SABBATH HOURS:

A SERIES OF

MEDITATIONS ON GOSPEL THEMES.

A SERIES OF

MEDITATIONS ON GOSPEL THEMES.

BY THE

REV. H. T. HOWAT,

QUEEN'S ROAD UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.

'I feel as if God in giving fifty-two Sabbaths had given fifty-two springs
in the year.'-COLERIDGE.

'A Sabbath well spent, à Sabbath given to the soul, is the best of all
means of refreshment for the mere intellect.'-ISAAC TAYLOR.

'It was my Sabbath-musings that restored me to myself when my soul
was ready to cleave to the dust.'-WILBERFORCE.

EDINBURGH:

JOHNSTONE, HUNTER, AND CO.
1865.

ΤΟ

THE CONGREGATION

OF

QUEEN'S ROAD UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,

LIVERPOOL,

TO WHOM IT IS THE AUTHOR'S HONOUR AND

HAPPINESS TO MINISTER,

THIS VOLUME

IS VERY AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED,

WITH THE PRAYER

THAT THE GOD OF THE SABBATH MAY USE IT FOR HIS GLORY

AND BLESS IT TO THE SOUL OF EVERY READER.