Excerpt from Short Sermons on the Epistles: For Every Sunday in the Year The motives which prompted the writing of these short sermons on the Epistles, were precisely the same as alleged for the Short Sermons on the Gos pels, which, some time ago, appeared in a small vol ume. These like the others were, in part, published in the Catholic journal Of Sioux Falls at the request of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Marty. The purpose was to fur nish weekly instruction of a religious nature to the, people Of the out missions, who, owing to the large territory and the scattered Catholic population Of the diocese, could not, Without grave inconvenience, beara sermon or instruction, save at monthly or even greater intervals. The Short Sermons on the Gospels it would seem, have been deemed useful, so to redeem a promise Of long standing, caused by organizing a school, these were prepared for the publishers. Pains were not spared to render them as replete as possible with matter suggested by experience, as best adapted to the wants Of the people. Should they be the occa sion Of raising even one soul to a more appreciable sense of her duty to God, then the labor Of preparing them will have gained its reward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.