One Hundred And Seventy Five Years In The Life Of A Church Classic Reprint

Author : David Olyphant Irving
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484170703
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Bethel Presbyterian Church, East Orange, N. J written by David Olyphant Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bethel Presbyterian Church, East Orange, N. J: An Historical Discourse Preached at the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Its Organization, November 10, 1895 But let us turn the pages of our history with a sense of humility rather than of self-glory. We are not to bring before us figures and comparisons to feed our pride and conceit, for our progress has been owing to Divine grace and goodness, and not wholly dependent upon our faithfulness and zeal. God often uses the weak things of this world to confound the mighty, so that there is no need of boasting. As we become somewhat encouraged over the retrospect and prospect, let us remember our own mistakes and neglects. Li we, as members of this Church, had been more faithful, liberal, devout and earnest, would we not have accomplished greater results than we now behold? But we cannot alter the past We can only read the facts as history time's slavish scribe - records them, and allow them to make their own impressions upon us. Compared with some of the larger and more venerable churches in our vicinity, we seem to be a sort of Benjamin in the family of Israel. When we think of the one hundred and seventy-seven years of the old First Church of Orange, or the ninety-seven years which rest upon the First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield, or the sixty-four years which belong to both the Brick Church of East Orange and the First Presby terian Church of South Orange, we begin to realize that our twenty-five years of Church life are but a short period. But while our Church's existence may be comparatively brief, yet our Sunday school can show a considerably longer life. A review of our Church, therefore, would be incomplete without considering the history of the Sunday school. Although the latter is often called the nursery of the church, in this case the child is father to the man, for the school is the parent of the Church. This is only one of other similar instances wherechurches have had their beginnings in the Sunday school. With such a fact before us we are constantly reminded of the Church's debt to the school. 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.