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Title: Sermons on Biblical Characters

Author: Clovis G. Chappell

Release Date: February 14, 2007 [EBook #20578]

Language: English

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SERMONS ON BIBLICAL CHARACTERS

BY

REV. CLOVIS G. CHAPPELL, D.D.

RICHARD R. SMITH, INC.

NEW YORK

1930

COPYRIGHT, 1922,

BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

SERMONS ON BIBLICAL CHARACTERS. II

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I THE MISSING MAN--THOMAS
II THE GREAT REFUSAL--JONAH
III THE ROMANCE OF FAITH--PETER
IV LOVE'S LONGING--PAUL
V GOING VISITING--JONATHAN
VI THE WOMAN OF THE SHATTERED ROMANCES--THE WOMAN OF SYCHAR
VII A GOOD MAN--BARNABAS
VIII THE INQUEST--PHARAOH
IX A SON OF SHAME--JEPHTHAH
X A CASE OF BLUES--ELIJAH
XI THE SUPREME QUESTION--THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER
XII THE MOTHER-IN-LAW--NAOMI
XIII CONFESSIONS OF A FAILURE--THE BUSY MAN
XIV A MOTHER'S REWARD--JOCHEBED
XV A GOOD MAN'S HELL--MANASSEH
XVI A SHREWD FOOL--THE RICH FARMER

SERMONS ON BIBLICAL CHARACTERS

I

THE MISSING MAN--THOMAS

_John 20:24_

"Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came." Did you notice the name of this man who was missing? Who
was it when the little company met after the crucifixion that was not
there? There was a man expected who failed to come. Who was this man?
When the little company gathered in the upper room behind shut doors
there was one chair that was vacant. Who should have occupied that
chair?

Well, in the first place, it was not Judas. He was missing. He was
not there, it is true, but he was not expected. Judas had already
betrayed his Lord. Judas had already been whipped and scourged by his
remorse of conscience clean out of the world. Judas had gone to his
own place in the great Unseen Country. Judas was not there, but he was
not expected to be there.

Who was the missing man? It was not Pilate. We no more expected
Pilate