Revival Service: The Three Crosses
Sermons exploring man's dignity before God (Ps. 8), Christ's saving work on the cross (Luke 23), and Christian duty to the poor, urging repentance and responsible stewardship.
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Revival Service: The Three Crosses
How Dr. Talmage Stopped Smoking
Sermon on John the Baptist (John 1:19-34) examining the joyful hours of a servant of God—testifying to Christ as "the Lamb of God" and the assurance of the coming kingdom.
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Is Life Worth Living?
Features a travel sketch of New Zealand's Canterbury settlement and T. De Witt Talmage's sermon 'Is Life Worth Living?', arguing life’s value depends on character and purpose, not wealth.
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Home Piety
Sermons urging faith built on Christ's 'rock' and practical Christian living—home piety and child-rearing. Stresses definite discipleship, small acts of charity, and parental duty.
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Memorial Sermon for Rev. Thomas Guard
Memorial sermon honoring Rev. Thomas Guard—an eloquent, self‑sacrificing Methodist preacher—reflecting on his life, death at the height of service, and the mystery and consolation of providence.
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Harvest Home
Sermons urging wholehearted orthodoxy and practical faith: plough deep convictions, sow the Gospel, welcome trials as harrows, and reap spiritual fruit now. Aim at the cross.
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A Revolution in the Home
Selections on the spirit of Christian ministry and the transforming power of Christ in the home: preaching by the Spirit, Scripture's authority, family altars and domestic revival.
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Mixing Religion and Business
A collection of short evangelical pieces urging faith in God, the mingling of religion with daily business, support for temperance, and remedies for poor church attendance—calling for earnest preaching and personal piety.
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The Press Reporting the Pulpit
Sermons affirming Christ as the incarnate revelation, urging spiritual perception; calls for church-led temperance and commending the press for spreading sermons and spiritual truth.
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Balm for All Grief
Monthly pulpit collection of sermons on Christ's incarnation, church life, and pastoral consolation. Themes include unction in preaching, means of grace, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and God's comfort.
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Best Methods of Preaching and Sermonizing: The Presbyterian View
Homiletic Monthly (June 1883): Duryea's sermon on the Kingdom of God and essays by Talmage, Van Dyke, and Robinson on sermon preparation, extemporaneous vs. written delivery.
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Easter Morning
1883 Homiletic Monthly: a short collection of sermons on the kingdom of God, Easter resurrection, and God's love and companionship, stressing grace and practical Christian living.
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The Decorated Grave
Reflection on Christ’s burial and resurrection: advocates simple, reverent funerals, care for graves, and confidence that death cannot hold the redeemed. Warns post‑mortem honors don't atone for neglect.
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As the Leaf
Two sermons: Deems urges faith as Christ's cure for trouble (john-14); Talmage's 'As the Leaf' reflects on fading, mortality, and hope in God's providence.
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The Masque Torn Off
A collection of sermons exposing urban vice and moral corruption. Talmage denounces gambling, clubs, fashion, and crime, urging Christian reform, charity, and civic responsibility.
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The Vanities
Two sermons: Palmer (John 21) on Christ restoring Peter and charging him to 'feed my sheep.' Talmage (Eccl. 12) decries worldly vanities; faith in Christ alone brings victory.
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Healthy Religion
Three sermons: retributive justice, religion as a healthful force, and refusing to conceal God's words. They stress moral consequences, religion's life‑giving benefits, and open confession.
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Corrupt Literature
Two sermons: Bersier reflects on man's dignity before God (Ps.8), while Talmage denounces corrupt literature (Exod.8) and urges legal suppression and moral reform.
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Foes of Society; or, People to Be Feared
T. DeWitt Talmage's collected sermons diagnosing the vices and dangers of city life, calling for Christian reform and moral vigilance. Includes a biographical sketch of the preacher.
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