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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...and great was the company of them who published it." Had I died the day after my ordination, and been lately raised from the dead, and led again through this country, I should have been perfectly astonished at the change, and have exclaimed, " What hath God wrought " 5. Let us imagine a Member of this Christian Community reviewing these years. It is not easy to satisfy the benevolence and the zeal of a truly pious mind. Such an individual always laments that more is not done, and that it is not done better; and yet I think that a person attached to this social body--a person who has been led to pray, "Peace be within these walls, and prosperity within this palace--For my brethren and companions sake, I will say, Peace be within thee"--must see something that is pleasing and grateful in the review. We must have seen how " the little one has become a thousand;" how many have been " added to the church of such as should be saved;" and how few comparatively have been excommunicated or rebuked for immoral conduct. We must have seen the unity and the harmony that have prevailed from the beginning within our church, without discord; and yet the times we have lived in, have been troublous. In what a state of danger and fermentation has society been And there has been enough of the latter among some of our neighbors; but we have enjoyed tranquillity. Yet we have not all thought alike doctrinally. There have been shades of difference with respect to church government; some have not been Independent in their views; some have preferred Presbyterianism or Episcopalianism; yet there have been no discords. We have not all thought alike with respect to the ordinances of religion, but " here," as Cowper said, " the dipped and sprinkled have lived in...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154320428 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154320421 |
| Weight | 0.48 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.33 In |
| List Price | $14.66 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 142 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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