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CHRISTIAN PERFECTION LECTURE VIII. CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.      TEXT.---"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."---Matthew v. 48.      In the 43d verse, the Savior says, "Ye…

LEGAL EXPERIENCE LECTURE VII. LEGAL EXPERIENCE. TEXT.---The 7th chapter of Romans.      I have more than once had occasion to refer to this chapter, and have read some portions of it…

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH LECTURE V. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.      TEXT---"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we…

RELIGION OF THE LAW AND GOSPEL LECTURE IV. RELIGION OF THE LAW AND GOSPEL.      TEXT.---"What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to…

SELFISHNESS NOT TRUE RELIGION LECTURE III. SELFISHNESS NOT TRUE RELIGION.      TEXT."---Seeketh not her own."---1. Cor. xiii. 5.      That is, Charity, or Christian love, seeketh not her own.      The proposition which…

TRUE SUBMISSION LECTURE II. TRUE SUBMISSION.      TEXT.---"Submit yourselves therefore to God."---James iv, 7.      The subject of this lecture is, "WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE SUBMISSION?"      Before I enter on the discussion of…

TRUE AND FALSE CONVERSION      [On Thursday evening, December 29th, Mr. Finney commenced his course of Lectures to Christians, or rather, as he said, resumed them at the point where they…

BOUND TO KNOW YOUR TRUE CHARACTER LECTURE XI. BOUND TO KNOW YOUR TRUE CHARACTER. TEXT---"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves."---2 Corinthians xiii. 5.      In…

DISHONESTY IN SMALL MATTERS INCONSISTENT WITH HONESTY IN ANYTHING LECTURE X. DISHONESTY IN SMALL MATTERS INCONSISTENT WITH HONESTY IN ANYTHING.      TEXT.---"He that is unjust in the least is unjust also…

CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD LECTURE VIII. CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD.      TEXT.---Be not conformed to this world.---Romans xii. 2.      It will be recollected by some who are present, that sometime since…