ON THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON, DELIVERED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY, NEWINGTON BUTTS, DURING THE SEASON OF LENT, 1833, BY THE REV. HENRY SCAWEN PLUMPTRE, A.M. MORNING PREACHER AT THE SAID CHURCH, AND ALTERNATE EVENING PREACHER AT TRINITY CHURCH IN THEC LONDON: BIBI J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY. 1833. BC PREFACE. THE following Lectures are allowed to go to the press, in deference to the wishes of a large portion of my kind and affectionate hearers, to whom they are dedicated, as a feeble tribute of ministerial gratitude, and pastoral regard. With the anxious expectation, that what was heard from the pulpit with such an intensity of proper feeling, and commanded such extraordinary attendance and attention, will not be altogether devoid of interest when perused in private; I |