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The Homilies of the great “Angelical Doctor” are but outlines, the filling in of which are left to the preacher’s own judgment and taste. It is because these outline Homilies are so very full of suggestive hints, and display such a very wonderful knowledge of Holy Scripture, that the experiment is made of presenting the Advent series to the reader in an English dress. The skeleton character of the original is preserved in the translation. If the present publication should meet with a fair amount of success, the remaining Homilies for the entire Christian year will be published in the same form.