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Saint Paul in Rome: Or, the Teachings, Fellowships, and Dying Testimony of the Great Apostle in the City of the Caesars, Sermons
Saint Paul in Rome Or the Teachings Fellowships and Dying Testimony of the Great Apostle in the City of the Caesars Sermons Author:John Ross MacDuff General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SERMON I. mil's nnounwnwnf 0f jjis in (going to " I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I Am Ready (or earnest) To Preach The GOSPEL TO YOU THAT ARE AT ROME ALSO. FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST : FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEYETH ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." -- Rom. i. 14-16 (Preached at the Porta del Popolo, February 19, 1871.) ROM. I. 15, 1 6. " I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." is my first Sunday in ROME. And surely no words could more appropriately inaugurate our services here, than those I have just read as a text. They are the noble testimony of one, whose work has its most sacred associations in this imperial city. I have followed the steps of the great Apostle in other places, consecrated by his name and labours. In Jerusalem, the scene of his youth and early manhood. In approaching Damascus, at the traditional spot of his conversion, and in " the street called Straight," where his rayless eyes and blinded soul received their naturaland spiritual vision. On the heights of Mars' Hill where he confronted the polished Athenians. Among the mounds and marshes of Kphesus, now a chaos of ruins -- but where, in the zenith of its glory, and under the shadow of Diana's Temple, he unfolded the Truth as it is in Jesus. Finally, along the pathway of the Great Sea, and on " the Island called Melita," when he...« less