• Joseph Hatton Sermons

    The Sin-Pardoning God

    A Sermon Preached By Joseph Hatton At Smallfields, 16 October 1881 "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy. He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old."—Micah 7:18-20 These words are a challenge to all the gods men worship, and all the gods they trust in and seek. Who is a God like unto ours? Whatever…

  • Joseph Hatton Sermons

    The Root Of Godliness

    A Sermon Preached By Joseph Hatton At Smallfields, November 13th, 1881. “And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment. And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.”—1 John 3:23,24 We read in another portion of God's Word that man believeth with the heart, and with the mouth makes confession of salvation. All real religion springs from an internal principle of holiness. There is a root, which Job calls "the root of the matter." The offspring of that root may suffer a variety of evils and…