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CONTENTS.
THE VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
Of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
delivered by the Right Rev. Dr. Kaye, Lord Bi-
shop of Bristol, at a Special General Meeting of
the Society, June 13, 1823, to the Lord Bishop of
Calcutta, previously to his departure for India: to-
gether with his Lordship's reply
A CHARGE,
Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Calcutta,
at Calcutta, May 27, 1824; at Bombay, April 29,
1825; at Colombo, September 1, 1825; and at
Madras, March 10, 1826
SERMON I.
PREACHING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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[Preached at the Cathedral, Calcutta, Dec. 21, 1823.]
ST. JOHN i. 20.
He confessed and denied not, but confessed "I am not
the Christ"
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SERMON II.
OFFICE OF CHRIST.
[Preached at Trichinopoly, April 2, 1826.]
ST. JOHN V. 6-8.
This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus
Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood;
and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because
the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear
record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost, and these three are one. And there
are three bear witness on earth; the spirit, and the
water, and the blood, and these three agree in one
SERMON III.
CHARACTER OF CHRIST AND HIS RELIGION.
[Preached at Madras, March 12, 1826.]
ST. MARK viii. 9.
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And He sent them away
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SERMON IV.
CHRIST PREACHING TO SINNERS.
[Preached at Dacca, July 4, 1824.]
ST. LUKE XV. 10.
I say unto you, that there is joy in the presence of
the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth
SERMON V.
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL.
[Preached at Calcutta, November 30, 1823.]
GAL. iii. 19.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added be-
cause of transgressions, until the seed should come
to whom the promise was made
SERMON VI.
THE CHRISTIAN'S FAITH And fear.
[Preached at Dum Dum, December 4, 1825.]
ISAIAH li. 12, 13.
I, even I, am He_that_comforteth you. Who art
thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that
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shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made
as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that
hath stretched out the Heavens, and laid the foun-
dations of the earth?
SERMON VII.
THE CHRISTIAN'S TREATMENT ON EARTH.
[Preached at Calcutta, Nov. 1825.]
1 ST. PETER iii. 13, 14.
Who is he that will harm you if ye be followers of
that which is good? But and if ye suffer for right-
eousness sake, happy are ye!
SERMON VIII.
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
[Preached at Ghazeepoor, August 29, 1824.]
ST. LUKE Xviii. 14.
I tell you that this man went down to his house jus-
tified rather than the other: For every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that hum-
blẹth himself shall be exalted
SERMON IX.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
[Preached at Delhi, Jan. 2, 1825.]
ST. LUKE X. 36, 37.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neigh-
bour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he
said, he that showed mercy on him. Then, said
Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise
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SERMON X.
LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD.
[Preached at Bombay, June 5, 1825.]
ST. MATT. xx. 16.
So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many
be called, but few chosen
• SERMON XI.
THE CONVERSION OF THE HEATHEN.
[Preached at Bombay, on Whitsunday, May 22;
at Colombo, September 18; and at Calcutta, on
Advent Sunday, November 27, 1825; in aid of the
Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts.]
ACTS ii. 38, 39.
The promise is unto you and to your children, and to
all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our
God shall call
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SERMON XII.
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD.
[Preached September 5, 1824, on the consecration
of the Church of Secrole, near Benares.]
GEN. xxviii. 16, 17.
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.
And he was afraid, and said, how dreadful is this
place! this is none other than the House of God,
and this the gate of Heaven
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