THE CHRISTIAN SERVING HIS OWN GENERATION.
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A SERMON
OCCASIONED BY THE LAMENTED DEATH OF
JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, ESQ.,
AND PREACHED IN
PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH,
ON
SUNDAY EVENING, JAN. 17th, 1847,
BY JOHN ALEXANDER.
PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CONGREGATION.
NORWICH: PRINTED BY JOSIAH FLETCHER, UPPER HAYMARKET; SOLD ALSO BY JARROLD AND SONS, LONDON STREET; LONDON: JACKSON AND WALFORD.
1847.
The following sermon, which the Author composed and preached without the slightest intention of publishing it, and which he prepared for the press at the bedside of a dying son, is now presented to his congregation, in compliance with their earnest request; and to the public, in the hope that they will mildly censure its defects, and that they will imitate the example of Christian excellence which it describes.
Some additional extracts from Mr. Gurney’s works are now inserted, which were omitted in the delivery of the discourse.