Transcribed from the 1881 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org DISCIPLINE AND OTHER SERMONS * * * * * BY CHARLES KINGSLEY * * * * * London: MACMILLAN AND CO 1881 * * * * * _The right of translation is Reserved_. CONTENTS. SERMON PAGE I. DISCIPLINE 1 II. THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM 11 III. PRAYER AND SCIENCE 23 IV. GOD’S TRAINING 40 V. GOOD FRIDAY 50 VI. FALSE CIVILIZATION 62 VII. THE NAME OF GOD 75 VIII. THE END OF RELIGION 92 IX. THE HUMANITY OF GOD 103 X. GOD’S WORLD 112 XI. THE ARMOUR OF GOD 125 XII. PAUL AND FELIX 140 XIII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN 154 XIV. CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD 168 XV. THE JEWISH REBELLIONS 184 XVI. TERROR BY NIGHT 198 XVII. THE SON OF THUNDER 212 XVIII. HUMILITY 225 XIX. A WHITSUN SERMON 236 XX. SELF-HELP 250 XXI. ENDURANCE 259 XXII. TOLERATION 274 XXIII. THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST 290 XXIV. THE LIKENESS OF GOD 303 SERMON I. DISCIPLINE. (_Preached at the Volunteer Camp_, _Wimbledon_, _July_ 14, 1867.) NUMBERS XXIV. 9. He couched, he lay down as a lion; and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up? THESE were the words of the Eastern sage, as he looked down from the mountain height upon the camp of Israel, abiding among the groves of the lowland, according to their tribes, in order, discipline, and unity. Before a people so organized, he saw well, none of the nations round could stand. Israel would burst through them, with the strength of the wild bull crashing through the forest. He would couch as a lion, and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up?