Multiplied Blessings: Eighteen Short Readings

Multiplied Blessings: Eighteen Short Readings

These short readings, now published for the first time, are extracts from the written sermons of the late Rev. E. Hoare, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells from 1853 to 1894, and Hon. Canon of Canterbury. They are taken, word for word, from his original MSS., and have been selected with a view to giving practical help in the Christian life. Many of them were written long ago, but the hindrances and difficulties that meet the Christian continue much the same, and it is hoped that the following pages may be used of God to bring before the reader the Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour, Guide, and Helper. K. A. H. Well, indeed, may the Psalmist say, Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, for every blessing flows into the soul as the consequence of divine forgiveness. The word in the Hebrew rendered Blessed is in the plural number, to show that there is not one blessing only, but multiplied blessings and multiplied mercies, all springing from this one source, the forgiveness of sin. When David wrote these words he felt the truth of them. He spoke of a gift which he had himself experienced. He had found mercy, so he proclaimed its richness. We know how grievously he fell in the matter of Bathsheba and Uriah, and we remember Nathans visit. It was after that visit that, according to the general belief, this Psalm was written. He had struggled with the agonies of unforgiven sin, till at length the message was delivered to him by the prophet, The Lord, also, hath put away thy sin. [5] No wonder, then, that he poured out his heart in this hymn of thanksgiving, commencing with the words, Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43201
Author: Hoare, Edward
Release Date: Jul 12, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English