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 Romans,  that  "  whosoever  shall  reverently  call  upon the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  saved." Reverently, I say,  for  says  Our  Lord:  "  not  every  man  that  calls Me  Lord,  Lord,  shall  be  saved,  but  only  he  that  does My  Father's  will." Invoke His  name,  not  alone  in word  and  tongue,  but  in  deed  and  in  truth. A virtuous career  is  a  lifelong  invocation  of  the  Lord,  and the surest  pledge  that  our  names  will  be  enrolled beneath the  sacred  names  of  Jesus,  Mary  and  Joseph in the  illuminated  book  of  life.

''"Be not  wise  in  your  own  conceits" — Rom. xii. 16.

Ex. : I.  Epistles  and  Gospels. II. To-days. III. Docility.

I. Self-conceit :  i.  In  general. 2. The  Romans. 3. St. Paul's  reproof.

II. Submission :  1. Child and  man. 2. Christ's  example and teaching. 3. Leper,  Centurion.

III. Naaman's : 1. History and  disease. 2. Cure. 3. GiezL Per. : 1.  Swimming. 2. Stephen. 3. Degrees  of  docility.

Brethren, the  arrangement  of  those  passages  of Scripture  which  constitute  the  Epistles  and  Gospels of the  various  Sundays  dates  from  the  early  ages  of Christianity,  when  the  word  of  God  was  studied more deeply  and  more  reverently  than  it  is  today. It is  but  natural,  therefore,  to  expect, and it  is  an  interesting  and  profitable  exercise