Transcribed from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE WATER OF LIFE _AND OTHER SERMONS_ * * * * * BY CHARLES KINGSLEY. * * * * * London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1890 _The right of translation is reserved_ * * * * * First Edition (Fcap. 8vo), 1867. New Edition 1872, Reprinted 1873, 1875. New Edition, Crown 8vo, 1879, Reprinted 1881, 1885. New Edition 1890. * * * * * CONTENTS. SERMON I. Page THE WATER OF LIFE. (_Revelation_ xxii. 17.) 1 SERMON II. THE PHYSICIAN’S CALLING. (_St. Matthew_ ix. 35.) 14 SERMON III. THE VICTORY OF LIFE. (_Isaiah_ xxxviii. 18, 19.) 27 SERMON IV. THE WAGES OF SIN. (_Romans_ vi. 21–23.) 40 SERMON V. NIGHT AND DAY. (_Romans_ xiii. 12.) 56 SERMON VI. THE SHAKING OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. (_Hebrews_ xii. 68 26–29.) SERMON VII. THE BATTLE OF LIFE. (_Galatians_ v. 16, 17.) 83 SERMON VIII. FREE GRACE. (_Isaiah_ lv. 1.) 90 SERMON IX. EZEKIEL’S VISION. (_Ezekiel_ i. 1, 26.) 98 SERMON X. RUTH. (_Ruth_ ii. 4.) 111 SERMON XI. SOLOMON. (_Ecclesiastes_ i. 12–14.) 123 SERMON XII. PROGRESS. (_Ecclesiastes_ vii. 10.) 134 SERMON XIII. FAITH. (_Habakkuk_ ii. 4.) 143 SERMON XIV. THE GREAT COMMANDMENT. (_Matthew_ xxii. 37, 38.) 153 SERMON XV. THE EARTHQUAKE. (_Psalm_ xlvi. 1, 2.) 164 SERMON XVI. THE METEOR SHOWER. (_Matthew_ x. 29, 30.) 176 SERMON XVII. CHOLERA, 1866. (_Luke_ vii. 16.) 189 SERMON XVIII. THE WICKED SERVANT. (_Matthew_ xviii.