Transcribed from the 1876 H. Colbran edition ,
SERMONS.
By REV.E. HOARE,
VICAR OFTRINITY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, AND
HON. CANON OF CANTERBURY.
LONDON:
HATCHARDS, PICCADILLY.
H. COLBRAN, CALVERLEY ROAD, TUNBRIDGEWELLS.
1876.
The three lectures on Turkey arepublished at the request of several of my parishioners; I haveadded two others respecting Rome, which were written in 1873,because I consider that they strengthen the conclusion derivedfrom the present position of the Ottoman Empire. I regardRome and Turkey as two great political witnesses to the nearapproach of the glorious end. If this be the case, it isclearly right that their two testimonies should appear togetherand confirm each other.
E. H.
Tunbridge Wells,
Jan. 1876.
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It is impossible to imagineanything more delightful than the prospect of the promised returnof our most blessed Saviour. How do the father and themother feel when they welcome their long-absent son fromIndia? How will many an English wife feel when she welcomesher husband from the Arctic Expedition? And how must theChurch of God feel when, after her long night of toil anddifficulty, she stands face to face before Him whom her soulloveth, and enters into p. 2the full enjoyment of the promise,‘So shall we ever be with the Lord.’ There willbe no tears then, for there will be no sorrow; no death then, forthere will be no more curse; no sin then, for we shall see Him asHe is, and shall be like Him. Then will be the time ofresurrection, when all the firstborn of God shall awake to a lifewithout decay and without corruption; and then the time ofreunion, when the whole company of God’s elect shall standtogether before the Lord, never again to shed a tear over eachother’s grave; and then will be the time when those whohave loved and longe