EVANGELISTIC SERMONS

WITH AN ESSAY

ON THE

Scriptural and Catholic Creed of Baptism

BY

ROBT. T. MATHEWS

Minister of the Main Street Church of Christ, Lexington, Ky.

CINCINNATI

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY

1891

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CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE PLACE AND POWER OF PRAYER IN EVANGELISM.

"But

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we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the ministry

of the Word" (Acts vi. 4)-

SERMON II.

HEARING THE Gospel. "Hear, and your soul shall live"

(Isa. lv. 3).

REPENTANCE.

SERMON III.

"And that repentance and remission of sins

should be preached in his name unto all the nations,

beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke xxiv. 47)-

SERMON IV.

FAITH AND LIFE. "That life which I now live in the flesh

I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who

loved me, and gave himself up for me" (Gal. ii. 20)-----

SERMON V.

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THE GOOD Confession. "And didst confess the good con.

fession, in the sight of many witnesses" (1. Tim. vi. 12). 93-114

SERMON VI.

THE BAPTISM of the Believer. "And when they believed

Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of

God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,

both men and women (Acts viii. 12)..

SERMON VII.

CONVERSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. "And that from a babe

thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to

make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in

Christ Jesus" (II. Tim. iii. 15)–

SERMON VIII.

THE PENITENT ROBBER. "And he said, Jesus, remember me

when thou comest in thy kingdom. And he said unto

him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me

in Paradise" (Luke xxiii. 42. 43)-

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