Prayer and its answer; illustrated in the first twenty-five years of the Fulton Street prayer meeting - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS. The review of these twenty-five years of prayer is a more effective argument against the skepticism of the day than any essay which the most learned theologian could construct. For, after all, the world by wisdom knows not God. Not the wise and prudent get into the secret of the power of prayer. The least in the kingdom of heaven--babes in Christ--are better instructed when these mysteries are revealed to them than are the scribes themselves. And so it comes to pass that a vast array of facts, combining all the force of circumstantial and personal testimony, carries conviction to the mind that God hears and answers prayer. This cheers the Church in whatever land and clime the reports are read. These twenty-five years of daily prayer have been happily free from the appearance of any form of fanaticism. The line between strong emotion and a fanatical spirit is not easily made plain. The language and manner that appear to some wild and unreasonable, seems very gentle and moderate to those who are in the midst of it partaking of the spirit of the hour. Without doubt the auspices under which the meeting was established, and under which, through all these years, it has been maintained, have tended to repress extravagance, and preserve the seasons of prayer from any excess in the manner and matter that have given to it its habitual character. The Reformed (Dutch) Church has the responsibility and control of the meeting. It is held in its rooms. Its missionary has it always in his care. Consequently its measures and order are in harmony with the conservative doctrine and practice of that venerable and orderly body of Christian believers. It would not be strange if zealous, excitable, and ill-regulated good people...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1151323799
- ISBN 13 9781151323798
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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