Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . loudy day—suddenly breaks in and irradiates the present remembered the text of Chalmerssix months before: * Unto the upright thereariseth light in the darkness. Reverend fathers and brethren! said Chal- THE FIVE HUNDRED. 275 mers, in opening the Free Assembly, ^ it is wellthat you should have been strengthened byyour Master in heaven to make the surrenderyou have done of everything that is dear tonature, casting aside all your earthly depen-dence, rather than offend conscience. ... It iswell that you have made for the present aclean escape
Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . loudy day—suddenly breaks in and irradiates the present remembered the text of Chalmerssix months before: * Unto the upright thereariseth light in the darkness. Reverend fathers and brethren! said Chal- THE FIVE HUNDRED. 275 mers, in opening the Free Assembly, ^ it is wellthat you should have been strengthened byyour Master in heaven to make the surrenderyou have done of everything that is dear tonature, casting aside all your earthly depen-dence, rather than offend conscience. ... It iswell that you have made for the present aclean escape from this condemnation ; and that,in the issue of the contest between a sacrificeof principle and a sacrifice of your worldlypossessions, you have resolved upon the latter;while to the eye of sense you are without aprovision and a home, embarked upon a wideocean of uncertainty, save that great andgenerous certainty which is apprehended bythe eye of faith—that God reigneth, and thatHe will not forsake the families of the faithful !*.
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