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Theology and Life; Sermons Chiefly on Special Occasions
Theology and Life Sermons Chiefly on Special Occasions Author:Edward Hayes Plumptre General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1866 Original Publisher: Strahan Subjects: Sermons, English Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the origina... more »l. 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: Others had cast away their earthly life, as obeying their country's laws, defending their country's freedom, with armies looking on, and trumpets sounding for battle; or had died as witnesses to the truth, martyrs to the cause of wisdom; or had faced disease and death in many a foul and hideous form at the call of natural affection for friends, parents, brothers. Thousands have left names which mankind will not willingly let die, which stand nobly forth as beacons for the world to gaze at. Tens of thousands are written only in the book of God's remembrance, to be manifested hereafter when the thrones are set and the books shall be opened. But here there was no such motive, no such tie. It was not even for the 'just man,' irreproachably 'righteous,' lacking only the charm that draws out love ; it was not for the 'good man,'1 genial, generous, large-hearted, for whom some one would even dare to die, that he sought to sacrifice himself. No; it was for those who ' pleased not God, and were contrary to all men,'2 through whom ' the name of God was blasphemed among the Gentiles,'3 who dogged his footsteps everywhere, slandering his fair fame, and persecuting him in every city ; it was for these, or such as these, that he was ready to be anathema from Christ. Here was his own precept carriedto its highest point. He was ' not overcome of that evil, but was overcoming evil with good.'1 Wonderful as was that ...« less