Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. [Illustration: cover] [Illustration: titlepage] Faith and Duty Sermons on Free Texts With Reference to the Church-Year By the REV. LOUIS BUCHHEIMER Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, St. Louis, Mo. [Illustration: logo] ST. LOUIS, MO. CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE 1913 CONTENTS. PAGE First Sunday in Advent. Gen. 7, 1 1 Second Sunday in Advent. Rev. 20, 11. 12. 15 7 Third Sunday in Advent. 2 Cor. 8, 23 14 Fourth Sunday in Advent. Luke 1, 78 20 Christmas. 2 Cor. 9, 15 25 Last Sunday in the Year. Isaiah 64, 6 31 New Year's Day. Matt. 6, 9 37 Epiphany Sunday. John 8, 12 43 First Sunday after Epiphany. Eccl. 12, 1 48 Second Sunday after Epiphany. Hebr. 14, 4 54 Third Sunday after Epiphany. John 4, 14. 15 60 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Matt. 14, 22-27 67 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Matt. 13, 47. 48 73 Septuagesima Sunday. Matt. 20, 15 79 Sexagesima Sunday. John 5, 39 85 Quinquagesima Sunday. Rom. 3, 23 90 First Sunday in Lent. Exodus 17, 8-13 96 Second Sunday in Lent. 2 Tim. 4, 10 102 Third Sunday in Lent. Luke 7, 39 108 Fourth Sunday in Lent. Matt. 18, 7 114 Fifth Sunday in Lent. Exodus 12, 13 119 Palm Sunday. Gen. 35, 1-3 124 Easter. John 5, 28. 29 129 First Sunday after Easter. John 21, 4 134 Second Sunday after Easter. John 21, 15-17 140 Third Sunday after Easter. Matt. 5, 15. 16 145 Fourth Sunday after Easter. Col. 3, 16 150 Fifth Sunday after Easter. Eph. 6, 18 156 Ascension. Mark 16, 19 161 Sunday after Ascension. Luke 9, 26 166 Pentecost. Zech. 4, 6 171 Trinity Sunday. 2 Cor. 13, 14 176 First Sunday after Trinity. Matt. 25, 46 181 Second Sunday after Trinity. Acts 24, 25 186 Third Sunday after Trinity. Matt. 9, 9-13 192 Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Matt. 16, 19 197 Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Acts 9, 17. 18 202 Sixth Sunday after Trinity. 2 Tim. 3, 5 208 Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Luke 12, 6 213 Eighth Sunday after Trinity. 1 Tim.