Transcribed from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org SERMONS ON NATIONAL SUBJECTS. * * * * * BY CHARLES KINGSLEY. * * * * * London: MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1890 * * * * * _First Edition_, 1880. _Reprinted_, 1886, 1890. * * * * * CONTENTS. PAGE SERMON I. THE KING OF THE EARTH 1 II. HOLY SCRIPTURE 9 III. THE KINGDOM OF GOD 17 IV. A PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS 31 V. CHRISTMAS DAY 40 VI. TRUE ABSTINENCE 47 VII. GOOD FRIDAY 59 VIII. EASTER DAY 67 IX. THE COMFORTER 76 X. WHIT SUNDAY 85 XI. ASCENSION DAY 99 XII. THE FOUNT OF SCIENCE 109 XIII. FIRST SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 134 XIV. SECOND SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 144 XV. THIRD SERMON ON THE CHOLERA 153 XVI. ON THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING 164 XVII. THE COVENANT 175 XVIII. NATIONAL REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS 184 XIX. THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 191 XX. PROFESSION AND PRACTICE 199 XXI. THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT 210 XXII. THE WAY TO WEALTH 221 XXIII. THE LOVE OF CHRIST 230 XXIV. DAVID’S VICTORY 242 XXV. DAVID’S EDUCATION 254 XXVI. THE VALUE OF LAW 265 XXVII. THE SOURCE OF LAW 275 XXVIII. THE EDUCATION OF A HEATHEN 287 XXIX. JEREMIAH’S CALLING 298 XXX. THE PERFECT KING 306 XXXI. GOD’S WARNINGS 316 XXXII. PHARAOH’S HEART 325 XXXIII. THE RED SEA TRIUMPH 337 XXXIV. CHRISTMAS DAY 346 XXXV. NEW YEAR’S DAY 354 XXXVI. THE DELUGE 362 XXXVII. THE KINGDOM OF GOD 373 XXXVIII.