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Excerpt from The Works of Philip Lindsley, D.D, Vol. 2: Formerly Vice-President and President Elect of the College of New Jersey, Princeton; And Late President of the University of Nashville, Tennessee
This second volume of Dr. Lindsley's works is chie?y a selection from his Sermons, as the first was from his Educational Discourses. It may, therefore, form an appropriate introduction to present, at this point, some brief analysis and delineation of his character as a preacher. His eminent ability as an educator, and his success in founding and sus taining a new institution in the West amid manifold discouragements, were in a large degree attributable to his rare gifts and attainments as a minister Of the gospel. As a general rule, it holds good in every Christian land, that the most faithful and successful instructors of the young have been found either in the ranks of the ministry or among those who have been taught to feel that the teacher's Office is sacred and divine. The minister Of the gospel who devotes his life mainly, or even in part, to the instruction of the young, carries, almost as a matter of course, the high and sacred responsibilities of the one calling into that of the other. With him it is ever a double work, and a doubly solemn and sacred Office. And it would be well if all teachers could partake of the same spirit Of consecration, and magnify their work, as one related both to time and eternity, to be performed not only as unto man, but unto God.
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