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and firm faith in the great verities of Christianity ; 

 on these all his teaching was based ; from them 

 sprang the motives of his own religious life. " 'Ev 

 TOVTOIS 'ladi " were words often quoted by him, which 

 he endeavoured to act upon himself, and did what 

 he could to impress upon others also. His sermons 

 to country folk were written in the plainest language ; 

 this was a rule which never varied, and it was one 

 to which he attached great importance. In nearly 

 every sermon he delivered, nothing could be simpler 

 than his thoughts and the language in which they 

 were clothed, and although he never waxed eloquent, 

 his words could not fail to gain one's attention and 

 go straight home. It was noticeable how largely 

 his sermons consisted of words of one syllable, As 

 an example I may perhaps be pardoned if I quote 

 a short passage from one he preached on i St. 

 John ii. 18. He was speaking of things done for 

 the last time, and drawing some simple lessons there- 

 from. " It is not truly," he said, "that the fact of a 

 thing being done for the last time makes in itself 

 any real difference to us, for many and many things 

 have already been for the last time without that 

 being of any consequence. But the thing that does 

 concern us is this : when we have done this or that 

 or the other for the last time, when we have eaten 

 and drunk for the last time, looked our last look, 

 spoken our last word, lived our last, even to our 

 last end, how will it be with us ? where shall we 

 be ? how shall we be ? what will become of us ? 

 shall we be saved ? shall we be lost ? Have yon 



