Gospel Thoughts: OR, CHRIST IN THE PRAYER BOOK. A SERIES OF Short Meditations on the Epistles and Gospels, AS SELECTED IN THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. BY THE REV. W. TREVOR NICHOLSON, B.A. LONDON : PATERNOSTER ROW AND HOLLES STREET; MDCCCLIX. 138. d. 339. ADVERTISEMENT. a The advantages of Devout EXERCISES on Texts or portions of Scripture seem generally to be recognized by Evangelical Christians of all denominations. It occurred to the Author, that a Manual founded on the Selection of Epistles and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer would be found a useful addition to works of a similar nature already published. He humbly trusts that the Holy Spirit may bless the following pages, not only to the members of his own communion, but to all those who “love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth :" for their use this work is designed, and to them it is dedicated with the earnest prayers of THE AUTHOR. July, 1859. CONTENTS. PAGE Saint John the Evangelist’s Day The Sunday after Christmas Day The Circumcision of Christ ... The First Sunday after the Epiphany The Second Sunday after the Epiphany The Third Sunday after the Epiphany The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany |