Sermon Tone Analysis

“More?”

From chapter two of Oliver Twist

'Please, sir, I want some more.'

The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale.

He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper.

The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.

'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.

'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'

The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.

The board were sitting in solemn conclave, when Mr. Bumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said, 'Mr.

Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'

There was a general start.

Horror was depicted on every countenance.

'For MORE!' said Mr. Limbkins.

'Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly.

Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?' 'He did, sir,' replied Bumble.

'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.

'I know that boy will be hung.'

The evening arrived; the boys took their places.

The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons.

The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver; while his next neighbours nudged him.

Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery.

He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity:’ Please, sir, I want some more.'

The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale.

He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper.

The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.

'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.

'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'

The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.

The board were sitting in solemn conclave, when Mr. Bumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said, 'Mr.

Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'

There was a general start.

Horror was depicted on every countenance.

'For MORE!' said Mr. Limbkins.

'Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly.

Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?' 'He did, sir,' replied Bumble.

'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.

'I know that boy will be hung.'

'Please, sir, I want some more.'

The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale.

He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper.

The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.

'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.

'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'

The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.

The board were sitting in solemn conclave, when Mr. Bumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said, 'Mr.

Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'

There was a general start.

Horror was depicted on every countenance.

'For MORE!' said Mr. Limbkins.

'Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly.

Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?' 'He did, sir,' replied Bumble.

'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.

'I know that boy will be hung.'

We are made to be satisfied.

Satisfaction does not come by materialism alone.

We don’t just need stuff.

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government

“It being by him removed from the common state nature placed it, it hath by his labour something annexed to it, that excludes the common right of other Men.

For this Labour being the unquestionable Property of the Labourer, no Man but he can have a right to what that is once joined to, at least where there is enough, and as good left in common for others.”

The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale.

He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper.

The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.

A miserably wealthy culture

Property requires purposefulness.

'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.

Patrick Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed

Because social status is largely a function of position, income, and geographic location, it is always comparative and insecure.

While advancing liberalism assures that individuals are more free than ever from accidents of birth, race, gender, and location, today’s students are almost universally in the thrall of an economic zero-sum game.

Accusations of careerism and a focus on resumé building are not the result of a failure of contemporary education but reflect the deepest lessons students have imbibed from the earliest age: that today’s society produces economic winners and losers, and that one’s educational credentials are almost the sole determinant of one’s eventual status.”

Christ reminds the disciples and the hungry multitudes that he must not only set the trajectory of their entire lives but also be the very grounds for their ultimate satisfaction in this world.

'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'

A Revelation of True Abundance (vv.

1-11)

The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.

A Misunderstanding of Eternal Life (vv.

12-15)

The board were sitting in solemn conclave, when Mr. Bumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said,

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A Revelation of True Abundance (vv.

1-11)

'Mr.

Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'

On the heels of a withering critique (5:31-47)

There was a general start.

Horror was depicted on every countenance.

The Jews have lack a true understanding of the nature of the God they claim to worship

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

47 But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”

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For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

47 But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”

'For MORE!' said Mr. Limbkins.

'Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly.

Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?'

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Jesus is revealing through instruction (6:1-3)

'He did, sir,' replied Bumble.

The religious teachers of the times of Christ were n

Many are tagging along because of what they have seen him do (v. 1)

'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.

'I know that boy will be hung.'

Glamour doesn’t ensure certainty