Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Sermon CXXXVIII. Christian Marriage, 453 Sermon CXXXIX. Mortification of our Lower Nature, 455 Sermon CXL. The Value of Time, 458 {12} Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost: Sermon CXLI. Forgiveness of Injuries, 462 Sermon CXLII. Gossiping, 465 Sermon CXLIII. Mixed Marriages, 467 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost: Sermon CXLIV. Obedience to the Civil Authorities, 472 Sermon CXLV. Thanksgiving Day 475 Sermon CXLVI. The Communion of Saints, 477 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost: Sermon CXLVII. Mixed Marriages, 481 Sermon CXLVIII. Imitation of the Saints, 484 Sermon CXLIX. Heaven, 486 Twenty-fourth or Last Sunday after Pentecost: Sermon CL. Marrying out of the Church, 491 Sermon CLI. Joy in God's Service, 494 Sermon CLII. Forgive and be Forgiven, 497 {13} _First Sunday of Advent_. Epistle. _Romans xiii._ 11-14, Brethren: Know that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light; let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. Gospel. _St. Luke xxi._ 25-33. At that time Jesus said to his disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves, men withering away for fear, and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved: and then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. But when these things begin to come to pass look up and lift up your heads: because your redemption is at hand. And he spoke to them a similitude. See the fig-tree, and all the trees: when they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh; so you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand. Amen I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. --------------------- {14} Sermon I. The Spirit Of Advent. _It is now the hour for us to rise from sleep._ --Romans xiii. 11.