that generous spirit; to deepen in us that fair likeness; to fill us
with that noble mind. Let us ask God to quench in us all which is
selfish, idle, mean; to quicken to life in us all which is godlike,
and from God; that so we may attain, at last, to the true glory, the
glory which comes not from selfish ambition; not from selfish pride;
not from selfish ease; but from getting rid of selfishness, in all
its shapes. The glory which Christ alone has in perfection. The
glory before which every knee will one day bow, whether in earth or
heaven. Even the glory of doing our duty, regardless of what it
costs us in the station to which each of us has been called by his
Father in heaven. Amen.

SERMON II. THE DIVINE HUNGER AND THIRST

(Preached before the Queen.)

Psalm xxxvi. 7, 8, 9. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of
thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy
pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light
shall we see light.

This is a great saying. So great that we shall never know,
certainly never in this life, how much it means.

It speaks of being satisfied; of what alone can satisfy a man. It
speaks of man as a creature who is, or rather ought to be, always
hungering and thirsting after something better than he has, as it is
written: 'Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after
righteousness; for they shall be filled.' So says David, also, in
this Psalm.

I say man ought to be always hungering and thirsting for something
better. I do not mean by that that he ought to be discontented.
Nothing less. For just in as far as a man hungers and thirsts after
righteousness and truth, he will hunger and thirst after nothing
else. As long as a man does not care for righteousness, does not
care to be a better man himself, and to see the world better round
him, so long will he go longing after this fine thing and that,
tormenting himself with lusts and passions, greediness and
covetousness of divers sorts; and little satisfaction will he get
from them. But, when he begins to hunger and thirst after
righteousness, that heavenly and spiritual hunger destroys the old
carnal hunger in him. He cares less and less to ask, What shall I
eat and drink, wherewithal shall I be clothed?--Or how shall I win
for myself admiration, s