Princeton Sermons

Charles Hodge — Princeton Sermons: Outlines of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical, Delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary on Sabbath Afternoons (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1879).

The outlines of the addresses Hodge gave to the students of Princeton Theological Seminary on Sabbath afternoons, from 1852 to 1878, edited after his death by his son A. A. Hodge and arranged under ten heads: God and his attributes; Christ, his person and offices; the Holy Spirit; Satan, sin and sins; conversion; Christian experience and privileges; Christian duties; the means of grace; death and the consummation of redemption; and the papers of his last year. 249 outlines, each with the date it was given, together with A. A. Hodge’s preface on the Sabbath conference at Princeton.

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Contents (250)

1. Preface
2. 1. Omnipresence of God
3. 2. In him we live and move and have our being: Acts 17:28
4. 3. The Sovereignty of God
5. 4. The Lord Reigneth. Ps. 93:1
6. 5. Dependence on God
7. 6. Thy Word is Truth
8. 7. God is Light
9. 8. God is Love. 1 John 4:8 and 14
10. 9. Love of God to Us
11. 10. The Tender Mercies of God. Ps. 146:9
12. 11. God so Loved the World. John 3:16
13. 12. “Who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Tim. 2:4
14. 13. The Promises of God
15. 14. The Wrath of God against Sinners
16. 15. Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.— Amos 4:12
17. 16. The Advent
18. 17. The Advent
19. 18. Immanuel
20. 19. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. 2:9
21. 20. The Unsearchable Riches of Christ. Eph. 3:8
22. 21. The Love of Christ
23. 22. The Death of Christ
24. 23. Death of Christ
25. 24. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.—Heb. 9:16
26. 25. Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 1 Thess. 5:10.
27. 26. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up
28. 27. Christ is the Lamb of God
29. 28. The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin. 1 Jno. 1:7
30. 29. Christ our Priest
31. 30. Christ Our Passover
32. 31. Christ the end of the Law for Righteousness. Rom. 10:4
33. 32. The Intercession of Christ
34. 33. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 2:1
35. 34. The Presence of Christ with his Church
36. 35. How is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world?—John 14:22
37. 36. Christ our Life
38. 37. I am that Bread of Life.—John 6:48
39. 38. Christ our Example
40. 39. Christ our Physician
41. 40. Christ the Bridegroom
42. 41. The Transfiguration
43. 42. The memory of Christ and the reason why it should be cherished
44. 43. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.—Rev. 22:21
45. 44. Jesus crowned with glory and honor. Heb. 2:9
46. 45. The Coming of Christ
47. 46. The promise of the Spirit. Gal. 3:14
48. 47. Dependence on the Holy Ghost
49. 48. Dependence of the believer and the Church on the Holy Spirit. Psalm 51:11
50. 49. He will reprove (convince) the world of sin, because they believe not on me.—John 16:8, 9
51. 50. The necessity of the Spirit’s teaching in order to the right understanding of the Scriptures
52. 51. The indwelling of the Spirit
53. 52. The Spirit giveth life. 2 Cor. 3:6
54. 53. The Spirit’s Intercession. Rom. 8:26
55. 54. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom. 8:14
56. 55. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. —Rom. 8:16
57. 56. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. 12:2. See also Eph. 1:13; 4:30; 1 Tim. 1:19
58. 57. The Holy Ghost as the Paraclete. John 14:16
59. 58. Grieve not the Spirit
60. 59. Satanic Influence
61. 60. Temptation
62. 61. Indwelling Sin
63. 62. Indwelling Sin
64. 63. The Deceitfulness of Sin
65. 64. The Sin of Unbelief
66. 65. Doubting in Believers
67. 66. Hardness of Heart.—Ps. 31:12; Rom. 2:5
68. 67. Pride
69. 68. Spiritual Pride
70. 69. Ambition
71. 70. The Sacrifice of the Wicked is Abomination. Prov. 21:27
72. 71. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. 12:36
73. 72. Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. 19:12
74. 73. Backsliding
75. 74. The Unpardonable Sin
76. 75. Salvation by Grace
77. 76. The Value of the Soul
78. 77. The Conversion of Paul
79. 78. Conviction of Sin
80. 79. Conviction of Sin
81. 80. Repentance
82. 81. Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 18:3
83. 82. The sorrow of the world and sorrow after a godly sort. 2 Cor. 7:10, 11
84. 83. Strive to enter in at the strait gate
85. 84. Coming to Christ
86. 85. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give yon rest. Mat. 11:28
87. 86. My Son, give me thy heart.— Prov. 23:26
88. 87. Submission to God
89. 88. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12
90. 89. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12
91. 90. Regeneration
92. 91. Evidences of Regeneration
93. 92. Confession of Christ
94. 93. Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
95. 94. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 2 Cor. 5:17
96. 95. The Christian Race
97. 96. Justification by faith
98. 97. Sanctified by faith that is in me.— Acts 26:18
99. 98. They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.—Gal. 5:24
100. 99. Mortify the deeds of the body
101. 100. Living by Faith
102. 101. Walking with God
103. 102. Dying unto Sin, and Living unto Righteousness
104. 103. Living hope through the resurrection of Christ. 1 Pet. 1:3
105. 104. Now abideth Faith, Hope, Charity; but the greatest of these is Charity. 1 Cor. 13: 12
106. 105. Unbelief (or doubts) in Believers.— Matt. 6:30; Mark 6:6
107. 106. Contentment. 1 Tim. 6:6
108. 107. Submission
109. 108. Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
110. 109. Growth in Grace
111. 110. Growth in Grace
112. 111. Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
113. 112. Conscience
114. 113. Conscientiousness
115. 114. Diseased Conscience
116. 115. Spiritual-mindedness
117. 116. To be carnally-minded is death; but to be spiritually-minded is life and peace
118. 117. Spiritual Discernment. 1 Cor. 2:15
119. 118. Spiritual Consolation
120. 119. The Spirit of Adoption.—Rom. 8:15
121. 120. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom. 8:14
122. 121. The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free
123. 122. He that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman.—1 Cor. 7:22
124. 123. Ye believe in God, believe also in me
125. 124. Ye are bought with a Price.—1 Cor. 7:23
126. 125. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Pet. 1:5
127. 126. Security of Believers
128. 127. Ye are complete in him. Col. 2:10
129. 128. Priesthood of Believers
130. 129. Priesthood of Believers. (No. 2)
131. 130. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5
132. 131. Ye are Christ’s. 1 Cor. 3:23
133. 132. The Lord is my strength
134. 133. Good Hope through Grace
135. 134. Assurance
136. 135. Hope maketh not ashamed, because the Love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.—Rom. 5:5
137. 136. Faith as the Source of Love and Joy. 1 Pet. 1:8
138. 137. Love of God
139. 138. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. 1:8
140. 139. Religious Joy and Despondency
141. 140. Singleness of heart. Acts 2:46
142. 141. Beauty of Holiness
143. 142. The Nature and Evidences of Union with Christ
144. 143. The Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. Phil. 3:8
145. 144. Ye are not your own: for ye are bought with a price.—1 Cor. 6:19, 20
146. 145. Do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31
147. 146. Glorying in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. 6:14
148. 147. The Love of Christ Constraineth Us. 2 Cor. 5:14
149. 148. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4
150. 149. “It pleased God to reveal his Son in me.”—Gal. 1:16
151. 150. Humility
152. 151. Humility. 1 Pet. 5:5
153. 152. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.—Phil. 3:3
154. 153. Hope, the Helmet of Salvation.—1 Thess. 5:8
155. 154. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Eph. 6:24 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. 1 Cor. 16:22.
156. 155. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, &c. Eph. 3:17
157. 156. The Communion of Saints
158. 157. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Jas. 1:27
159. 158. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7:17. He that is of God, heareth God’s words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. John 8:47
160. 159. Be not conformed to this world. Rom. 12:3
161. 160. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth not after me, is not worthy of me. Matt. 10:38
162. 161. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.—Phil. 2:5–11
163. 162. Living for Christ.—Col. 3:24. 2 Cor. 5:14
164. 163. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1
165. 164. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Ephesians 5:11
166. 165. Delighting in the Law of God
167. 166. Fidelity in the service of God
168. 167. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. 15:58
169. 168. Walking with God
170. 169. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.—Col. 4:5
171. 170. Earnestness in the service of God
172. 171. Self-knowledge
173. 172. Self-examination. (No. 1)
174. 173. Self-examination. (No. 2)
175. 174. Gravity
176. 175. Fasting
177. 176. The responsibility arising from the possession of special privileges
178. 177. Take heed what ye hear.—Mark 4:24. Take heed therefore how ye hear.—Luke 8:18
179. 178. Brotherly Love
180. 179. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.—Rom. 14:21
181. 180. Christian Forbearance
182. 181. Judge not that ye be not judged. Matt 7:1
183. 182. Christian Rebuke
184. 183. Forgiveness of Offenses
185. 184. Let not then your good be evil spoken of. Rom. 14:16
186. 185. Waiting on God
187. 186. Fight the good fight of faith.—1 Tim. 6:12
188. 187. Rejoice in the Lord
189. 188. Zeal
190. 189. The Means of Grace
191. 190. The Word of God as a Means of Grace
192. 191. Search the Scriptures
193. 192. Mighty in the Scriptures.—Acts 18:24
194. 193. Prayer as a means of Grace
195. 194. Prayer
196. 195. The Prayer of Faith
197. 196. Intercessory Prayer
198. 197. Prayer for Colleges
199. 198. Meditation as a Means of Grace
200. 199. Meditation
201. 200. The Sabbath
202. 201. The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.—Mark 2:27
203. 202. Praise
204. 203. The Unity of the Church
205. 204. Aggressive Character of Christianity
206. 205. Call to the Ministry
207. 206. Woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel. 1 Cor. 9:16
208. 207. Proper views and motives in seeking the gospel ministry
209. 208. A savor of life unto life, or of death unto death. 2 Cor. 2:14–16
210. 209. Ministerial Responsibility
211. 210. Preaching Christ
212. 211. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Matt. 10:20
213. 212. Ministers Soldiers of Christ No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this world.—2 Tim. 2:4
214. 213. Be thou faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life. Rev. 2:10
215. 214. Thy Kingdom Come
216. 215. Domestic Missions
217. 216. The Knowledge of the Gospel necessary to the Salvation of the Heathen
218. 217. Call to the Work of Foreign Missions
219. 218. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.—Matt. 9:37
220. 219. Preparation for the Lord’s Supper
221. 220. The Lord’s Supper as a Means of Grace. (No. 1)
222. 221. The Lord’s Supper as a Means of Grace. (No. 2)
223. 222. Christian Fellowship as Expressed in the Lord’s Supper
224. 223. The Lord’s Supper in Relation to Christ’s Death
225. 224. Retrospect of the Lord’s Supper
226. 225. Revivals of Religion
227. 226. Evidences of a Work of Grace.— John 3:3
228. 227. Method of dealing with Inquirers
229. 228. Time
230. 229. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.—Ps. 90:12
231. 230. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.—Ps. 90:12. (No. 2)
232. 231. Death
233. 232. Triumph over death.—1 Cor. 15:54, 55.
234. 233. Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. Heb. 4:1
235. 234. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God
236. 235. But we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2
237. 236. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Cor. 5:6
238. 237. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?—1 Cor. 15:56
239. 238. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Cor. 2:9
240. 239. The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice
241. 240. As I was allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel. 1 Thess. 2:4
242. 241. Let every one please his neighbor for good to edification. Rom. 15:2
243. 242. Above all these things put on Charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3:14
244. 243. Christian Stability
245. 244. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 3:18
246. 245. Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. Heb. 10:35
247. 246. Occupy till I come
248. 247. My Lord and my God. Jno. 20:28
249. 248. Fight the good light of faith. 1 Tim. 6:12
250. 249. The Administration of the Lord’s Supper to the Graduating Class