ADDRESSES TO THE CANDIDATES FOR ORDINATION, ON THE QUESTIONS IN THE ORDINATION SERVICE. BY SAMUEL, LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD, CHANCELLOR OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER; Oxford & London : J. H. AND JAS. PARKER. 1860. 100. 4.264. то THE PRIESTS AND DEACONS ORDAINED BY HIM DURING THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS, THESE ADDRESSES ARE DEDICATED BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND AND CHIEF PASTOR" IN THE LORD, S. OXON. PREFACE. THE following Addresses have been delivered at successive Ordinations to the Candidates for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Oxford. I have been led to publish them partly by the urgent request of those to whom they were delivered, and to whom they will, I trust, recall some of the deepest feelings and most solemn moments of their lives; partly because friends in whose judgment I have great confidence have thought them likely, under the blessing of Almighty God, to be extensively useful. Their main object has been, whilst they explain the meaning of our Ordinal, to stir up the devout and religious affections of those who were about to seek the great and blessed, but, at the same time, perilous office of Ministers of Christ. May God the Holy Ghost, without whose aid all such attempts must be in vain, be graciously pleased to bring home to the hearts of those who may |
