With other Sermons BY THE REV. H. S. HOLLAND, M.A. SENIOR STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1893 KD 18635 HARVARD COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY 201-213 East 12th Street, NEW YORK. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. THE casual reader of this volume, however carelessly he may turn its leaves, can scarcely fail to find his attention arrested by many passages which are striking for fervid eloquence and weighty with profound reflection. Should he be led, by the promise of its title, to select here or there a single discourse for a more careful perusal, he will find not a few which are alike remarkable for originality of thought and eloquence of speech. The theological positions of the author may indeed not always commend themselves to our reflective judgment. His interpretations of the Scriptures may now and then seem to be open to criticism, and yet we shall not be able nor shall we care to withstand the rush of the highly-wrought periods and the accumulated force of the spiritualized imagination of this truly eloquent preacher. To these excellencies and attractions there are others which we do not so often find in a volume of published sermons. Prominent among them is this feature, that |
