Produced by Al Haines
HODDER & STOUGHTON
Copyright
1906
The Winona Publishing Company
And Judas Iscariot
An Old-Fashioned Home
The Swelling of Jordan
A Call to Judgment
A Changed Life
The Lost Opportunity
A Great Victory
Paul a Pattern of Prayer
A Startling Statement
The Grace of God
Conversion
Five Kings in a Cave
Definiteness of Purpose in Christian Work
The Morning Breaketh
An Obscured Vision
The Compassion of Jesus
Sanctification
An Unheeded Warning
The Approval of the Spirit
A Reasonable Service
The True Christian Life
The sermons contained in this volume are published in response tonumerous requests that they might be put into permanent form.
The author of these sermons needs no introduction to the Christianreaders of America. His fame as an author, preacher and evangelist ismore than national. As Director of the evangelistic work carried on bythe General Assembly's Committee of the Presbyterian Church, he hasachieved distinction as a preacher of the Gospel. Under his directionsimultaneous evangelistic campaigns have been held in many of theleading cities of the land, and the Christian Church and the world havehad an experience of a new, aggressive and emphatic evangelism that hasstirred the Church, revived Christian service and been the means underGod of turning thousands to a life of allegiance to Jesus Christ.
Therefore it is a privilege and pleasure to put into book form some ofthe sermons which Dr. Chapman has preached in his evangelistic work andalso as the Director of the Interdenominational Bible Conference atWinona Lake, Indiana. Thousands have borne witness to the profoundimpression and enduring influence of those messages. Especially isthis true of "And Judas Iscariot" and "An Old-Fashioned Home." One cannever forget the scene when the latter sermon was preached onThanksgiving Day, 1905, in the great theater in Jersey City. Greatnumbers of men have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as apersonal Savior following the preaching of "The Swelling of Jordan."
The book is sent forth with devout gratitude to God for his blessingupon the preaching of these sermons, and with a prayer that even thereading of them may be attended with deeper devotion to Jesus Christ,and increasing service to those for whom Christ died.
TEXT: "And Judas Iscariot."—Mark 3:19.
There is something about the name of this miserable man which commandsour attention at once. There is a sort of fascination about hiswickedness, and when we read his story it is difficult to give it upuntil we have come to its awful end. It is rather significant, itwould seem to me, that his name should come last in the list of theApostles, and the text, "And Judas Iscariot," would