Author: Thomas Laurie

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-19

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780243417230

Excerpt from An Historical Discourse Preached to the South Evangelical Church, West Roxbury, June 10, 1860 And now on these plains beyond Jordan, it must have been interesting to recall events that had occurred within the memory of some that heard him; and as memory reviewed a past unlike that of any other people, with what power must the words have come home to their hearts: The Lord thy God bare thee as a man doth bear his son in all the way that ye' went until ye came into this place. But few among the thousands whom Moses addressed could go back to the beginning of their desert journey; and so now, though this church has existed only a little more than half the period reviewed by the Hebrew Law giver, yet the memory of our feeble beginnings are fast fading away. Few of the original actors survive. The Leader through whom God blessed us in the day of small things has gone to his reward, and it is left to a stranger who took no part in them, to glean the few facts still within reach, ere they pass into oblivion. If the sketch is imperfect, you will bear ln mind, that it was gathered from various sources, a fragment here and another there, and then fitted together simply that God's care of us in our weakness might not be forgotten, but prepare us to trust him with a firmer confidence for time to come. As it is written, He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. Let us commence with a brief allusion to the early history of religion in the town, for in recording a few facts concerning the early days of a younger sister, it seems exclusive to omit all mention of the rest of the family. 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.