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The Gospel of Gladness

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A 19th-century devotional urging Christians to rejoice in salvation, celebrate God's goodness in daily life, and seek communion with God in secret prayer.

The Morning Cometh: Talks for the Times

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Collection of sermons by Rev. David J. Burrell urging watchmen to proclaim Christ as the dawn. Themes: sin's darkness, Christ the Sun of Righteousness, church progress and missions.

The Religion of the Future

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Defends traditional Christianity against liberal theology, affirming God, providence, prayer, Scripture, the atonement, and immortality.

The Spirit of the Age, and Other Sermons

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Survey of the 'spirit of the age': age of light, reason, humanitarian reform, and missionary zeal. Affirms Christ and Scripture as central and warns against replacing evangelism with mere social reform.

For Christ’s Crown, and Other Sermons

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Sermon affirming Christ's kingship and the Kingdom of God, urging confession, absolute obedience, and missionary zeal to advance His reign.

The Golden Passional, and Other Sermons

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Sermons on Christ's vicarious suffering and substitutionary atonement, centered on Isaiah 53 and its New Testament fulfillment. Affirms justification by sacrifice and urges evangelism.

The Wondrous Cross, and Other Sermons

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A sermon asserting the vicarious death of Christ as the central truth of Christianity; denying it undermines Scripture, history, and salvation.

God and the People, and Other Sermons

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Sermon: God cares for all people. The Church must preach the gospel and pursue social philanthropy, following Christ's teaching and example.

The Unaccountable Man

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Explores Christ's person and claims, arguing Jesus is either divine or not merely a good man. A collection of sermons including the Beatific Vision and Gospel reflections.

Song of Solomon

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Defends the Song of Solomon's canonicity and devotional use, rebutting critics. Argues Old Testament rites and typology illuminate Christian love and salvation.

A Commentary on the Song of Solomon

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1853 commentary on the Song of Solomon defending its canonicity and allegorical reading, expounding divine love, sanctification, and principles of interpretation to nourish devotion.

A Memorial of Edward A. Wharton

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Memorial sermon on human frailty and the transience of life, drawing on 'We all do fade as a leaf' (isaiah 64). It exhorts trust in God's grace amid sorrow.

Octorara, A Poem: And Occasional Pieces

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A devotional poem celebrating rural retirement, nature, piety, and enduring friendship, with longing for Jesus and hope in his return.

God the Home of the Soul

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Sermon asserting that God is the soul's true home and ultimate rest. Earthly homes fail; only in Christ do we find lasting refuge, love, and security.

The Pilgrim Soldier’s Last March

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A sermon by D.B. Cheney on the gospel as God's power and wisdom (1 Cor. 1), followed by "The Pilgrim Soldier's Last March," an allegory of a believer's trials and triumphant passage to heaven.

Jesus the Brightness of the Father’s Glory

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1859 sermon arguing Jesus is the Shechinah incarnate — the brightness of the Father's glory and express image of his person, guardian of the law and sole mediator for atonement.

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