The Object and Means of the Christian Ministry: A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Cyrus A. Bartol, as Junior Pastor of the West Church in Boston, Wednesday, March 1, 1837, Volume 1Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, 1837 - 48 pages |
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Page 3 - ... to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory ; whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus ; whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Page 36 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 13 - I READ my duty in the word Of my Redeemer and my Lord : But in his life the law appears Drawn out in living characters.
Page 11 - ... much more admirable men than the mass of contemporary bishops. They uttered nobler sentiments, they behaved in an exemplary manner : but there was no motive which they could communicate to others ; no power which they could infuse into society. At the present day there are numbers of men like them ; but " the least in the kingdom of heaven are greater than they.
Page 48 - Glory be to God on high, peace on earth, good will towards men.
Page 42 - In this covenant, they declare their " adherence to the faith and order of the Gospel, as exhibited by these churches in the Confession of Faith and Platform of Church Discipline, for the substance of them.