Victorian children’s writer Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer (born Favell Lee Bevan) was a woman of deep piety--and of even more profound prejudices. Born a Quaker in London in 1802, she converted to Evangelicalism at age 25 and devoted her life to the proper religious development of children, a task that involved extolling the virtues of Protestantism and denouncing as corrupt or evil every other form of faith and practice.
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Sermons & Devotionals by Favell Lee Mortimer
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 22:1-6. Judas offers to betray Christ.
We have lately contemplated our Savior sitting peacefully on Mount Olivet, surrounded by his disciples. What a different scene we now behold! It is an assembly of wicked men in Jerusalem. The high priest himself is the chief among them, and his palace is their place of meeting. It is probable that t... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 2:1-7. The birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is very interesting to observe the providence of God with regard to the place of Christ's birth. The prophet Isaiah had said that the Savior should be born in Bethlehem, (v. 2.) Yet Mary lived in Nazareth, about seventy miles distance from Bethlehem. God could easily have commanded Mary to go to ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 2:15-20. The Shepherds' Visit to Bethlehem.
We find that the shepherds believed the news they had heard. They did not say, "Let us go and see whether this thing is come to pass;" but they said, "Let us now go and see this thing which has come to pass." They believed before they had seen. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have belie... Read More
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Luke 2:21-32. The Song of Simeon.
We read that when the Savior was eight days old, he was circumcised, and named Jesus. It was not necessary that he should be brought to Jerusalem for that purpose; but at the end of forty days, when he was nearly six weeks old, he was brought to Jerusalem, for two purposes. His mother was then first... Read More
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Luke 2:33-35. The words of Simeon to Mary.
Both Joseph and Mary marveled at the things spoken of Christ by Simeon. The things that made them marvel were that he should be "a light to enlighten the Gentiles," as well as the glory of Israel; for God's goodness to the Gentiles was a mystery long hidden from the Jewish nation. But we happy Genti... Read More
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Luke 2:36-40. Anna the Prophetess.
We have read of Simeon's blessing the infant Savior—and we now hear of another witness, even Anna, an aged prophetess. Anna, it appears, had led a very holy life. We do not know her exact age; but if she had been a widow eighty-four years, and if she had been married for seven years, she must have b... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 2:41-52. Christ among the teachers.
We only hear one story of our Savior in his childhood. We would like to hear many particulars concerning him in early life, but the Holy Spirit has caused us to know the things the most necessary, and it is more necessary that we should know what Christ said and did when he was a minister—than when ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 2:8-14. The Angels' appearance to the Shepherds.
In the circumstances of our Savior's birth, there was a great mixture of lowliness and glory. Jesus was laid in a feeding trough; yet angels announced his appearance. But to whom did angels announce it? not to princes, but to shepherds; thus showing that God had chosen the poor of this world. Throug... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 3:10-14. John instructs various classes in their duties.
We have seen that John the Baptist was a very faithful preacher, one who spoke to the rich as well as to the poor of their sins. But we do not hear that the Pharisees and Sadducees took warning from his sermons—yet there were some people who did. The people (that is, the common people—as they are ca... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 3:19, 20. John's imprisonment.
The beautiful discourse that we lately read was the last discourse of John the Baptist that we find in the Scriptures. Soon after delivering it, he was cast into prison. It was Herod who imprisoned him. This Herod was the son of that Herod who slew the babes of Bethlehem, and he resembled his father... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 4:14-32. Christ preaches at Nazareth.
The people of Nazareth were much offended with the Lord for not visiting them immediately after his return from Jerusalem. They thought they had the best right to his presence. What a temper of mind was this! Had they any right to Jesus, because he had condescended to be brought up among them? What ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 5:1-11. The miraculous catch of fish.
As these disciples had toiled all night and had caught nothing, it is probable they were in need of food when Jesus bid them launch into the deep. Was it only to supply their temporal wants that He caused them to enclose so large a multitude of fish? No! for though he delighted in relieving their bo... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 5:16-26. The paralytic let down through the house-top.
The Lord Jesus, being prevented for a time from entering the towns by the immense crowds that collected wherever he went, retired into the wilderness. How blessed was the use which he made of his retirement! He gave himself unto prayer. And shall we venture to live without prayer—without much prayer... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 5:33 to end. Christ explains by parables why his disciples did not fast.
This is a difficult passage, and it has been explained in different ways; so that we can scarcely forbear wishing that our Savior himself had given an explanation of these parables. Yet surely he would not have left them unexplained, if it were not possible by attentive consideration to unravel thei... Read More
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Luke 6:12-16. Christ chooses his twelve apostles.
We must remember, that though Jesus was God, yet that he was clothed in a body like our own, and was subject to all our feelings of fatigue. What ardor of love must have filled his bosom to have driven sleep from his eyelids, and to have sustained him in prayer for a whole night! How long do we pass... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 6:17-19. A multitude of people healed by touching Christ.
We have just read how Jesus spent a whole night in prayer, and in the morning chose his twelve apostles. After choosing them he came down from the mountain, and found a vast multitude collected together in a plain beneath. What a scene of suffering must have been witnessed upon this occasion, and wh... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 7:1-10. The believing Centurion.
How interesting every character must be whom the Savior approved! He, who will be the Judge of each of us, has shown us beforehand what sort of people he approves. This centurion was highly commended by the heart-searching Redeemer. Yet we should not have expected to find pity in a centurion. For, i... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 7:11-17. The raising of the widow's son.
There are only three instances recorded of the Lord Jesus raising the dead, and in each instance was a case of aggravated sorrow. The dead boy of Nain was the only son of a widow; he was the earthly all of his mother, the object of her fondest affections, and perhaps the support of her declining yea... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 7:18-23. The visit of John the Baptist's disciples.
We know that John at this time was shut up in prison. While there he was visited by his disciples. Though they had often been directed to look to Jesus as the Savior of the world, it appears they now doubted whether he was the true Messiah so long expected. They did well to come to their teacher to ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Luke 7:29-35. Jesus reproves the Jews for their perverseness.
We now refer to Luke's account of our Savior's discourse about John the Baptist, because it contains some particulars omitted by Matthew. The Lord Jesus declared that the people, and even the publicans, believed John the Baptist's preaching, while the Pharisees despised it. The publicans were great ... Read More
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