The Duty of a Christian People under Divine Visitations

The Duty of a Christian People under Divine Visitations

p. iiiTO THE REVERED MEMORY OF ONE OF THE KINDEST AND BEST OF MOTHERS, WHO RECEIVED HER CHILDREN AS A GIFT THAT COMETH OF THE LORD, AND PRAYED AND LABOURED, WITH EARNEST AND FAITHFUL DILIGENCE, TO BRING THEM UP IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED WITH THE DEEPEST FEELINGS OF FILIAL LOVE, GRATITUDE, AND VENERATION. The aspect of the times, upon a careful survey, presents, to the thoughtful mind, cause of anxiety for the safety and welfare of the empire; and, to the religious mind, ground for apprehension, lest the Almighty should be about to visit, for the sins of the nations, by pouring upon them the vials of His wrath. [3a] In the emphatic language of our Lords prediction of the latter days; there is, throughout Europe, distress of nations with perplexity; mens hearts failing them for fear; and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth. [3b] In this country, to an alarming state of popular excitement, there has supervened a new cause of dread, so great, as almost to absorb, for the present, all subjects of merely temporal interest. A fearful and most fatal pestilence, which p. 4had extended far and wide in Asia, has been gradually spreading throughout Europe, and steadily advancing towards our shores: there exists a difference of opinion as to whether or not it has reached them; but thus much is certain; an epidemic, similar in character, and hardly less malignant and fatal, has broken out in one of the seaports of the kingdom, and extended to some of the neighbouring towns and villages; thus appearing to establish its identity with the Continental disease. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49126
Author: Smart, Newton
Release Date: Jun 3, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English