Excerpt from Sermons and Lectures on the Missions, Vol. 1: A Collection of Sermons, Lectures, and Sketches on the Catholic MissionsThe following collection of mission sermons is but a modest attempt in this direction. The editor was prompted by a de sire to respond in some way to the many appeals for a litera ture of this kind, and by the hope that other more gifted clerical brethren might feel inclined to follow Up so honest an endeavor.The models contained in this Work are partly complete sermons, partly Sketches together with material, and partly mere outlines. The volume is intended to respond at once to as many as possible. The conditions of time and place, of locality and convenience, of the lecture hall, and of disposition and taste Of the preacher are so varied, that an attempt to sup ply only completely elaborated sermons would have to be brand ed a failure from the very outset. The advice to the reader must be: Examine the material offered, and choose the best with due consideration of your abilities as a speaker, of your audience, and of your aim and purpose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.