THE TWO GIRDINGS
Synopsis
PREACHED ON ST. PETER S DAY, 1902, BEFORE THE HONOUR ABLE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN S INN ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEFERRED CORONATION. "Jesus saith unto him, Feed My sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." JOHN xxi. 17, 18.