amen, He never knew us. Let us beware lest the first become last and the last first. Let us remember that he that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and that he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost.
The Law of Love.
" Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind . . . and thy neighbor as thyself." — Matt. xxii. 37-39.
SYNOPSIS.
Ex.: I. Gregory's commentary. II. Paul's ideal. III. Christ's practice and result.
I. Charity and prudence: 1. A and Z. 2. Pharisees and Sadducees. 3. Questions useful, idle, malicious.
II. Love manifested: 1. By Christ. 2. By Holy Ghost. 3. To all.
III. Object: 1. To wean from world. 2. To turn to God. 3. To live soberly, justly, godly.
Per.: 1. Love of God first. 2. Youth and age. 3. Sinai, Bethlehem, valley of Josaphat.
SERMON.
Brethren, in reading to-day's Gospel we realize the truth of Pope St. Gregory's commentary. " Our Lord and Saviour," he says, " admonishes us sometimes in words and sometimes by His deeds, for His very actions are precepts, because, though performed in silence, they explain to us our duties." The Gospel theme is the great commandment of love, on which dependeth the whole law and the prophets. The Saviour's present bearing towards His enemies and the whole tenor of His earthly life illustrate what His words proclaim — the law of love, His dealing
