang in the body, or some shudder in the soul. My brethren, is it not a lesson for men passing, as we are, a broad stream of life such as is gathered into this cathedral to-night-is it not a lesson for such, that the Son of God, when He came down amongst us and stood amongst us as the Virgin-born, manifested forth his glory in this way, that He was the sufferer's Friend, and sympathized in very deed with every one that came to Him in his trouble? But then this is not the whole lesson; this lies upon the surface; if you would enter into the heart of this passage you must dwell upon it, and go far deeper into it. Let me, then, call your attention to some of the details which set before us the full richness of this lesson. This man, to whom Jesus put forth his hand in order that He might heal him, was a leper, one suffering under, perhaps, the most horrible and most loathsome form of disease to which the human frame was ever incident—a disease which is described by contemporaries as possessing almost every aggravation of horror which disease can possibly possess, suffering unknown, loathsomeness to all around, an end of the most miserable character, the limbs dropping off one after another, and altogether incurable by man. Now, this man that met the Lord was full, we read, of this disease. To enter into the fulness of the lesson, observe, first, my brethren, what disease is. It is a part of the first sentence, the execution of which sin brought upon man: "In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die;" because disease, in every case, is the first invasion, the first step in the body of that of which death is the full accomplishment. But then disease, although it is this, must not be regarded by us as a simple evil. Far from it. Disease, in the first place, is a lengthening out of the preparation of death. How far more horrible would it be, as every one of us can feel, if there was no such thing as disease preparatory to death, if every dying man dropped down in the middle of his strength suddenly a lifeless corpse! How great a kindness and mercy has the Lord mingled with chastisement, in giving disease as a preparation for death! How many a soul has been saved by this merciful appointment of our Lord, that there should be this forerunner of the last blow! And then again in another way, is disease a merciful appointment, and it is this I want you especially to notice, because it is what appears upon this passage of Scripture. Disease is a shadow cast upon the body of the tree of the inner evil of sin. Now, every one of us who knows himself, or knows his brother, knows that it is hard enough to make people believe the truth of the evil of that sin which is within them; and, my brethren, if there was no such thing as disease, how incomparably harder it would be for us to believe it! Disease is a manifest imperfection; it is that which we cannot deny; it is that which |