IX. INTERCESSION FOR KINGS AND RULERS (preached in Canterbury Cathedral the Day of the King’s Accession, May 6th, 1915) 105 X. THE CHRISTIAN SANCTION OF WAR (Address at the Service of Intercession in Canterbury Cathedral, August 9th, 1914) 117 XI. THE WARNING OF THE TOWER OF SILOAM (preached in Canterbury Cathedral, October 25th, 1914) 129 XII. THE RIGHTEOUS IDEAL (preached in Canterbury Cathedral, January 15th, 1915) 143 XIII. REASONS FOR INTERCESSION (preached in Canterbury Cathedral, June 17th, 1916) 158 XIV. THE ETERNAL SOURCE OF GOODNESS (preached at Holy Trinity Church, Margate, November 7th, 1915) 173 XV. THE NATIONAL IDEAL (preached in Canterbury Cathedral, January 3rd, 1915) 188 XVI. RELIGION AND WAR (from _The Record_, Thursday, September 3rd, 1916) 203 XVII. PRAYER FOR THE DEAD (from _The Record_, Friday, November 20th, 1914) 215 XVIII. CHRIST AND THE SOLDIER (preached in Canterbury Cathedral at the Military Church Parade, September 27th, 1914) 228 XIX. THE ETERNAL LIFE OF THE SOUL (preached in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral at the Military Church Parade, October 15th, 1916) 239 THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. A SERMON PREACHED ON CHRISTMAS DAY A.D. 1914. “_And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men._”--St. Luke ii. 13, 14.