Thomas Campbell Classic Reprint

Author : Alexander Campbell
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ISBN 13 : 9781331225676
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of Elder Thomas Campbell written by Alexander Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of Elder Thomas Campbell: Together With a Brief Memoir of Mrs. Jane Campbell Of the great mass of humanity little more can be chronicled than that "Such a person was born on one day and died upon another." Of a very few of all the molds and types of mankind is either the life or the death a subject of much interest or concern, beyond the parish precincts in which they lived and died. Others, indeed, there are, whose lives are more or less an interest to their cotemporaries and posterity; but, besides these, there is in the great drama of humanity, a goodly number whose lives are public blessings, and whose characters and achievements constitute them, more or less, benefactors of the race. If a man only builds one house, plants one tree, and properly educates one child, he is to be enrolled, though in an humble niche, a benefactor of his race. Between him, however, and a Franklin, a Howard, a Washington, a Joseph, a Moses, a Peter, or a Paul, what an interval! The holy Seriptures themselves recognize these distinctions, these diversities of ranks, dignities, and honors: "They that be righteous shall shine as the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever." "Honor to whom honor is due" is a stereotyped precept of Paul to the Romans. The private Christian who, in this present world, honorably acknowledges the Lord Jesus, shall, by the Lord Jesus himself, be most honorably "acknowledged before his Father and before his holy angels." Thus, while "the memory of the wicked shall rot," the memory of "the righteous is blessed." These oracles were to be handed from father to son, through all succeeding generations; and doubtless, too, for the purpose of stimulating the energies, of our nature to high, and holy, and heavenly aspirations. They were not intended to create envy, a false ambition, or to stimulate pride or jealousy, or any sinister end or motive. 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.