Sermons Preached in Ramsgate

Sermons Preached In Ramsgate by Henry Joseph Bevis. This 1869 collection gathers the preacher’s sermons delivered in Ramsgate, exploring core Christian themes with a distinctive Victorian evangelical voice. The sequence opens with a meditation on newness in Christianity—contrasting Jesus’ ministry with earlier forms, and arguing that the gospel brings “new wine” into new bottles, a new life and a new heart. Subsequent sermons treat New Revelations of Old Truths, The Influence of the Unseen, and The Special Meaning of Common Things, each insisting that divine truth is continually unfolding and that spiritual experience must outgrow mere ritual. Bevis emphasizes the inner life—faith, hope, love—and the Spirit’s active presence in everyday nature, providence, and conscience. Other addresses explore personal piety, the sanctifying power of Christ’s sacrifice, and the human response to divine grace: hospitality to strangers, reliance on God’s provision, and the destiny of life as a narrative—“Life is a book.” The volume as a whole exemplifies Victorian evangelical preaching, aiming to awaken devotion, moral transformation, and trust in God’s mercy, power, and love.