The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . the food of souls, the more of it that is pertinently produced, thebetter fed is the flock; and, moreover, that there is in the word of Godthat voice of the Lord that is powerful and full of majesty; and thatthe language of the sacred Scriptures is of unequaled beauty, Though every sermon was written with great care, as if it wereto be printed, it was his invariable custom to preach without referenceto his notes, in order that hi
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . the food of souls, the more of it that is pertinently produced, thebetter fed is the flock; and, moreover, that there is in the word of Godthat voice of the Lord that is powerful and full of majesty; and thatthe language of the sacred Scriptures is of unequaled beauty, Though every sermon was written with great care, as if it wereto be printed, it was his invariable custom to preach without referenceto his notes, in order that his manner might be more free and committing his sermons to memory, however, he would write off ona detached sheet the texts he wished to quote, and place it in the be-ginning of his Bible, to be referred to in case he should be at a never had occasion, however, to refer to this paper save once, in hisold age; and then he was so impressed by the strange circumstance,that he immediately wrote a remark concerning it, as a symptom ofdecay, which told that his departure was at hand. His discourses were eminentlv practical and direct, abounding in. Richard Mather. 365
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