PITTS THEOLOGY LIBRARY
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LEGG, W.
Sermon honoring Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1854 March 19.

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 142

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CITATION:  W. Legg Sermon honoring Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, MSS 142, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. 

 Scope and Content Note

This sermon was preached by W. Legg on March 19, 1854, the Sunday prior to the burial of Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, a noted author, judge, and member of the House of Commons.  The biblical text for the sermon is Luke 12:40.  In addition to commenting on Talfourd's life and untimely death, Legg addresses the subject of the second coming of Christ. He expresses the view that the coming of Christ occurs at the time of death.

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