THE PRIEST UPON HIS THRONE: BEING LECTURES DELIVERED DURING LENT, 1849, AT ST. GEORGE'S, BLOOMSBURY. By Twelve Clergymen of the Church of England. WITH A PREFACE, BY THE REV. JAMES HALDANE STEWART, M.A., RECTOR OF LIMPSFIELD, SURREY. LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21, BERNERS STREET; PATERNOSTER-ROW. M DCCC XLIX. PREFACE. Now for the seventh time a voice has been heard from the sanctuary of God, uttering this awakening cry: "BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH." For during seven successive Lent seasons, several clergymen, some of them exercising their ministry in the great metropolis, and the others in various parts of England, have delivered Courses of Lectures at St. George's, Bloomsbury, all more or less bearing upon the Second Advent of our Lord. If inquiry should be made as to the special object these clergymen have had in view in the delivery of these Lectures, it may be replied, so far, at least, as the writer of this Preface is concerned, and as he believes to be the case with his beloved friends and brethren who also have taken part in this work,—their object has been threefold: First, to revive attention to the very |