King's Chapel Sermons Author:Andrew Preston Peabody General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Subjects: Unitarian churches Sermons, American History / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations ... more »and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMON IV. THE PRESENT ASPECT OF CHRISTIANITY. " The everlasting gospel." -- Rev. xiy. 6. Balaam and Caiaphas, as prophets, hold a place not unlike that assumed by Kenan in his History -- more romance than history -- of the People of Israel, in which he says, " The Jewish and Christian histories have made the joy of eighteen centuries, and though half conquered by Greek rationalism, they have an astonishing efficacy in ameliorating men's morals. The Bible in its divers transformations is, in spite of everything, the great consoling book of humanity. It is not improbable that, wearied by successive bankruptcies of liberalism,' the world may again become Jewish and Christian." I like that phrase, " successive bankruptcies of liberalism." Nothing could have been more happily said. Pseudo-liberalism has had a long series of what it has deemed final dispensations and undoubtedly destined triumphs. One of the most curious chapters in the history of mind is that of the phases of thought, science, philosophy, speculation, which have been going to put an end to Christianity, but which have themselves come to an early, if not an untimely end, and which would be forgotten but for obituaries of Christian authorship ; and in every instance Christianity has made capital of the bankrupt assets, and has gained wealth and strength from the genius and learning invested for its overthrow. When I was a divinity student, there survived so mu...« less