Transcribed from the 1887 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD * * * * * SERMONS * * * * * BY CHARLES KINGSLEY M.A. * * * * * London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1887 [_The Right of Translation is Reserved_] * * * * * Transferred from Messrs. LONGMAN & CO., 1863 Reprinted, Fcap. 8vo, 1866, 1874, 1877, 1878 Reprinted, Crown 8vo, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887 * * * * * CONTENTS. SERMON PAGE I. THE BEATIFIC VISION 1 II. THE GLORY OF THE CROSS 10 III. THE LIFE OF GOD 16 IV. THE SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN 26 V. THE ETERNAL GOODNESS 34 VI. WORSHIP 43 VII. GOD’S INHERITANCE 51 VIII. ‘DE PROFUNDIS’ 57 IX. THE LOVE OF GOD ITS OWN REWARD 67 X. THE RACE OF LIFE 73 XI. SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS 84 XII. TRUE REPENTANCE 94 XIII. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT 105 XIV. HEROES AND HEROINES 116 XV. THE MEASURE OF THE CROSS 124 XVI. THE PURE IN HEART 132 XVII. MUSIC 140 XVIII. THE CHRIST CHILD 148 XIX. CHRIST’S BOYHOOD 155 XX. THE LOCUST-SWARMS 161 XXI. SALVATION 169 XXII. THE BEGINNING AND END OF WISDOM 174 XXIII. HUMAN NATURE 181 XXIV. THE CHARITY OF GOD 190 XXV. THE DAYS OF THE WEEK 195 XXVI. THE HEAVENLY FATHER 203 XXVII. THE GOOD SHEPHERD 211 XXVIII. DARK TIMES 219 XXIX. GOD’S CREATION 229 XXX. TRUE PRUDENCE 236 XXXI. THE PENITENT THIEF 249 XXXII. THE TEMPER OF CHRIST 258 XXXIII.