The Life of John William Colenso D.D Vol. 1 of 2: Bishop of Natal (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Life of John William Colenso D.D Vol. 1 of 2: Bishop of Natal<br><br>You need éoldness to risk all for God - to stand by the Truth and its supporters against men''s threatenings and the devil''s wrath. You need a patient meekmss to bear the galling calumnies and false surmises with which if you are faithful that same Satanic working which if it could would burn your body will assuredly assail you daily through the pens and tongues of deceivers and deceived who under a semblance of a zeal for Christ will evermore distort your words misrepresent your motives rejoice in your failings exaggerate your errors and seek by every poisoned breath of slander to destroy your powers of service. Sermon preached AT the consecration OF bishop colenso St. Andrew''s Day 18 5 3 éy samuel wilberforce Bz''sizop of Oxford.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.