Transcribed from the 1907 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org MULTIPLIED BLESSINGS _EIGHTEEN SHORT READINGS_ * * * * * BY THE LATE REV. CANON HOARE VICAR OF HOLY TRINITY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS * * * * * * * * * * PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE * * * * * * * * * * LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET NEW YORK: E. S. GORHAM 1907 PREFACE THESE short readings, now published for the first time, are extracts from the written sermons of the late Rev. E. Hoare, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells from 1853 to 1894, and Hon. Canon of Canterbury. They are taken, word for word, from his original MSS., and have been selected with a view to giving practical help in the Christian life. Many of them were written long ago, but the hindrances and difficulties that meet the Christian continue much the same, and it is hoped that the following pages may be used of God to bring before the reader the Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour, Guide, and Helper. K. A. H. CONTENTS PAGE MULTIPLIED BLESSINGS 5 THE SAVIOUR SEEKING THE SINNER 12 A DIVINE SALVATION 17 FEELINGS 24 A PEACEFUL DEATH-BED 28 A PEACEFUL LIFE 33 THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 38 THE WITNESS—THE LEADER—THE COMMANDER 43 FAITH AND EFFORT 49 THE JOY OF THE LORD 54 THE WORK OF THE LORD 58 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IN THE CONFIRMATION OF FAITH 62 THE COMING OF THE LORD 66 “WITH” AND “BY” 71 THE STIRRING OF THE SPIRIT 76 A WILLING SERVICE 81 FEAR NOT 86 THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 91 MULTIPLIED BLESSINGS