Author: Charles F. Deems

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-20

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780243454648

Excerpt from The Southern Methodist Pulpit, 1852, Vol. 5 Here, as already intimated, we have the first record - 445 years before Christ - of the establishment of the Pulpit as a means of religious instruction. From that time, down to the present, it has been a prominent instrumentality in the church, of God first in the synagogue of the Jews, to expound and enforce the Mosaic law; and secondly, under the Christian dispensation, to proclaim the brighter glories of the Gospel. As a great and effectual moral agency, it stands without a rival. The religious Press, by the extent and permanency of its influence, alone invites a comparison. But this is modern in its origin, and though great andindispensable in the service which it renders to the cause of God, it is less forceful and im pressive in its addresses to the understanding and conscience, and chiefly valuable as an auxflz'ary to the more direct and stirring appeals of the Pulpit. 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.