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A Sermon Delivered in Boston, Sept. 16, 1813
A Sermon Delivered in Boston Sept 16 1813 Author:Timothy Dwight General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1813 Original Publisher: S. T. Armstrong Subjects: Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions 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 b... more »ook you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMON, PREACHED AT NEW HAVEN, (CON.) BZFOBK TBS AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, SEPT. 15, 1814. BY JAMES RICHARDS, A. M. rroa or Tu riEsx fBesbtteriax Cuubch in Xiwabk, BOSTON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL, T. ARMSTRONG, No. SO, Ciihnuii. j-. SERMON. EPHESIANS iii, 8. UNTO ME, WHO AM LESS THAN THE LEAST OF ALL SAINTS, IS THIS GRACE GIVEN, THAT I SHOULD PKEACH AMONG THE GENTILES THE UNSEARCHABLE RICJIES OF. CHRIST. St. Paul was equally remarkable for the depth of his humility, and for the ardour of his zeal From the first moment of his conversion to the latest period of his lite, he seems never to have forgotten that he had been a persecutor of the name of Jjsus. The remembrance of his former character laid him low before God, while it inspired him with an earnest desire to live worthy of the grace by which he had been Distinguished. Having himself tasted the riches of God's mercy in the pardon of sin and the hopes of eternal life, he wished to be the joyful minister of the same grace to others, and to carry the glad tidings of peace and salvation to the ends of the earth. Fitted to this great work by many natural and spiritual qualifications, he engaged in it with an ardour, which no watchihgs and fastings, no labours and sufferings could overcome. From Jerusalem he passed into Syria, thence into Arabia -- into Asia Minor -- into Macedonia and other parts of Greece. Widely extended regions of the globe were traversed by him, sometimes on foot, sometimes...« less