The Water of Life, and Other Sermons

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Charles Kingsley. The Water of Life, and Other Sermons

The Water of Life, and Other Sermons

Table of Contents

SERMON I. THE WATER OF LIFE

SERMON II. THE PHYSICIAN’S CALLING

SERMON III. THE VICTORY OF LIFE

SERMON IV. THE WAGES OF SIN

SERMON V. NIGHT AND DAY

SERMON VI. THE SHAKING OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

SERMON VII. THE BATTLE OF LIFE

SERMON VIII. FREE GRACE

SERMON IX. EZEKIEL’S VISION

SERMON X. RUTH

SERMON XI. SOLOMON

SERMON XII. PROGRESS

SERMON XIII. FAITH

SERMON XIV. THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

SERMON XV. THE EARTHQUAKE

SERMON XVI. THE METEOR SHOWER

SERMON XVII. CHOLERA, 1866

SERMON XVIII. THE WICKED SERVANT

SERMON XIX. CIVILIZED BARBARISM

SERMON XX. THE GOD OF NATURE

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Charles Kingsley

Published by Good Press, 2022

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Now it is plain, I think, that the man who said these words—good king Hezekiah—knew nothing of what we call heaven; of a blessed life with God after death. He looks on death as his end. If he dies, he says, he will not see the Lord in the land of the living, any more than he will see man with the inhabitants of the world. God’s mercies, he thinks, will end with his death. God can only show His mercy and truth by saving him from death. For the grave cannot praise God, death cannot celebrate Him; those who go down into the pit cannot hope for His truth. The living, the living, shall praise God; as Hezekiah praises Him that day, because God has cured him of his sickness, and added fifteen years to his life.

No language can be plainer than this. A man who had believed that he would go to heaven when he died could not have used it.

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