The Good News of God

by Charles Kingsley

Transcribed from the 1887 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

THE
GOOD NEWS OF GOD

SERMONS

BY

CHARLES KINGSLEY M.A.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1887

[The Right of Translation is Reserved]

Transferred from Messrs. Longman & Co., 1863
Reprinted, Fcap. 8vo, 1866, 1874, 1877, 1878
Reprinted, Crown 8vo, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887

CONTENTS.

SERMON		PAGE
I.	THE BEATIFIC VISION	[1]
II.	THE GLORY OF THE CROSS	[10]
III.	THE LIFE OF GOD	[16]
IV.	THE SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN	[26]
V.	THE ETERNAL GOODNESS	[34]
VI.	WORSHIP	[43]
VII.	GOD’S INHERITANCE	[51]
VIII.	‘DE PROFUNDIS’	[57]
IX.	THE LOVE OF GOD ITS OWN REWARD	[67]
X.	THE RACE OF LIFE	[73]
XI.	SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS	[84]
XII.	TRUE REPENTANCE	[94]
XIII.	THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT	[105]
XIV.	HEROES AND HEROINES	[116]
XV.	THE MEASURE OF THE CROSS	[124]
XVI.	THE PURE IN HEART	[132]
XVII.	MUSIC	[140]
XVIII.	THE CHRIST CHILD	[148]
XIX.	CHRIST’S BOYHOOD	[155]
XX.	THE LOCUST-SWARMS	[161]
XXI.	SALVATION	[169]
XXII.	THE BEGINNING AND END OF WISDOM	[174]
XXIII.	HUMAN NATURE	[181]
XXIV.	THE CHARITY OF GOD	[190]
XXV.	THE DAYS OF THE WEEK	[195]
XXVI.	THE HEAVENLY FATHER	[203]
XXVII.	THE GOOD SHEPHERD	[211]
XXVIII.	DARK TIMES	[219]
XXIX.	GOD’S CREATION	[229]
XXX.	TRUE PRUDENCE	[236]
XXXI.	THE PENITENT THIEF	[249]
XXXII.	THE TEMPER OF CHRIST	[258]
XXXIII.	THE FRIEND OF SINNERS	[268]
XXXIV.	THE SEA OF GLASS	[278]
XXXV.	A GOD IN PAIN	[291]
XXXVI.	ON THE FALL	[297]
XXXVII.	THE WORTHY COMMUNICANT	[304]
XXXVIII.	OUR DESERTS	[310]
XXXIX.	THE LOFTINESS OF GOD	[317]