NOTES OF ADDRESSES

DELIVERED IN

MERRION HALL,

N

DUBLIN,

BY J. DENHAM SMITH.

“We preach Christ crucified."-1 Cor. i. 23.

LONDON:

S. W. PARTRIDGE, 9 PATERNOSTER ROW.
DUBLIN : J. ROBERTSON AND CO., 3 GRAFTON STREET.

1865.

CONTENTS.

ADDRESS I.

GOD OUR PORTION.

“O God, thou art my God; rly will I seek thee: my soul

thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and

thirsty land, where no water is ; to see thy power and thy

glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.”—PSALM

Ixiii, 1, 2

"

1

...

...

ADDRESS II.

THE LOVE OF GOD.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we

were yet sinners, Christ died for us." “ Because the love of

God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which

is given unto us." —Rom. v. 8; and latter clause of 5th ver.

17

ADDRESS III.

EYE-WITNESSES.

“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we

made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord

Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

We have also more sure word of prophecy; whereunto

ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth

in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise

in your hearts. . . . No prophecy of the Scripture is of

any private interpretation.”—2 Pet. i. 16, 19, 20

33

ADDRESS IV.

THE GOD OF GLORY.

“The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when

he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, and

said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy

kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt

in Charran : and from thence, when his father was dead,

he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. And

he gave him none inheritance in it, no not so much as to

set his foot on : yet he promised that he would give it to

him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet

he had no child.”—Acts vii. 2-5.

45

And Jesus answering' said, A certain man went down from

Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which strip-

ped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed,

leaving him half dead.”—LUKE X. 30.

57

...

ADDRESS VI.

THE TAKING UP OF THE SAINTS.

“I go to prepare a place for you. And if I

go

and

prepare a

place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto

myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”—JOHN

xiy. 2, 3

69

ADDRESS VII.

WE WOULD SEE JESUS.

“Sir, we would see Jesus.”—JOHN xii. 21, ...

...

85

THE GREAT DISCHARGE.

“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine

own sake, and will not remember thy sins.”—Is. xliii. 25

101

ADDRESS IX.

A PRESENT SALVATION.

“He that is our God, is the God of salvation.”—Ps. Ixviii. 20

117

ADDRESS X.

SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST.

“But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchange-

able priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to

the uttermost that come unto God by him.”—HEB. vii. 24, 25

129

ADDRESS XI.

THE GREAT SUPPER.

“ Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and

bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to

them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The

first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I

must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I

go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And

another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these

things. Then the master of the house being angry said to

his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of

the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and

the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is

done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And

the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways

and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house

may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of these men

which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”—LUKE xiv.

16-24

come.

145