The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . and theinterest, with other subscriptions to be obtained yearly, devoted to the The Religious Press. 1021 establishment of pastors libraries. These are designed, not as giftsto individual ministers, but for the use of the pastor of the church bywhom they are established ; and will, therefore, be under the chargeof the church officers. The plan provides for granting not more thanfifty dollars in one year to a congregation, upon co
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . and theinterest, with other subscriptions to be obtained yearly, devoted to the The Religious Press. 1021 establishment of pastors libraries. These are designed, not as giftsto individual ministers, but for the use of the pastor of the church bywhom they are established ; and will, therefore, be under the chargeof the church officers. The plan provides for granting not more thanfifty dollars in one year to a congregation, upon condition that theyraise an equal amount themselves, the books to be approved by theUnion Committee, and the whole collection to revert to them in theevent of the church becoming extinct. The design is, to purchase thosestandard works in theology, Biblical literature, church history, etc.,which are of constant use as works of reference, but are often too rareand costly for the ministers slender purse. Let this subject be fully thought on, and let the conviction extenditself that God has given his church very few blessings greater than afree and sanctified CHRISTIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS. CHRISTIANITY in :^^^=^%^ lts very nature is diffu-^PP sire. It is put into thehands of a man that he mayplace it in the hands of Dr. Wayland remarks, OurLord declares that every one whobelieveth in hira shall be themeans of imparting salvation toothers. In the last day, thatgreat day of the feast, Jesusstood and cried, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his bellyshall flow rivers of living water. This he spake of the Spirit which,not the apostles, but they that believe on him should receive. Thus,as our Lord is the living fountain from which every believer drinks;so every one who has drunk of this fountain becomes in this secondarysense, a fountain to all who are about him. So, in the message to the churches,
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