Download or read book A Series of Discourses on the Leading Doctrines and Duties of Christianity, Vol. 1 of 4 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Proudfit and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Series of Discourses on the Leading Doctrines and Duties of Christianity, Vol. 1 of 4 A new edition of those sermons which you have deigned to honor with your approbation IS shortly to be published, and various considerations have induced me to solicit the liberty of offering them to your patronage. Angels, who excel us in rank and intelligence, no less than in strength, are looking into the mysteries of 'redeeming love these subjects therefore cannot be deemed unworthy the attention of the most exalted among men: Yet it must be cousi dered an additional honor to our holy reli gion, and 'an additional evidence of its real ity when it is professed and patronized by those who move in the superior walks of life; who are distinguished by their birth, their fortune, theifieducation, and those various virtues private and public which constitute the chief ornamentzof the man and the chris tian. The testimony of such tends to si lence the common, although erroneous, sen timent that religion is fitted only for the vulgax, for persons of contracted understan dings, of illiberal learning, and 'whoare des tined to more in the inferior situations of. 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.