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. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ...many places of worship in this kingdom, where the Socinian and Arian doctrines have been taught, till the congregations are dwindled away, and there are scarcely enough left to keep up the form of worship." Similar results are witnessed on the continent of Europe. A traveller who resided for a time in ...
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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. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ...many places of worship in this kingdom, where the Socinian and Arian doctrines have been taught, till the congregations are dwindled away, and there are scarcely enough left to keep up the form of worship." Similar results are witnessed on the continent of Europe. A traveller who resided for a time in Gottingen, where lax theology has possession of the pulpit, says, " Raise me but a barn in the very shadow of St. Paul's cathedral, and give me a man, who shall preach Christ crucified, with something of the energy which the all-inspiring theme is calculated to awaken; and you shall see the former crowded with warm hearts, while the matins and vespers of the latter, if the gospel be not preached there, shall be chanted to the statues of the mighty dead." James' Sermon before the London Missionary Society. that where he attended church, there were almost no hearers, and the doors were locked, to prevent their escape. " There are here (he adds, ) seven churches, of which only one has a second service on the Sabbaih; and only one clergyman can be said to have an audience. In a venerable church, near my abode, I counted one Sunday about thirty persons, besides a small school of children. On a dull Sabbath, my attendant told me he had been at church; I asked how many people were there? He said, there were three besides himself. Accordingly the Sabbath is a day of amusement and business. Except in hours of worship, shops are open, as on other days. Even clergymen, when the service of the morning is over, consider that there is no farther bond on their conscience; and common people are seen dancing and drinking." Facts of the same bearing on my main point, might be multiplied without end; I am however, aware, beloved...
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