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Excerpt from The Theory and Desirableness of Revivals: Being Six Sermons
There is not upon the earth a more interest ing phenomenon than a revival of religion. When God visits a people with his grace, the whole community participates in the blessing, though none but those who wisely improve the heavenly in?uence, are ultimately and eternally benefited. Yet, in an important re spect it resembles the sun-light and the rain that are shed forth alike upon the good and the unthankful. Many of those who are eu tirely unthoughtful in respect to the source of their enjoyments, are sharing largely in the benefits derived through a revival of religion from purified domestic affections, and the re straints of passion, and a quickened sense of right pervading the public mind. Nor do they merely derive benefit, incidentally from the good in?uence exerted upon others. Their.
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There is not upon the earth a more interest ing phenomenon than a revival of religion. When God visits a people with his grace, the whole community participates in the blessing, though none but those who wisely improve the heavenly in?uence, are ultimately and eternally benefited. Yet, in an important re spect it resembles the sun-light and the rain that are shed forth alike upon the good and the unthankful. Many of those who are eu tirely unthoughtful in respect to the source of their enjoyments, are sharing largely in the benefits derived through a revival of religion from purified domestic affections, and the re straints of passion, and a quickened sense of right pervading the public mind. Nor do they merely derive benefit, incidentally from the good in?uence exerted upon others. Their.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Albert Barnes
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265211199
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 208
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Contributors
Author
Albert Barnes
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331989448
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 210
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