Sermon Year: 1993

The title of the sermon, The United Church, The Seven-Fold Unity of the Church, or, Our Glorious Tomorrow. Our background text Ephesians 4.

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.