An Historical Account of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J: Being a Sermon Preached on Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1850 (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)William Edward Schenck
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Excerpt from An Historical Account of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J: Being a Sermon Preached on Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1850
Deut. 8. 2. - Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee.
The histories of the past are lessons of divine instruction. If God doeth all things according to the counsel of his own will, then all the progress of events must be full of intimations of what his will has been. And as God is unchangeable, we may expect to see the same attributes, and the same general methods of dealing with his creatures, manifested in the future. Thus in a higher than any poetical sense, "coming events cast their shadows before," and the things that have been, are in an important degree indicative of the things that shall be. Could we make the experience of those who went before us our own, without waiting to be driven to its acquisition by the same painful process by which they reached it; how many bitter disappointments should we be spared. Upon what a vantage-ground should we placed, from which to press forward along the pathway of life. How many costly, fatiguing, unprofitable, and dangerous experiments would we refrain from making. Had Israel obeyed the injunction of the text, how many of those chastisements from God, and inflictions by man; how many of those sins and sorrows, which are now recorded on every page of their subsequent history, had they never known.
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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.
Deut. 8. 2. - Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee.
The histories of the past are lessons of divine instruction. If God doeth all things according to the counsel of his own will, then all the progress of events must be full of intimations of what his will has been. And as God is unchangeable, we may expect to see the same attributes, and the same general methods of dealing with his creatures, manifested in the future. Thus in a higher than any poetical sense, "coming events cast their shadows before," and the things that have been, are in an important degree indicative of the things that shall be. Could we make the experience of those who went before us our own, without waiting to be driven to its acquisition by the same painful process by which they reached it; how many bitter disappointments should we be spared. Upon what a vantage-ground should we placed, from which to press forward along the pathway of life. How many costly, fatiguing, unprofitable, and dangerous experiments would we refrain from making. Had Israel obeyed the injunction of the text, how many of those chastisements from God, and inflictions by man; how many of those sins and sorrows, which are now recorded on every page of their subsequent history, had they never known.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
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