Sermons on Practical Subjects [Selected by W B Carpenter]
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ISBN13: 9780217050760
Paperback|9780217050760
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON IV. FAMILY WORSHIP. JOSHUA XXIV. 15. AS FOE ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. This was a noble resolution. We all feel it to be such. Do not our hearts respond to it ? The spirit which it expresses cannot be too completely and habitually our own. We should live in it; like the atmosphere we breathe, it will supply us with vital warmth;?will make the stores we receive from intellect and affection the nourishment of the soul;?will give strength and energy to the framework of life. It will be felt by all around as a healthful and holy influence. It will cherish the seeds of immortality. To the servant of Jehovah who uttered this solemn purpose, the Heavenly Canaan had not been disclosed as to us; and still more impressive are our motives to form it, and our obligation to exercise it. The Christian cannot doubt that he is living for eternity. He can have no doubt that it is his indispensable duty to livehimself with the eye of faith directed towards it;?to employ every talent which God hath given him to promote the spiritual welfare of those who are within his sphere of influence;?to do what in him lies to induce them also to choose that good part which shall make it well with them now and for ever. In proportion to our power and influence is our responsibility; and it is necessary for us often to set ourselves seriously to consider how we may best exercise that which the great Lord of all has given us. I trust I am addressing many who have fully at heart to know and to do the will of God; and in the minds of those among them who either now fill, or may hereafter fill, the relation which makes them in a measure responsible for the welfare of those under their roof, I am anxious to impress, or to strengthen the conviction, that it is a duty of the highest...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217050760 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021705076X |
| Weight | 0.85 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $21.33 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 258 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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