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True Words for Brave Men [sermons and Addresses, Selected From Unpubl. Writings by F.e. Kingsley].
True Words for Brave Men - sermons and Addresses, Selected From Unpubl. Writings by F.e. Kingsley Author:Charles Kingsley General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Notes: This 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: V. I AM. " I AM hath sent me unto you." -- Exodus iii. 10. Evkry day I find it more and more true, that the Bible is full of good news from beginning to end. The Gospel -- that is good news -- and the best of all good news, is to be found in every book of it; perhaps if we knew how to search the Scriptures, in every chapter and verse of it, from beginning to end. For from beginning to end, from Genesis to Malachi -- from the Gospel of St Matthew to the end of the Eevelation -- what our Lord said of the Bible stands true : " They (the Scriptures) are they which testify of ME" (John v. 39). The whole Bible testifies, bears witness of Him, the One Unchangeable Christ, who said to Moses, " Say unto the people, I AM hath sent me unto you." Now let us think a while what that text means; for it has not to do with Moses only, but with all God's prophets, evangelists, preachers. David might have said the same to the Jews in his time, " I AM hath sent me unto you." Elijah, Isaiah, St Matthew, St John, St Paul, might have said the same. And so may God's ministers now. And I, however sinful, or ignorant, or unfaithful to my duty I may be, have still a right to say, as I do now say solemnly and earnestly to you, " I AM hath sent me unto you " this day. But what do I mean by that ? That ought to depend on what Moses meant by it. Moses meant what God meant, and unless I mean the same thing I must mean something wrong. And this is what I think it does mean: First. I AM -- the Lord Jesus Christ told Moses that his name was I AM. Now you perhaps think that this is but a very common place name, for every one can sa...« less