C THE SPIRIT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS BY THE Алм REV. STOPFORD A. BROOKE, M.A. LONDON C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1881 PREFACE. THE SERMONS published in this book have been in print for nearly a year, and were intended for much earlier publication; but they were unavoidably delayed, and in the meantime I have left the Church of England on the ground that it is no longer in my power to believe in the miraculous foundation of Christianity. I have not seen the sermons here set forth for months, and I cannot tell whether there may not be statements in them which I should not now modify. I have not time to look over the book now, but I should conjecture that there are very few passages, if any, which would need changing, for I have left the Church not to be less. but more of a Christian. My only |