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Sister;" also of "The Closet and the Church," 1849, and of "Preface and Conclusion to a Chapter on Liturgies, by C. W. Baird," 1853. He has taken a deep interest in the improvement of public worship. In his own chapel, whither many go to hear the great sermon, the other portions of the service are conducted in a masterly manner. There chanting was introduced before it was practised in other Congregational churches, and without the aid of music. The " Service of Song " is of a high order. Mr. Binney is the author of Service of Song in the House of the Lord," 1848. Two of the lectures delivered by Mr. Binney to the "Young Men s Christian Association," at Exeter Hall, have been expanded by him into books the first, on " Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., a Study for Young Men," delivered in 1849 ; and the other, on "Is it Possible to Make the Best of both Worlds ?" delivered in 1852. Numerous editions of this latter work have been sold. Mr. Binney is also author of discourses on the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, entitled, " The Practical Power of Faith," 1830. This the author justly regards as one of his principal works. It has reached a third edition. He also edited the " Tower Church Sermons." They were preached by Monod, Krummacher, and himself, at Belvidere, Erith.
His later works are, " Money: a Popular Exposition in Rough Notes," 1864 ; " Life of St. Paul," 1866, and several of his sermons have been published separately. Two sermons, occasioned by the death and funeral of the late Rev. T. Guyer, of Ryde, and entitled " The Spirit admitted to the Heavenly House ; the Body denied a Grave," published in 1846, excited much interest at the time of their publication.
" Eternal Light ! eternal Light!" No. 261.
This is Mr. Binney s only contribution to the " New Congre gational Hymn Book," where the correct text is given. The hymn is in an unusual metre, and has in it traces of the sublimity and force of mind which characterize the author s discourses. Mr. Binney has kindly supplied the following information :
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