Outlines of Discourses; Doctrinal and Expository

by James Haldane Stewart

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1860 ... V.--In effecting this cure, Christ made use of external means. 1st. They were used in conformity with a general law. 2d. They bore a reference to the cure about to be effected. 3d. They were of such a kind as left it plain that virtue was not in them. 4th. No means more fitted than others, but from Divine arrangements and power. vi.--While He Himself used bodily action, He also looked up to Heaven. 1st. Christ did everything in the power of God. "My servant whom I uphold." 2d. Christ did everything with the co-operation of the Father. "The Father worketh hitherto, and I work." 3d. Christ received all things by prayer. Psalm ii. 4th. Christ magnified the Father. 5th. An example to us. Vn.--When Christ looked up to Heaven, "He sighed." 1st. When on His way to the grave of Lazarus, "He wept." On this occasion "He sighed." 1. He in reality bore our griefs--really felt them. 2. He thus has assured us of sympathy, when repulsed with coldness elsewhere. 3. He has thus rebuked us. 4. He has thus shewn us the spirit in which we should do kind acts. vni.--While Christ prayed and commiserated, He also acted--He said, "Be opened, and straightway," &c. 1st. Christ here stood forth as God-man. 1. As man, He prayed, and sighed, and made use of means. 2. As God, "He spake, and it was done, He commanded, and it stood fast." 3. Let us go to Christ in this character. 4. Here contemplate and adore His Majesty. 2d. The man had restored to him powers which you possess. 1. How do you use your hearing 1 2. How do you employ your powers of speech 1 IX.--The miracle is published, and the people wonder and approve. DISCOURSE CCLVI. Mark viii. 1-13--" In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and saith unto them, I ha...

136 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2012

About the author

James Haldane Stewart (December 22, 1778 – 22 October 1854) was rector of Limpsfield, Surrey, where he lies buried.

James Haldane Stewart was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of Duncan Stewart of Ardsheal (died 1793). His father was 10th Chief of Clan Appin, and married in 1767 Anne Erving of Boston. She was the daughter of Hon. John Erving of Connecticut, loyalist Governor of Boston and a member of His Majesty's Council for the Province and his wife, Anne Shirley, the daughter of William Shirley colonial, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and owner of the Shirley-Eustis House. He was educated at Dr Valpy’s school in Reading, Berkshire and Eton College, after which he trained at Lincoln's Inn, for a career in law. Stewart was converted in 1802 through his contact with the Anglican clergyman William Marsh and Thomas Tyndale.