Lenten Sermons Preached in Oxford (8 vols.)

by Samuel Wilberforce

Publishers:

John Henry and James Parker; James Parker & Co.

, 1856–1877

Overview

The Lenten Sermons Preached in Oxford collection provides a wealth of wisdom to help the faithful prepare for Easter. These classic sermons were delivered in Oxford from 1856 to 1870 by the lord bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, and over 50 other Anglican leaders. These messages encouraged and challenged listeners toward self-examination, self-denial, and repentance—helping the faithful to remember the suffering of Christ, and pointing them to his glorious resurrection celebrated at Easter. Consisting of over 80 sermons, this collection serves as an invaluable devotional resource for the season of Lent, with insights that resonate as loudly today as when they sounded through the halls of Oxford churches 150 years ago.

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Key Features

• Provides insights into important topics of the Lenten season
• Compiles Lenten sermons preached in Oxford from 1856 to 1870
• Offers resources for aiding the faithful in their preparation for Easter

Contributors

• H. P. Liddon
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
• Charles A. Heurtley
• Edward Meyrick Goulburn
• Edward Bickersteth
• Adam S. Farrar
• M . F. Sadler
• William J. Irons
• E. C. Wickham
• George Moberly
• J. A. Hessey
• W. R. Freemantle
• J. F. Mackarness
• T. L. Claughton
• C. P. Eden
• R. Milman
• W. C. Magee
• And many more . . .

Product Details

• Title: Lenten Sermons Preached in Oxford
• Volumes: 8
• Pages: 1,796

Our Reception of the Truth of Christ’s Message, a Part of Our Moral Probation: A Sermon Preached before the University of Oxford, on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 9th, 1856

• Author: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: John Henry and James Parker
• Publication Date: 1856
• Pages: 34

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This sermon, preached by Samuel Wilberforce, lord bishop of Oxford, is based on John 3:12—“ If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?” Wilberforce discusses our reception or non-reception of his message as “moral probation.”

Lenten Sermons Preached on the Evening of Each Wednesday and Friday during the Season of Lent, 1858, in the Churches of St. Mary-the-Virgin, St. Giles, and St. Ebbe, Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: John Henry and James Parker
• Publication Date: 1858
• Pages: 352

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These compiled sermons, preached by a variety of ministers, focus on the topic of repentance. Samuel Wilberforce notes in the preface that “in these pages, the various phases of true and false repentance, as they are set before us in Scripture in several leading examples of each, are fixed and enforced by ministers of God’s Word, of various gifts and shades of character. They will, I think, afford to all the means of furnishing themselves, in one volume, with a very complete exposition, by way of example, of the great subject of true Christian repentance.” Sermons discuss the repentance of David, Esau, Ahab, Judas, and other biblical figures.

Lenten Sermons Preached in Oxford in 1859

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: James Parker & Co.
• Publication Date: 1877
• Pages: 316

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This collection of sermons centers on sin, its implications, and ultimately its justification by the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Preached by a variety of ministers, the sermons in this volume include “The Nature of Sin,” “Sins of Thought and How to Resist Them,” and “The Cross of Christ: The Deliverance from the Power of Sin.”

The Enduring Conflict of Christ with the Sin That Is in the World: Sermons Preached during the Season of Lent, 1865, Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: John Henry and James Parker
• Publication Date: 1865
• Pages: 273

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These sermons were preached at Oxford during the season of Lent, 1865. The central theme of these manuscripts is the role of the church in the conflict with evil in the world. It starts with Samuel Wilberforce’s address, “The Church Ordained by Christ to Maintain His Conflict with the Special Corruptions of Every Age.” Other sermons discuss the conflicts with impurity, with undue exaltation of intellect, and with the spirit of expediency, as well as the conflict in a restless, money-getting, and luxurious age. The volume finishes with a sermon on the hope for the end of conflict one day.

The Conflict of Christ in His Church with Spiritual Wickedness in High Places: Sermons Preached during the Season of Lent, 1866, Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: James Parker & Co.
• Publication Date: 1866
• Pages: 216

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These Lenten sermons, preached in Oxford in 1866, continue the theme of the previous year—discussing “the struggle of the Church with the evils and corruptions around it in the world.” This series “traces up the conflict higher still; following it into the strife with those bands of spiritual beings whose existence, and many of whose actings, God’s Word reveals to us.” These sermons provide further insight to the topic of strife between good and evil, rounding out the discussion with examination of this subject in the world of spirits. Particular topics include “Our Spiritual Adversaries,” “The Conflict and Defeat in Eden,” “Aids in the Conflict:—God’s Gifts of Grace,” and “The Weapons of Our Warfare.”

The Victor in the Conflict: Sermons Preached during the Season of Lent, 1867, in Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: James Parker & Co.
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 250

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The 1867 series of sermons preached at Oxford during Lent concludes the previous two years of sermons on the conflict between good and evil in our world and the world of spirits. These sermons focus on “the Victor in that long conflict”: Jesus Christ. The various addresses look at “The Victor, Manifest in the Flesh,” “The Victor, Exalted to His Throne,” and “The Victor, on His Throne,” as well as “Absolving His People,” as “Giving Gifts to Man,” as “the Mediator between God and Man,” and as “the Priest of His People.” These sermons provide further aids to focusing heart and mind on Christ during the season of Lent.

Personal Responsibility of Man: Sermons Preached during the Seasons of Lent, 1868, in Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: James Parker & Co.
• Publication Date: 1869
• Pages: 160

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This series of sermons, preached in 1868, continues on the thread of the previous three years, this time discussing the responsibility each person has “as a creature to his Creator.” These addresses were designed to provoke listeners or readers to think about their earthly roles and actions in light of eternal things and God’s infinite glory. In the preface, Samuel Wilberforce calls these sermons “well qualified to arouse in every soul a sense of the awfulness of possessing such gifts as God has bestowed upon us and not using them to His glory.” Sermons discuss such responsibilities relating to the use of intellect, use of time, use of money, influence upon others, and much more.

The Prophets of the Lord; Their Message to Their Own Age and to Ours: Sermons Preached during the Seasons of Lent, 1869, in Oxford

• Editor: Samuel Wilberforce
• Publisher: James Parker & Co.
• Publication Date: 1870
• Pages: 195

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This series of sermons preached during Lent in 1869, focuses on the prophets and prophesy. The speakers examine such prophets as Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Elijah. They provide insight into how the prophets’ particular messages from God resonated in their own times, as well as how they resonate in the modern age.

About Samuel Wilberforce

Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873) was a bishop in the Church of England who is most famous for his part in the debate against Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. He was lord bishop of Oxford, bishop of Winchester, and a fellow of the Royal Society. Among other works, he wrote Eucharistica: Meditations and Prayers on the Most Holy Eucharist, Heroes of Hebrew History, and he contributed to Good Words.