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The Collected Works of John Henry Newman (31 Vols.) includes over two hundred fifty sermons from Newman. Newman's professional career spanned nearly seventy years, during which time he held the position of vicar at Oriel College, Oxford, rector of University College, Dublin, priest at Birmingham Oratory and was appointed to the college of Cardinals in 1879. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Sermons...

appear at first sight, and next because they all inculcate it. We are not simply to believe, but to watch; not simply to love, but to watch; not simply to obey, but to watch; to watch for what? for that great event, Christ’s coming. Whether then we consider what is the obvious meaning of the word, or the Object towards which it directs us, we seem to see a special duty enjoined on us, such as does not naturally come into our minds. Most of us have a general idea what is meant by believing, fearing,
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