Transcribed from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

THE WATER OF LIFE
AND OTHER SERMONS

BY
CHARLES KINGSLEY.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1890

The right of translation is reserved

First Edition (Fcap. 8vo), 1867.
New Edition 1872, Reprinted 1873, 1875.
New Edition, Crown 8vo, 1879, Reprinted 1881, 1885.
New Edition 1890.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.
	Page
The Water of Life. (Revelation xxii. 17.)	[1]
SERMON II.
The Physician’sCalling. (St. Matthew ix. 35.)	[14]
SERMON III.
The Victory of Life. (Isaiah xxxviii. 18, 19.)	[27]
SERMON IV.
The Wages of Sin. (Romans vi. 21–23.)	[40]
SERMON V.
Night and Day. (Romans xiii. 12.)	[56]
SERMON VI.
The Shaking of the Heavens and theEarth. (Hebrews xii. 26–29.)	[68]
SERMON VII.
The Battle of Life. (Galatians v. 16, 17.)	[83]
SERMON VIII.
Free Grace. (Isaiah lv. 1.)	[90]
SERMON IX.
Ezekiel’s Vision. (Ezekiel i. 1, 26.)	[98]
SERMON X.
Ruth. (Ruth ii.4.)	[111]
SERMON XI.
Solomon. (Ecclesiastes i. 12–14.)	[123]
SERMON XII.
Progress. (Ecclesiastes vii. 10.)	[134]
SERMON XIII.
Faith. (Habakkukii. 4.)	[143]
SERMON XIV.
The Great Commandment. (Matthew xxii. 37, 38.)	[153]
SERMON XV.
The Earthquake. (Psalm xlvi. 1, 2.)	[164]
SERMON XVI.
The Meteor Shower. (Matthew x. 29, 30.)	[176]
SERMON XVII.
Cholera, 1866. (Luke vii. 16.)	[189]
SERMON XVIII.
The Wicked Servant. (Matthew xviii. 23.)	[203]
SERMON XIX.
Civilized Barbarism. (Mattthew ix. 12.)	[213]
SERMON XX.
The God of Nature. (Psalm cxlvii. 7–9.)	[233]

(Preached at Westminster Abbey)