r Trinity.)

S. Matt. xviii. 23.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants."

SERMON LX.

_THE IMAGE OF SELF._

(23rd Sunday after Trinity.)

S. Matt. xxii. 20.

"Whose is this image?"

SERMON LXI.

DREAD OF RIDICULE.

(24th Sunday after Trinity.)

S. Matt. ix. 24.

"And they laughed Him to scorn."

SERMON LXII.

_WHAT LASTS, AND WHAT PASSES AWAY._

(25th Sunday after Trinity.)

S. Matt. xxiv. 35.

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not
pass away."

SERMON LXIII.

_THANKFULNESS TO GOD._

(Harvest.)

S. Matt. xxii. 21.

"Render--unto God, the things that are God's."

SERMON LXIV.

_THE FORMATION OF HABITS._

(SCHOOL SERMON.)

Proverbs xxii. 6.

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it."

SERMON LXV.

_RELIGIOUS ZEAL._

(Dedication Festival.)

Psalm lxix. 9.

"The zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up."

SERMON LXVI.

_THE MEETING HEREAFTER._

(Funeral Sermon.)

Joshua iii. 17.

"And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord
stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan,
and all the Israelites
passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed
clean over Jordan."

XXXVII.

_CHRISTIAN UNITY._

Trinity Sunday.

S. Matt. xxviii. 19.

"In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

INTRODUCTION.--An ancient writer informs us that when the Egyptians named
their Greatest God who was over all, they cried thrice, "Darkness!
Darkness! Darkness!" And when we come to speak of the great mystery of
the Holy Trinity, the utmost we can do is to repeat their cry, and say,
"Darkness! Darkness! Darkness! In the name of the Father--Darkness,
and of the Son--Darkness; and of the Holy Ghost--Darkness!" for however
much the mind may strive to penetrate this mystery, it can never attain
to its solution. Just as the eye, looking at the sun, sees the
Overpowering light as a dark ball, being dazzled by its excessive glory,
so the eye of the mind perceives only darkness, when looking into the
infinite splendour of God in Three Persons.

We may, indeed, see sundry likenesses here on earth, which assist us in
believing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, but they are helps, and helps
only; and not explanations. Thus, the sun may shine into a glass, and
the glass reflect in clear water, and