Sermons of Christmas Evans

by Christmas Evans

Transcribed from the 1857 Leary & Getz edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

SERMONS
OF
CHRISTMAS EVANS.

A New Translation from the Welsh.

WITH A

MEMOIR AND PORTRAITURE OF THE AUTHOR.

BY

REV. JOSEPH CROSS.

PHILADELPHIA:
LEARY & GETZ, PUBLISHERS.

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1857.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1846, by
J. HARMSTEAD,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The Sermons of Christmas Evans contained in this volume, and the extracts from his journal and other writings given in the following Memoir and Portraiture, are translated by two different hands, and in very different styles. The former are clothed in very good English, but the diction of the latter requires an apology. Unable to procure a better version, we have furnished such as we found; and it is hoped that even this, with all its imperfections, will not be wholly unprofitable to the reader.

The writer does not wish to be held responsible for the Theological Views put forth, either in the extracts alluded to, or in the sermons. Christmas Evans was a Calvinistic Baptist, and several of his sermons inculcate, to some extent, the peculiar doctrines of that denomination; though they are generally free from sectarian bias, and may be read with advantage by spiritual Christians of all evangelical creeds.

Joseph Cross.

Philadelphia, May 10, 1846.

CONTENTS.

MEMOIR ANDPORTRAITURE.
Page
Introduction			[9]
Memoir.
	Early Years		[17]
	Profession of Religion		[17]
	Commencement of Preaching		[18]
	Backsliding and Recovery		[19]
	Change of Views		[19]
	Depressing Views of Himself		[20]
	Labors in Lëyn		[22]
	Visit to South Wales		[23]
	Settlement in Anglesea		[24]
	Powerful Sermons		[25]
	Sandemanianism and Sabellianism		[27]
	Time of Refreshing		[28]
	Covenant with God		[29]
	Studying the English Language		[29]
	New Troubles and Sorrows		[33]
	Legal Prosecution		[35]
	Caerphilly		[36]
	Another Covenant		[37]
	Cardiff		[39]
	Sermons for the Press		[41]
	Welsh Jumping		[42]
	Caernarvon		[49]
	Pulpit Popularity		[50]
	Interesting Letter		[51]
	Tour through the Principality		[56]
	Monmouthshire Association		[57]
	Last Sermon, Sickness, and Death		[57]
	Funereal Sorrow		[58]
Portraiture.
	Personal Appearance		[59]
	Moral and Christian Character		[59]
	Social Disposition		[60]
	Reading and Study		[60]
	Devotional Habits		[61]
	Christian Beneficence		[62]
	Spirit of Forgiveness		[63]
	Catholic Generosity		[64]
	Ingenuousness and Honesty		[65]
	Sarcastic Rebukes		[66]
	Pulpit Talents and Labors		[67]
SERMONS.
Introduction			[79]
Serm. I.	The Time of Reformation	Heb. ix. 10.	[81]
II.	The Triumph of Calvary	Isaiah lxiii. 1–6.	[90]
III.	The Smitten Rock	1 Cor. x. 4.	[99]
IV.	Fall and Recovery of Man	Rom. v. 15.	[108]
V.	One God and One Mediator	1 Tim. ii. 5.	[120]
VI.	The Living Redeemer	Job xix. 23–27.	[129]
VII.	Messiah’s Kingdom	Dan. ii. 44, 45.	[140]
VIII.	The Sufferings of Christ	1 Pet. ii. 24.	[153]
IX.	The Purification of Conscience	Heb. ix. 14.	[164]
X.	The Cedar of God	Ezek. xvii. 22–24.	[172]
XI.	The Prince of Salvation	Heb. ii. 10., & v. 9.	[182]
XII.	Finished Redemption	John xix. 30.	[189]
XIII.	The Resurrection of Jesus	Mat. xxviii. 6.	[196]
XIV.	The Ascension	Acts iii. 21.	[205]
XV.	Tribulation conquered	John xvi. 33.	[216]
XVI.	The Glory of the Gospel	1 Tim. i. 11.	[223]
XVII.	The Song of the Angels	Luke ii. 14.	[236]
XVIII.	The Stone of Israel	Zech. iii. 9.	[242]
XIX.	Justification by Faith	Job ix. 2.	[250]
XX.	The Shield of Faith	Eph. vi. 16.	[259]
XXI.	The Paraclete	John xiv. 16, 17.	[269]
XXII.	The Father and Son glorified	John xvi. 13–15.	[274]