SERIES

OF

DISCOURSES

ON THE

LEADING DOCTRINES AND DUTIES

OF

CHRISTIANITY.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

BY ALEXANDER PROUDFIT, D. Di.

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, SALIM, NEW-YORK.

CONTENTS.

The One Thing Needful.---SIX PRACTICAL

DISCOURSES.

The Barren Fig-Tree cut down.-

A LECTURE.

LUKE XIII. 6, 7, 8, 9.-He spake also this pa-

rable: A certain man had a fig-tree plant-

ed in his vineyard; and he came and sought

fruit thereon and found none. Then said

he unto the dresser of his vineyard, behold,

these three years I come seeking fruit on

this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ;

why cumbereth it the ground? And he an-

swering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone

this year also, till I shall dig about it and

dung it: And if it bear fruit well: and if

not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

The Healing Balm administered.

A LECTURE.

HOSEA XIV. 4, 5, 6, 7.- I will heal their back-

sliding; I will love them freely : for mine

anger is turned away from him. I will be

as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as

the lily, and cast forth his roots as Leba-

His branches shall spread, and his

beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his

smell as Lebanon, They that dwell under

VOL. 4.

non.

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his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

The Spiritual Steward. CORINTHIANS IV. 1.--Stewards of the mys

teries of God.

The Female Laborer in the Gospel. PHIL. IV. 3.-Help those women which labor.

ed with

me in the gospel.

Ministerial Labor and Support.

2 CORINTHIANS XI. 23.-In labors more

abundant.

Life and Immortality brought to light

through the gospel. 2 Tim. 1. 10.-Who hath brought life and

immortality to light through the Gospel.