Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...lectures, and the tame preaching of many a Christian pulpit, that plays around the head, and never aims its arrows at the conscience, or the heart. It was this that made him eloquent. There was heart within him; there was heart in his preaching, and what he most desired was the hearts of those who heard him. It was the said that he longed to gain, and to free it from condemnation and death. Honor he sought not, and was content that men should "turn away their faces from him for shame." Gold and silver he had none, nor did he seek them. He knew they would melt away; brilliant gems, and splendid palaces would all vanish. Literary reputation he did not ask for; science and the arts, after having accomplished their ends, would remain only among the treasures of earth. He was God's Minister, and set to watch for souls as they that must give account. He was the Minister of that gospel in which are "hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;" which changes not with the discoveries and the convulsions of time; which saves the soul from death; and whose true value is known only when all things earthly pass away. The preaching of Christ was also distinguished for its affectionate tenderness. There are favored moments in the preaching of almost every minister, when he catches a portion of the spirit of his divine Master; it warms his heart, illumines his countenance, gives tenderness even to the modulations of his voice, and he speaks as one who has been in the mount with God. "When the Proto-martyr Stephen preached in the presence of the blood-thirsty men who condemned him, "all that sat in the Council looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." What is so unusual with other...
