Sermons Preached In Clifton College Chapel, 1879-1883 (1883) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WORDS TO THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING. " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." ?John vi. 63. MANY a century has passed since these words were spoken, and there they stand, true for all ages. The words that Christ spoke are spirit, and they are life. Still each generation of men goes back to the words which Christ spoke as the one fountain at which to get draughts of life. No fresh fountain has arisen in all the ages. There is no other light, or life, or hope for men except in the words of Christ. This is the last Sunday of the term, and of our school year: and it is also the last Sunday at school for many of you in this chapel. In a few hours many of you will have passed out finally into the great world, probably never again to hear words spoken in this place. I long to say a few words this afternoon, not to all the school, but to you who are leaving; all our hearts are full of sympathy and interest in you. We who are older cannot help thinking of the variedmental experiences that we have gone through; experiences that still await you: and we cannot help longing to say something to you before you go, which shall be a real help and guide to you. I know well how little words can do. To have any effect they must come at just the right moment. Still perhaps this is the right moment; when your hearts are touched, and ours are warmed to you, on this your last Sunday at Clifton. I will speak of one thing only?the reality of your belief in Christ, and in God: there is nothing that can compare in importance with this. And you will pardon me if I speak very plainly, and on subjects on which I have never spoken to you before. In a few months at furthest you will be thrown into a circle of very different ideas from those which are familiar to you her...