The General Assemblys Missionary Magazine

Author : William P. Farrand
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259290797
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The General Assembly's Missionary Magazine, Or Evangelical Intelligencer, for 1806, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William P. Farrand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The General Assembly's Missionary Magazine, or Evangelical Intelligencer, for 1806, Vol. 2 Blair, who had established a useful and important seminary in Fag's Manor, in the county of Chester, in Pennsylvania. Here he pursued, during several years, first his classical, and afterwards his theological studies, under a man who was inferior to none, in the soundness of his understanding, and the penetration of his mind; who was a profound divine, and a most solemn and im pressive preacher. In Mr. Blair, besides an able instructor, and an excellent model of pulpit eloquence, he possessed the advantage of an admirable example of christian meekness, of ministerial diligence, and of that candour, liberality, and catholicism of senti ment towards those who differed from him in opinion, without dereliction of principle, which are among the most amiable fea tures of character that can adorn a disciple, and, especially, a mi nister of Christ. Under such instruction, and with such an exam ple continually before his eyes, Mr. Smith made great and rapid improvement both in classical and theological knowledge. By Mr. Blair he was much esteemed and beloved; and, in 17 50, was, in the same year, licensed to preach the gospel, and married to a younger sister of his preceptor. This lady was distinguished by a sound understanding, uncommon sweetness of disposition, and sincere piety; and was an excellent assistant to him in the educa tion of their common children. To these they both devoted much time, to cultivate in them the habits of virtue and religion, and to infuse into their minds, at the first opening of their powers, the principles of a warm and rational piety. In his absence, she al ways conducted the daily devotions of the family with a dignity which insured their respect, and with an unsfi'ected fervour which could not fail to touch their hearts. By this lady Dr. Smith had seven children, two of whom died young, two embraced the pro fession of medicine, and three entered, at an early age, on the sacred ministry of the gospel, and have since filled some of the most respectable stations in the church, as well as in the literary institutions of this country. By a second marriage, with the worthy and respectable widow of the Rev. W. Ramsay, he left one daughter, who, at his death, was very young. 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.