Excerpt from The World's Great Sermons, Vol. 1 of 10 While some of the sermons of the early centuries may not seem exactly fitted to modern needs, it is thought that those pre sented will repay careful perusal, since they each contain a distinct message for later generations. Moreover, a comparison extend ing over the whole field of sermonic literature, such as the preacher may make with this collection before him, should prove most valua ble as showing what progress and changes have come over homiletic matter and methods. Such a comparison should in fact throw much light on the spirit and conditions of various homiletic periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.