Produced by Al Haines The Life of Duty A YEAR'S PLAIN SERMONS ON THE GOSPELS OR EPISTLES. VOL. II. TRINITY TO ADVENT. BY H. J. WILMOT-BUXTON, M.A., VICAR OF S. GILES-IN-THE-WOOD, N. DEVON. AUTHOR OF "SUNDAY SERMONETTES FOR A YEAR." "MISSION SERMONS." "THE LIFE WORTH LIVING AND OTHER PLAIN SERMONS." "THE CHILDREN'S BREAD A SERIES OF SHORT SERMONS FOR CHILDREN." "THE LORD'S SONG SERMONS ON HYMNS," ETC. Sixth Edition. London: SKEFFINGTON & SON, PICCADILLY, W., PUBLISHERS TO H.M. THE QUEEN AND TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. 1898. TO MY DEAR MOTHER, MY EARLIEST AND BEST TEACHER AND GUIDE, THESE SERMONS ARE DEDICATED. Contents. THE OPEN DOOR (_Trinity Sunday_) REV. iv. 1. "A door was opened in Heaven." THE CONTRAST (_First Sunday after Trinity_) S. LUKE xvi. 19, 20. "There was a certain rich man, . . . and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus." THE WAY OF LIFE (_Second Sunday after Trinity_) 1 JOHN iii. 14. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." MAN'S LIFE HIS MONUMENT (_Third Sunday after Trinity_) 1 S. PETER v. 10. "The God of all grace . . . make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." THE BLESSING OF MERCY (_Fourth Sunday after Trinity_) S. LUKE vi. 36. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." THE WORDS OF OUR LIPS (_Fifth Sunday after Trinity_) 1 S. PETER iii. 10. "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." ALIVE UNTO GOD (_Sixth Sunday after Trinity_) ROMANS vi. 11. "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." SERVANTS OF SIN (_Seventh Sunday after Trinity_) ROMANS vi. 20. "The servants of sin." KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS (_Eighth Sunday after Trinity_) S. MATT. vii. 16. "Ye shall know them by their fruits." RENDERING OUR ACCOUNT (_Ninth Sunday after Trinity_) S. LUKE xvi. 2. "Give an account of thy stewardship." THE TEARS OF CHRIST (_Tenth Sunday after Trinity_) S. LUKE xix. 41. "He beheld the city, and wept over it." THE GRACE OF GOD (_Eleventh Sunday after Trinity_) 1 Cor. xv. 10. "By the Grace of God I am what I am." DEAF EARS AND STAMMERING TONGUES (_Twelfth Sunday after Trinity_) S. MARK vii. 37. "He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." THE GOOD SAMARITAN (_Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity_) S. LUKE x. 30. "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves." WALKING WITH GOD (_Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity_) GALATIANS v. 16. "Walk in the Spirit." THE PREACHING OF NATURE (_Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity_) S. MATT. vi. 28. "Consider the lilies of the field."