Excerpt from The Calvary Pulpit: Christ, and Him Crucified With a few exceptions, the sermons in this volume were preached in the old Calvary Church on Twenty-third Street, and most of them in the earlier years of the author's ministry. The reason for limiting the selection to this period is, that another volume containing sermons preached in later years, and some of them within a few months, will soon be published. Not without reluctance are the anniversary sermons introduced; but it was the earnest wish of many friends, both of the earlier and the later ministry, that the first sermon of the pastorate and the fourth and the tenth anniversary sermons should be included. The last two named, it was thought, apart from their interest to the friends of the church, would be of interest in wider circles, because of their discussion of some methods of church work. The last three in the volume were preached in the new church; they are given, as is also the last one preached in the old church, because of their relation to the history of the removal from the old to the new house of worship and field of labor. To his own people, dearer to him than any words may attempt to express, these sermons are affectionately commended; and to them and to all others with the fervent hope and sincere prayer that they may honor Christ and advance His cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.