Perhaps the best idea of the general scope and tenor of the stated preaching of John Chambers in his prime, and the general method of his presentation of truth, may be gained by collating from the advertising columns of the _Public Ledger_, his announcements made on Saturdays, say, from April 3rd, 1858, until the breaking out of the Civil War. Only the afternoon subject was announced. The pastor's idea was that in the morning edification, thorough expository preaching and pastoral counsels to his own flock should be the rule, while the second service might serve for stimulus, appeal to the public conscience, and the discussion of a wider range of subjects. Usually the text was given with the topic. Behold here a selection of topics from the _Ledger_ announcements. I could greatly increase the list from my own diary, but a few will suffice as specimens: Is the religious movement of the day, of God? Acts V.: 33, 34. Two sermons were especially for the benefit of those likely to be influenced by the Sunday Institute: 1. Infidels. The malignant deception of infidels against Christianity. 2. Christianity. Opposition to Christianity has always been malignant and unreasonable. Matthew XXVII: 19, 20. This was the year of the spiritual refreshing following, as great revivals in America generally do, a financial panic--that of 1857. Revival. How God's people must work that the revival cease not. Previous to the war, John Chambers was exceedingly popular with most of the public bodies of men, especially with the volunteer firemen. Sermon to firemen. By request of the Y. M. C. A. in National Hall, Sunday Evening, May 22nd. Like all of God's true children in Christ Jesus, John Chambers longed for the unity of the church, and, as I think, did far more by his spirit and life for its accomplishment than most of those who talk much on this subject. Query. Can the world be converted until the Church is united? Three famous June sermons were on the Divinity of Christ. A champion of lay preaching and evangelism, he treated the question: Is religious teaching to be confined to the ministry? Are the objections made to persons letting their religious wants be publicly known Scriptural? In 1859, beginning with October, we find the following: By request, a sermon on II Peter: II, 20. Annihilation. The doctrine that gives great encouragement for the wicked to live in sin. How the Apostolic Church lived and acted and the results which followed. Acts II, 41-47. Prayer. Whom God will hear when they pray. Why are men so bitterly opposed to the religion of the Bible? Early in the year 1861, when the clouds of impending civil war were lowering to blackness, some of the sermon themes reveal the situation. One can easily "read between the lines". Robbery. Will a man rob God? Liberty of Speech. Religion. The incompatibility between Religion as taught in the Bible and the lives of professed Christians.