PREFACE. THE Twelve Sermons constituting this volume, were written and delivered while Mr. Mann was President of Antioch College. The Faculty of the College retained the privilege of preaching in their own hands, and either officiated alternately, or agreed upon inviting other clergymen, or perchance laymen, from abroad, to take their places. The Editor has added to the Sermons the Meditations that were found in the manuscripts, and which, though not read, undoubtedly formed the basis of the prayers accompanying the Sermons. The careful revising hand of the Author would doubtless have given these Sermons to the world, if he had ever published them, in a more perfect form, and with the addition of much that was spoken extemporaneously when delivered; but they will be valuable as they are, it is hoped, to those who loved to listen to his teachings. CONTENTS. I. GOD'S BEING, the FoundatION OF HUMAN DUTY, II. GOD'S CHARACTER, THE LAW OF HUMAN Duty, |