Essays On The Preaching Required By The Times

Excerpt From Essays On The Preaching Required By The Times And The Best Methods Of Obtaining It: With Reminiscences And Illustrations Of Methodist Preaching Including Rules For Extemporaneous Preaching And Characteristic Sketches Of Olin Fisk Bascom Cookman Summerfield And Other Noted Extemporaneous Preachers. In Answer To This It Is Alledged That The Apostles Were Miraculously Endowed; That The Gifts Of Healing And Oi' Tongues Were Imparted To Them To Qualify Them For The Work To Which They Were Called But As These Miraculous Gifts Are Not New Imparted To The Ministers Of The Gospel They Must Apply Themselves To The Aciluiring Of Literature And Philosophy As Qualifications For Their Calling. Yet In The Various Gifts Bestowed Upon The First Preachers Of The Gospel We Do Not Find There Were Included Either The Knowledge Of Rabbinical Or Grecian Learning Or Literature. Now Surely Cm' Lord Knew What Was Necessary To Them As Messengers Of That Great Salvation He Sent Them To Proclaim; And That He Could Have As Easily Imparted To Them All The Treasures Of Rabbinical And Grecian Lore As The Gift Of Tongues - The Knowledge Of All Languages. If He Did Not Do So We Have A Right To Infer That The Meta Physical Systems Of Philosophy Whether Jewish Or Pagan Were Not Necessary To Them Even As Auxiliary Aids Much Less As An Essential Qualification For Their Work.. 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.