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. 1908 Excerpt: ...But of Confirmation, you find this description in the Bible: "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost, for as yet He was fallen upon none of them." What the Bible calls "the falling of the Holy Ghost" in strength comes in Confirmation. We sing in the hymn "And every virtue we possess, And ...
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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. 1908 Excerpt: ...But of Confirmation, you find this description in the Bible: "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost, for as yet He was fallen upon none of them." What the Bible calls "the falling of the Holy Ghost" in strength comes in Confirmation. We sing in the hymn "And every virtue we possess, And every victory won, And every thought of holiness, Are His alone." If you look at the Confirmation service you will find that the gift of the Spirit in Baptism is acknowledged. 6. Can a man be a good man who never attends church.? Certainly; we must never for a single moment say that good is not good wherevor we find it. That man who does not attend church is losing a glorious chance; he is unawakened to his privilege, but, if he is living up to his lights, we have no right to say goodness is not goodness. In fact, in our day, numbers of people who imagine that they do not believe in Christianity are breathing the air of Christianity. There are thousands of unconscious Christians. _ It has been a difficulty to many to find how good many an agnostic is. But they forget that most agnostics whom we know live in Christian countries. They live in a country in which Christianity has been believed and practised for nearly two thousand years. The whole place is full of an atmosphere of Christ, and a man breathes it, whether he knows it or not; and therefore you see in him Christian virtues. It does not mean that he would not be a better man, and receive much more help and strength by coming to church and using to the full means of grace. But it seems to me that we sin against the Holy Ghost if we do not say that goodness is goodness wherever it is. It can only come from one source, and that is God. 7. Shall we always rememb...
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