A DISCOURSE ON THE DANGERS OF WEALTH AND COVETOUSNESS. “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, verily I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich […]
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The work to be accomplished by the Christian editor and evangelist, is very nearly the same, though their mode of operation is very different. I understand it to be the business of the editor to hold to public view the glorious gospel of salvation, in all its facts, commandments, and promises; to enlighten the world
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RULES FOR PREACHING BY AN OLD AUTHOR. 1. Use the mother speech and tone, without affectation or imitation of any man, that you may not seem to act a comedy, instead of preaching a sermon. 2. Clog not your memory too much, it will exceedingly hinder invention, and mar delivery. 3. Be sure you eye
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THE SUPPLY OF PREACHERS. SO long as it shall please God “by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe,” the subject of an adequate supply of competent preachers will be one of vital importance. It was so in the time of Jesus; for when, after the death of John, he saw the people
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The following article is in the book, A Plea for the Union of All Christians: A Collection of Articles by Barton W. Stone. Barton W. Stone (1772-1844) wrote this near the end of his life after traveling to visit brethren in three different states. As we read about the conditions he observed, we may notice some
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Walter Scott 1796-1861 Walter Scott was born on October 31, 1796, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He received a quality education and attended school at Edinburgh College. It was done with a view toward his being a minister in the Presbyterian Church. Much of his piety was gained from a very godly mother who possessed remarkable piety
ON THE NEW JERUSALEM, By Elias Smith. The NEW JERUSALEM, where the saints shall dwell forever after all the wicked shall be punished with the second death.” The same sure word of prophecy which has been a light shining all the way through these sermons, while attending to those things that have and are to
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SACRED HISTORY IN THE EDUCATION OF PREACHERS. FACTS are the basis of correct knowledge in all departments of human study. No deductions in the physical sciences are conclusive unless they are derived from well established facts; and even in psychology certain facts of consciousness are the guides to investigation and the tests of truth. It
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THE HOLY SPIRIT, A DISCOURSE. Reform and be immersed every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ in order to the remission of your sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.— ACTS II. Whom the world cannot receive.— JOHN iv.— New Version. CHRISTIANITY as developed in the snored ovaries,
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RULES FOR PREACHING. BY AN OLD AUTHOR. 1. Use the mother speech and tone, without affectation or imitation of any man, that you may not seem to act a comedy, instead of preaching a sermon. . 2. Clog not your memory too much, it will exceedingly hinder invention, and mar delivery. 3. Be sure you
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