This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...let us view these different names as characteristic of our fellow professors. What need have we of the assistance of persons of this character? to advise and admonish and comfort and help us: to keep us from sinning and alleviate our sorrows. This indeed is one of the ends for which the communion of saints is appointed ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...let us view these different names as characteristic of our fellow professors. What need have we of the assistance of persons of this character? to advise and admonish and comfort and help us: to keep us from sinning and alleviate our sorrows. This indeed is one of the ends for which the communion of saints is appointed. When any one of the members of the church is called upon to go down into the Valley of Humiliation, his brethren may go down with him. In that day he can expect nothing else but to be forsaken of carnal friends, but surely, he may look to them who have the invisible tie of a common faith, binding them to Christ, to stand by. What a help, what a comfort is this; many a one has been ready to forget, that he was going down into the valley, finding the solace of Christian friends so sweet, it brought out an amount of sympathy and friendship which he was scarcely aware existed in the hearts of his Christian brethren; but. as was noticed before, Christian made a slip or two in going down into this valley, even with all his wariness and the presence and aid of his brethren. There are few indeed, who do not at least make many slips, if they do not fall outright. The danger is that it crosses human nature to go down into this valley, it wishes to be constantly ranging on the top of the high mountains, and is therefore provoked to murmuring and discontent and repining at the providence of God. Were we perfectly satisfied, we would bow submissively and give up dictating to the Almighty; we would say, it is not my part to dictate, but submit and follow. Let me ask you to look at two of the cases to which we already refer. See Job, how nobly did he set out, before he got to the valley. He certainly made a slip or two, these might have been prevented, had...
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