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Podcast: Sunday Sermon
Episode: In What True Wisdom Consists
Description: “Behold, this CHILD is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel.” LUKE ii. 34.
SUCH was the language of holy Simeon when he had the consolation to hold in his hands the infant Jesus. Among other things which he then foretold, he declared that “this child was set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel.” In these words he extols the lot of the saints, who, after this life, shall rise to a life of immortality in the kingdom of bliss, and he deplores the misfortun...