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He Pasa Ekklesia. an Original History of the Religious Denominations at Present Existing in the United States
He Pasa Ekklesia an Original History of the Religious Denominations at Present Existing in the United States Author:Israel Daniel Rupp General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1844 Original Publisher: J.Y. Humphreys Subjects: Religion / General Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Comparative Religion Religion / Cults Religion / History Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This ... more »is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS. BY THE REV. A. D. GILLETTE, A. M., PASTOR OF THE ELEVENTH BAPTIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. Whoever thinks of a noble river, as it flows in majesty towards the ocean, without contemplating the bubbling springs and mountain rivulets of which its deep channels are composed 1 When we look upon the form and features of some distinguished and useful man, we naturally inquire, Where was he born ? Who were his parents ? What is the history of his childhood ? and by what step in life has he gained that mental, moral and civil elevation, which places him so far above the thousands of his race? On becoming acquainted with some benign institution, we . ask, Whence its origin? -- and listen to its history, or the narration of whatever is of moment in its character, with an avidity and interest which bespeak us engaged in no ordinary way. Our divine Saviour asks, " Whether the baptism of John was from heaven or of men ?" We know that the religion which John, Jesus and the Apostles taught, was from heaven. Christianity is no graft from some former tree, no remnant of some old religion, no sutSti- tute; but a new and living faith: direct from God -- the love of Christ, and the mind of the Spirit; it is a system destined to glorify its divine authorship, and save the souls of such as repent of sins and believe its holy teachings. It may in truth...« less