The Sabbath Viewed In The Light Of Reason Revelation And History With Sketches Of Its Literature PDF Download

Excerpt from The Sabbath Viewed in the Light of Reason, Revelation, and History: With Sketches of Its Literature The author of the following work accounts it his happiness to have been connected from his earliest days with a class, of whom the sacred observance of the Lord's Day has been a prominent distinction. That there have been among them no insincere characters, presenting a distorted image of their creed, he will not affirm; but sure he is, that both ministers and private individuals, with whom, from his circumstances, he has been brought into intercourse, have been, for the most part, upright, holy, kindhearted, cheerful Christians, with whom, he had reason to believe, it would be good for him to live and die. Of persons in sacred office there rise to his view, Mr. Barlas, Crieff; Dr. Pringle and Mr. Black, Perth; Mr. Jameson, Methven; Dr. Mitchell, Anderston, afterwards of Glasgow; Dr. Terrier, Paisley; Dr. Jamieson, Edinburgh; Mr. Cidbertson, Leith; Mr. Beath, Pitcairn Green. He cannot name others who occupied a less public station. But he sees them attending to the claims of their fellow-creatures equally as to their own affairs - visiting the poor and the suffering - sitting by their bed-sides with the impression that a dying immortal is near, and with the tear and the tone of sympathy - tending the steps of the aged and the neglected - showing in their countenances the serenity and benevolence which they have catched from the face of the Saviour - their very steps indicating that they "Walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore Of that vast ocean we must sail so soon." "Walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore Of that vast ocean we must sail so soon." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.