Best Sermons Ever

Christopher Howse

A&C Black, Feb 1, 2003 - Religion - 224 pages

In this inspiring and thought-provoking collection, Christopher Howse has selected sermons all exemplary works in their own right which range in temper from hell-fire to profound spiritual comfort. John Donne preaches on the Holy Spirit, Jonathan Swift on sleeping in church, Jonathan Edwards on the anger of God, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on his dream of the promised land.Some sermons are familiar, as are many of the authors, but this book is also packed with surprises including remarkable sermons by John Wesley, Laurence Sterne, and Sydney Smith.Drawn from all Christian traditions, each sermon is introduced by a short note on the preacher and his or her time, and a contemporary prayer is added at the end.This unique book will edify, delight, and amuse. It is of quite exceptional historic interest.

Contents

• The end in view St Ignatius: 3
• Prayer for the Virgins intercession fourth century: 10
• Night prayer Alcuin: 18
• Watch over me St Dunstan: 26
• Prayer of giving St Francis of Assisi: 34
• Patience works St Teresa of Avila: 43
• Morning prayer Lancelot Andrewes: 57
• The call George Herbert: 78
• Prayer Book of Common Prayer: 86
• Prayer after sentence of death: 95
• Melancholy Christopher Smart: 107
• A prayer found in Mrs Chapones handwriting after: 125
• A prayer that may be daily said by a woman in: 135
• Hymn Charles Wesley: 142
• Gunpowder treason John Keble: 154
• The Blessed Sacrament Gerard Manley Hopkins: 162
• Jesus Mother Teresa: 177
• Prayer for murderers Bishop DehqaniTafti: 190

About the author

Christopher Howse is an assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph and a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Tablet. Among his bestselling books for Continuum are Prayers for This Life (2005) and The Assurance of Hope (2006). He is the author of How We Saw It: 150 years of The Daily Telegraph (2004).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Best Sermons Ever
• Editor: Christopher Howse
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: A&C Black, 2003
• ISBN: 0826456936, 9780826456939
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery; Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching; Religion / Sermons / General