He has bidden us thereby, if His likeness
and spirit be indeed in us, to alleviate where we can; and believe that
by every additional comfort, however petty, which we provide, we are
copying the Ideal Man, who, because He was very God of very God, could
condescend, at the marriage feast, to turn the water into wine.
SERMON XXXVI. USELESS SACRIFICE
Preached at Southsea for the Mission of the Good Shepherd. October 1871.
Isaiah i. 11-17. "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices
unto me? saith the Lord: . . . When ye come to appear before me, who
hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain
oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths,
the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the
solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth:
they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread
forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many
prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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