Congregationalist pastor. Read more about Macclintock here.
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Evidences of Christianity: A sermon, delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Jesse Appleton, to the pastoral care of the Congregational Society in Hampton, February 22d, 1797.8.
The Resurrection: A Symposium. Revell, 1896. "The Living Dead" and "Witnesses of the Resurrection." Also, related essays by C. H. Spurgeon, D. L. Moody, T. DeWitt Talmage and Canon Liddon.
Richard Peters, Counsellor at Law, editor. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845, Arranged in Chronological Order, with an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Volume 2 Extract.Twelfth Congress. Session I. June 17, 1812. Resolution requesting the President of the United States to Recommend a Day of Public Humiliation and Prayer. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845, p. 786. "It being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of public calamity and war, humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God, and to implore his aid and protection:
Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a joint committee of both Houses wait on the President of the United States, and request that he recommend a day of public humiliation and prayer to be observed by the people of the United States, with religious solemnity, and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, his blessing on their arms, and the speedy restoration of peace."
Resolution and Proclamation for a Day of Public Humiliation and Prayer. Introduction by David Barton, who reports, "During the War of 1812, the House and Senate passed a resolution requesting that the President recommend a day of national public humiliation and prayer, which President James Madison did by proclamation on July 9, 1812."
Proclamation, July 9th, 1812.
Alternate source: James D. Richardson, editor. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1 of 11.
Part 4: James Madison, March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. Project Gutenberg.
[From Annals of Congress, Twelfth Congress, part 2, p. 2224.]
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution of the two Houses, have signified a request that a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity as a day of public humiliation and prayer; and
Whereas such a recommendation will enable the several religious
denominations and societies so disposed to offer at one and the same time their common vows and adorations to Almighty God on the solemn occasion produced by the war in which He has been pleased to permit the injustice of a foreign power to involve these United States:
I do therefore recommend the third Thursday in August next as a
convenient day to be set apart for the devout purposes of rendering the Sovereign of the Universe and the Benefactor of Mankind the public homage due to His holy attributes; of acknowledging the transgressions which might justly provoke the manifestations of His divine displeasure; of seeking His merciful forgiveness and His assistance in the great duties of repentance and amendment, and especially of offering fervent supplications that in the present season of calamity and war He would take the American people under His peculiar care and protection; that He
would guide their public councils, animate their patriotism, and bestow His blessing on their arms; that He would inspire all nations with a love of justice and of concord and with a reverence for the unerring precept of our holy religion to do to others as they would require that others should do to them; and, finally, that, turning the hearts of our enemies from the violence and injustice which sway their councils against us, He would hasten a restoration of the blessings of peace.
[SEAL.]
Given at Washington, the 9th day of July, A.D. 1812.
JAMES MADISON.
Proclamation, November 16, 1814.
Alternate source: James D. Richardson, editor. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1 of 11.
Part 4: James Madison, March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. Project Gutenberg.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A PROCLAMATION.
The two Houses of the National Legislature having by a joint resolution expressed their desire that in the present time of public calamity and war a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of public humiliation and fasting and of prayer to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, His blessing on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace, I have deemed it proper by this proclamation to recommend that Thursday, the 12th of January next, be set apart as a day on which all may have an opportunity of voluntarily offering at the same time in their respective religious assemblies their humble adoration to the Great Sovereign of the Universe, of confessing their sins and transgressions, and of strengthening their vows of repentance and amendment. They will be invited by the same solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the American people in the general health which has been enjoyed, in the abundant fruits of the season, in the progress of the arts instrumental to their comfort, their prosperity, and their
security, and in the victories which have so powerfully contributed to the defense and protection of our country, a devout thankfulness for all which ought to be mingled with their supplications to the Beneficent Parent of the Human Race that He would be graciously pleased to pardon all their offenses against Him; to support and animate them in the discharge of their respective duties; to continue to them the precious advantages flowing from political institutions so auspicious to their
safety against dangers from abroad, to their tranquillity at home, and to their liberties, civil and religious; and that He would in a special manner preside over the nation in its public councils and constituted authorities, giving wisdom to its measures and success to its arms in maintaining its rights and in overcoming all hostile designs and attempts against it; and, finally, that by inspiring the enemy with dispositions favorable to a just and reasonable peace its blessings may be speedily and happily restored.
[SEAL.]
Given at the city of Washington, the 16th day of November, 1814, and of the Independence of the United States the thirty-eighth.
JAMES MADISON.
Proclamation, March 4, 1815.
Alternate source: James D. Richardson, editor. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1 of 11. Part 4: James Madison, March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. Project Gutenberg.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States have by a joint resolution signified their desire that a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity as a day of thanksgiving and of devout acknowledgments to Almighty God for His great goodness manifested in restoring to them the blessing of peace.
No people ought to feel greater obligations to celebrate the goodness of the Great Disposer of Events and of the Destiny of Nations than the people of the United States. His kind providence originally conducted them to one of the best portions of the dwelling place allotted for the great family of the human race. He protected and cherished them under all the difficulties and trials to which they were exposed in their early days. Under His fostering care their habits, their sentiments, and their pursuits prepared them for a transition in due time to a state of independence and self-government. In the arduous struggle by which it was attained they were distinguished by multiplied tokens of His benign interposition. During the interval which succeeded He reared them into the strength and endowed them with the resources which have enabled them to assert their national rights and to enhance their national character in another arduous conflict, which is now so happily terminated by a peace and reconciliation with those who have been our enemies. And to
the same Divine Author of Every Good and Perfect Gift we are indebted for all those privileges and advantages, religious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored land.
It is for blessings such as these, and more especially for the
restoration of the blessing of peace, that I now recommend that the second Thursday in April next be set apart as a day on which the people of every religious denomination may in their solemn assemblies unite their hearts and their voices in a freewill offering to their Heavenly Benefactor of their homage of thanksgiving and of their songs of praise.
[SEAL.]
Given at the city of Washington on the 4th day of March, A.D. 1815, and of the Independence of the United States the thirty-ninth.
JAMES MADISON.
Madison, James
(1749-1812)
Philosopher and mathematician. Read more about Bishop Madison here. Scroll to the bottom of the page
Orators of the American Revolution. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1848. xv, [17]-456 pp. front., ports. 19 cm. Contents: The battle-fields of early American eloquence.--James Otis, orator of intrepid passion.--Samuel Adams, last of the Puritans.--Josiah Quincy, orator of refined enthusiasm.--John Hancock, dignified cavalier of liberty.--Joseph Warren, type of our martial eloquence.--John Adams, orator of blended enthusiasm and sobriety.--Patriotic piety of '76.--Patrick Henry, the incarnation of revolutionary zeal.--Richard Henry Lee, the polished statesman.--Alexander Hamilton, the master of political sagacity.--Fisher Ames, orator of genius and elaborate beauty.--William Pinkney, the accomplished counsellor.--William Wirt, the elegant advocate.--Thomas Addis Emmet, the orator of deep feeling.--John Randolph, the impersonation of sarcasm.
Manningham, Thomas
(1651?-1722)
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Two Discourses: the first concerning truth, the second shewing popery one great cause of atheism. London, Printed for W. Brooke, and sold by J. Bird, 1689. [14], 172, [4] pp. Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Library.
Christianity explained and vindicated: A Guide to doubters, by "Orielensis." London, 1875. (8vo).
"How then could He create Evil? I reply again, 'He did not.' Evil was a contingent result of His creation of any moral being. No one created as a could be otherwise than free to stand, or free to fall. This is the inevitable consequence of being such. Hence, if such beings were created the contingency of their choosing to fall must exist. This, of course, was foreseen.
"But, even to our limited capacities, it is evident that the, to us, innumerable material worlds which have been created would be all but wasted if no beings were created with faculties which could fully enjoy their exquisite beauty and their order."
Marshall, Edward P.
(c. 1898)
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A Treatise upon Baptist Church Jurisprudence, or, The Common law of the gospel, critically and scientifically considered: illustrating the written and unwritten laws of true apostolic church government, being a discussion of the principal questions incident to the government and polity of Baptist churches. Washington, D.C., 1898. 557pp.
W. Ward Gasque & Ralph P. Martin, eds. "1 Corinthians 11:2-16: An Interpretation". Apostolic History and the Gospel. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 085364098X. pp.231-241.
Mauro, Philip
(1859-1952)
Patent attorney and author. Read more about Mauro here.
The Snare Broken: A Thanksgiving-discourse, preached at the desire of the West Church in Boston, N.E. Friday May 23, 1766. Occasioned by the repeal of the stamp-act. Dedicated to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. [Three lines from St. Paul]. The Second Edition. Boston: Re-printed and sold by R. & S. Draper, in Newbury-Street ; Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1766. viii, 52 pp.; 21 cm. (8vo)
McDowell, Josh
(1939- )
Modern Christian apologist. Learn more about McDowell here.
Has Plantinga Refuted the Historical Argument?. Keynote address to the Pacific Division meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers in Los Angeles, February 2004 and appeared in Philosophia Christi, v. 6, 2004, pp. 7-26.
With Lydia McGrew. On the Historical Argument. Rejoinder to Alvin Plantinga on probability and the historical argument for Christianity. From Philosophia Christi, v. 8, n. 1, 2006, pp. 23-38.
With Lydia McGrew. Internalism and Epistemology: The Architecture of Reason. Routledge, 2007. Buy this book here.
McGuffey, William Holmes
(1800-1873)
American educator. Read more about McGuffey here, here, and here.
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McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader. Entries: XCIII. RELIGION THE ONLY BASIS OF SOCIETY. (William Ellery Channing); CXVI. THE BIBLE THE BEST OF CLASSICS. (Thomas S. Grimke); CXVII. MY MOTHER'S BIBLE. (George P. Morris)
American statesman. Signer of the United States Constitution and the namesake of Fort McHenry, the bombardment of which inspired The Star-Spangled Banner. Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, and the third United States Secretary of War from January 27, 1796 to May 13, 1800, under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. Read about McHenry here, here, and here.
In 1813, James McHenry prepared an Address of the Bible Society of Baltimore to the Citizens of the State of Maryland, reprinted in the Report of the Maryland Bible Society for 1903.
McHenry: "All Christians allow that the Old and New Testaments taken together, are the only books in the world which clearly reveal the nature of God, contain a perfect law for our government, propose the most powerful persuasions to obey this law, and furnish the best motives for patience and resignation, under every circumstance and vicissitude of life. Even those writers who deny their divinity, have yet acknowledged that the matters contained in them are, at last, calculated to make mankind wiser and better. These surprising and salutary effects the scriptures have unequivocally produced, and whenever they are read and attended to, will continue to produce. Facts so fully ascertained and so clearly demonstrating the great importance of circulating the sacred writings have (within these few years past) called the attention of men more particularly to this subject, and given rise to the establishment of Societies whse object is to encourage their circulation, by promoting the printing of them in all languages, and their distribution gratis, whenever they could not be otherwise obtained."
... "[P]ublic utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. The doctrine they preach, the obligations they impose, the punishment they threaten, the rewards they promise, the stamp and image of divinity they bear, which produces a conviction of their truths, can alone secure to society, order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability and usefulness. In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions. Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses, and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience."
Episcopalian bishop and president of Kenyon College.
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The Evidences of Christianity; in their external, or historical, division: exhibited in a course of lectures,/ by Charles Pettit McIlvaine. Revised and improved by the author, with the addition of a preface, by Olinthus Gregory. Philadelphia: Smith, English & co., 1861. Text-searchable. 408 pp. PDF version here. HTML online edition here.
(TM): McIlvaine explains that he composed these lectures on the occasion of being invited to give lectures on apologetics in New York. Like Paley and Chalmers, McIlvaine openly acknowledges his debt to Lardner; the sixth lecture gives an excellent thumbnail sketch of some of Lardner’s research. Though McIlvaine did not disparage the internal evidences as Chalmers had, his work focuses exclusively on the “external division” of the evidences—the historical evidence for the authenticity and credibility of the New Testament documents, the evidence for the resurrection, the argument from prophecy, the argument from the propagation of Christianity, and the evidence of the fruits of Christianity in the lives of its genuine disciples.
McIlvaine’s work is notable not only for the thoughtful arrangement of the divisions of the argument but also for his earnest discussion of the duty of all Christians who have the means to study the evidence for their faith and the spirit in which that study should be undertaken.
Bishop M'Ilvaine's Lectures. Review of The Evidences of Christianity from The Princeton Review, January 1833, pp. 76-100. Text-searchable. This review also discusses the best apologetics literature of the period.
... "Dr. M'Ilvaine has in these lectures displayed an ingenuity, an erudition, and an eloquence, which cannot but give him a high standing with discerning and impartial judges, among American authors. Before this, the public was well acquainted with Dr. M'Ilvaine as an eloquent and evangelical preacher, but we are inclined to think that few of his friends, even of those who were best acquainted with him, were prepared to expect from his pen a work characterized as this is by cogent and ingenious reasoning. The occasion on which these lectures were delivered, and the character of the audience to whom they were originally addressed, required, that they should be in a popular style. They were addressed to several hundred young men of the city of New York, of various attainments and pursuits; and one can scarcely conceive of a more important field of usefulness for a man capable of improving it to the best advantage. We are of opinion, after reading these discourses, that a better selection of a lecturer, for such a purpose, could not have been made: delivered with the usual commanding and pleasing eloquence of the author, it is not surprising, that they were heard with fixed and continued attention, from first to last. It is, however, often the case, that discourses delivered with every advantage of voice and action, produce an interest and impression, which are far from being realized when the same discourses are read in print; and we confess that when we heard of the success of the lecturer in fixing at tention, and creating a feeling of deep interest in his youthful audience, we did apprehend, that we should experience some disappointment in the perusal of these lectures in the closet. But this is far from being the fact. For while there is a copious ness in the style, and occasionally a repetition of the same ideas and reasonings, which were well suited to discourses actually delivered to an audience of young men; we have experienced no disappointment on the whole; but, on the contrary, our estimation of the talents and learning of the author has been raised many degrees. And after all that has been written on the evidences of divine revelation, we do not know a book better suited to the object for which these lectures were prepared, than the volume now presented to the public. It is admirably adapted to the instruction and conviction of intelligent and ingenuous youth; and might with great advantage be made a text book in our colleges, and other seminaries of learning. The only defect which it has in reference to such an object, is, that it treats only of the external evidences of revelation, whereas, a manual for colleges should comprehend the internal evidences also. But the same objection may be made to Paley and to Chalmers. Their treatises are entirely confined to a consideration of the external evidences.
"It may appear somewhlat astonishing that Dr. M'Ilvaine was able, in a state of health not the most perfect, to compose, in so short a time, discourses of so much real excellence, and in which so few faults are to be found. But this will appear the less surprising, when it is considered, that as chaplain to the national military academy at West Point, it became his duty to lecture on this subject; and while at that station, he had much opportunity of being intimately acquainted with the reasonings and objections of ingenious infidels; for when he commenced his duties there, it is understood, that among the officers and students, deistical sentiments were completely predominant; so that the inculcation of the truth of divine revelation produced among some of the gentlemen of the institution a violent re-action, which brought the young chaplain into frequent and severe conflict with men who had taken much pains to fortify their minds in the firm adherence to the deistical system. This rendered it necessary that he should study the evidences of Christianity thoroughly; and it also made him fully acquainted with the grounds on which they rested their cause. It was by this means, that Dr. M'Ilvaine was prepared, at so short a notice, to compose lectures which possess so much sterling merit. And now, when infidelity is again attempting to raise her head in this
land, and especially in the city of New York, it is exceedingly gratifying to the lovers of truth, to find, that God, in his providence, has been training some men for the contest; and has, in this instance, brought upon the field one who has proved himself capable of vindicating the cause of Christianity with a force and eloquence, which, we are sure, the most powerful of its enemies can never withstand.
"It has also been a source of pleasing reflection to us, that the University of the city of New York, just commencing its career, and rising into notice, has assumed so bold a stand in favour of divine revelation; and among her earliest efforts has produced a volume, which, while it is eminently adapted to instruct the youth of that populous and rapidly increasing emporium, is, by its publication, likely to become useful to multitudes of others, both in the present and future generations. We sincerely hope that the directors and professors of this rising institution will proceed on the principles with which they have commenced. May they never be ashamed to avow that their University, is, in its constitution, essentially a Christian Institution, and "set for the defence of the Gospel." We hope, also, that what has been reported to.us as their purpose, namely, making the Bible a regular classic, will be carried into complete effect. Too long have professed Christians cast contempt and dishonour on the volume of Inspiration, by excluding it from the schnols of learning, and by exalting heathen authors above the writings of Moses and the prophets and apostles. The Bible presents the most interesting and fruitful field for the studies of our youth. Its history and biography-its antiquities and religious institutions-its poetry and wise moral maxims-its prophecies and types-and, finally, its sublime doctrines and salutary precepts, open to the ingenuous student, a rich mine of instruction, compared with which all the treasures of heathen antiquity are meager. If we are indeed Christians, let us pay due honour to our Master, in all our institutions of learning, and no longer be moved by the ridicule and scorn of infidels, whose object ever has been to banish the Bible, first from our schools, and next from the world. Providence, we believe, will cause those literary institutions to prosper, in which revealed religion is defended, and its principles inculcated. The outcry of sectarism is unworthy of our notice. Christianity is no sect. It is the religion of Heaven; the greatest blessing which the world has received; the light of life, intended to show erring men the way to heaven; and shall we put this glorious light under a bushel? We confess, that ever since we observed the prominence given to religion in this University, our hearts have been drawn towards it, and we can Bishop M'Ilvaine's Lectures. not but pray for its prosperity. If there are others, who dislike the Bible, and every thing which savours of piety, let them institute semiharies of learning of their own, into which the sun of righteousness shall never dart one cheering ray; where the Bible shall be as little known as the Koran, and within which no messenger of heaven shall ever be permitted to set his foot. Let infidel men lavish their treasures in founding such institutions. Christians need not envy them, or regret that they have no part nor lot in them. The time will come when God will vindicate the honour of his own word, and of his own servants."
The Work of Preaching Christ. Boston: Gospel Book and Tract Depository, 1871. 72 pp. Original from Harvard University. Text also here.
McMaster, John Bach
(1852-1932)
American historian. Civil engineer. Read about McMaster here.
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Old Standards of Public Morals. Addressed to the American Historical Association, December 26, 1905. Published in The American Historical Review, Volume 11, No. 3, 515-528. April 1906. “... Under these standards of public morals all forms of religious belief were tolerated; yet only those men who exercised this toleration in such manner as to become Protestants or Christians could be eligible to offices of state. The preaching, as it should always be, was above the practice. The moral standard, as it should always be, was far in advance of the times. To the credit of the fathers, many of them soon overtook it. When the Federal Constitution was framed in 1787, Church and State were absolutely divorced. The word ‘God’ was nowhere inserted, and religious belief was nowhere recognized as a qualification for anything.”
Understanding the Times of Christ. Gospel Publishing House, June 1991. 117 pages. Buy this book here.
Metzger, Bruce
(1914-2007)
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A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. United Bible Societies; 2nd Revised edition, September, 2006. 696 pages. Buy this book here.
“This companion to the Greek New Testament discusses textual variations based on the critical apparatus. It contains a thorough explanation of each textual decision that appears in UBS4.”
With Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, USA; 4th edition, April 15, 2005. 384 pages. Buy this book here.
W. Ward Gasque & Ralph P. Martin, eds. "Ancient Astrological Geography and Acts 2:9-11". Apostolic History and the Gospel. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 085364098X. pp.123-133.
Introduction to the New Testament; Translated from the fourth edition of the German, and considerably augmented with notes by Herbert Marsh. Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon; and sold by J. & J. Merrill, and W. H. Lunn, in Cambridge; J. Johnson, and F. & C. Rivington [and 6 others in London], 1793-1801. 4 volumes; 80. Volume 1 of 4; Volume 2 of 4; Volume 3 of 4; Volume 4 of 4. Translated from Einleitung in die göttlichen Schriften des Neuen Bundes.
A Short view of the evidences upon which the Christian religion, and the divine authority of the holy scriptures is established. In two parts . London, 1734.
Priest and publisher of theological works. Read about Migne here and here.
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Démonstrations évangéliques: traduites, pour la plupart, des diverses langues dans lesquelles elles avaient été écrites, reproduites intégralement non par extraits, annotées et publiées. Paris: Chez l'editeur, 1843-1862. 20 volumes; 28 cm. The apologetic writings of over one hundred authors from every epoch of church history.
Featuring the works of Tertullien, Origene, Eusebius, S. Augustin, Montaigne, Bacon, Grotius, Descartes,
Richelieu, Arnaud, De Choisul-du-Plessis-Praslin, Pascal,
Pelisson, Nicole, Boyle, Bossuet, Bourdaloue, Locke, Lami,
Burnet, Malebranche, Lesley, Leibnitz, La Bruyere, Fenelon,
Huet, Clark, Duguet, Stanhope, Bayle, Le-Clerc, Du-Pin,
Jacquelot, Tillotson, De Haller, Sherlock, Le Moine, Pope,
Leland, Racine, Massillon, Ditton, Derham, D'Aguesseau, De
Polignac, Saurin, Buffier, Warburton, Tournemine, Bentley,
Littleton, Fabricius, Addison, De Bernis, J. J. Rousseau,
Para du Fhanjhas, Stanislas I., Turgot, Statler, West, Beauzée,
Bergier, Carraccioli, Jennings, Duhamel, Liguori, Butler,
Bullet, Vauvenargues, Guénard, Blair, De Pompignan, Deluc,
Porteous; Gerard, Dieesbach, Jacques, Lamourette, La Harpe,
Le Coz, Duvoisin, De la Luzerne, Schmitt, Poynter, Moore,
Silvio Pellico, Lingard, Brunati, Manzoni, Paley, Perrone,
D'Orleans, Campien, Perennes, Wiseman, Buckland, Marcel-de-Serres, Keith, Chalmers, Dupin Ainé, S.E. Gregoire XVI.
In French.
With Edward Hawkins. An Historical View of the plea of tradition: as maintained in the Church of Rome with strictures on a dissertation upon the use and importance of unauthoritative tradition by Edward Hawkins ... and an appendix containing original authorities. London: C. and J. Rivington ; Dublin: R. Milliken, 1826. 102 pp.; 20 cm.
A Sermon, preached in New-York, July 4th, 1793. Being the anniversary of the independence of America: at the request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the city of New-York. New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, 1793. 40 pp. 20 cm. (8vo)
A Sermon, delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New-York, July fourth, 1795, being the nineteenth anniversary of the independence of America: at the request of, and before, the Mechanic, Tammany, and Democratic Societies, and the military officers. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the city of New-York. New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, 1795. 33, [3] pp. 22 cm. (8vo)
Lectures on the Philosophy of Law, Designed Mainly as an Introduction to the Study of International Law. London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1884. 431 pp. "Religion first appears to a child as the negation of sin, morality as the negation of wrong, and law as the negationof crime. This negation disappears when the individual becomes a true child of God, a conscious member of the family, and a true citizen of the state."
... "Both morality and religion afford powerful aid to law; but in order to reap that benefit to its full extent the individual subject should be free to energise to the utmost of his capacity; and, hence, in the most advanced modern states there is either concurrent endowment of all important sects, or the greatest laxity in the enforcement of the nominal creed of the national church. Without freedom morality and religion cannot flourish; without morality and religion true freedom cannot exist. 'Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.' It is, therefore, incorrect to say that morality and religion are concerns of the individual, and not of the state. No one who understands what the state is could make such as assertion. (See p. 201 supra; also Natural Religion, by the author of Ecos Home, part II, chapter iv.) Law, morality, and religion are the forces which keep society together. And society is a unity in differences -- one state or one church, for either name is applicable, composed of individuals. No other bond is possible."
Robert Mimpriss, compiler. The Gospel treasury, and expository harmony of the four evangelists, In the words of the authorised version, having Scripture illustrations; expository notes form the most approved commentators; practical reflections; geographical notices, copious index, etc. New York: Dodd & Mead, 1870. 2 volumes in 1.
Marcus Minucius Felix his Octavius, or, A vindication of Christianity against paganism made English. London printed : and are to be sold by John Whitlock, 1695. [10], 126, [1] pp. Union Theological Seminary (New York, N. Y.) Library.
Mitchell, T. C.
Modern-day keeper of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum.
American President. Read more about President Monroe here, here and here.
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Waldo, Samuel Putnam.INAUGURATION, and INAUGURAL SPEECH. The Tour of James Monroe, President of the United States. Hartford, Conn., 1819. 346pp. Extract.
“Relying on the aid to be derived from the other departments of the government, I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens, with my fervent prayers to the Almighty, that He will be graciously pleased to continue to us that protection which he has already so conspicuously displayed in our favour.”
Waldo, Samuel Putnam.Tour of New Jersey. The Tour of James Monroe, President of the United States. Hartford, Conn., 1819. 346pp. Extract.
Contributions. Part 1, Part 2. v. 7. Helena, Mont. [etc.], 1876-19--. 374pp. 9 vols. Extract.
Montgomery, John Warwick
(1931- )
World-class Christian apologist, philosopher and legal expert. John Warwick Montgomery is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought, Patrick Henry College (Virginia); and Emeritus Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Luton (England). Professor Montgomery holds ten earned degrees, including the LL.B.; LL.M. from Cardiff University, Wales; the A.B. with distinction in Philosophy (Cornell University; Phi Beta Kappa); B.L.S. and M.A. (University of California at Berkeley); B.D. and S.T.M. (Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio); M. Phil. in Law (University of Essex, England); Ph.D. (Univeristy of Chicago), and the Doctorat d'Université from Strasbourg, France. He told Contemporary Authors, "My world-view was hammered out at university; there I became a Christian. . . . Like the late C. S. Lewis (one of my greatest heroes), I was literally dragged kicking and screaming into the Kingdom by the weight of evidence for Christian truth."
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Christ Our Advocate: Studies in Polemical Theology, Jurisprudence and Canon Law, by John Warwick Montgomery. Fifteen essays and four book reviews covering religion and law, social ethics, and the defence of Christian faith. Includes "Modern Theology and Contemporary Legal Theory: A Tale of Ideological Collapse," "Justice Denied: Church Property Disputes Under Current American Law," "Church Remarriage After Divorce: A Third Way," "Can Blasphemy Law Be Justified?" and "The Embryo Cloning Danger in European Context." Buy this book here.
Christianity for the Tough Minded, by John Warwick Montgomery. 296 pp. A collection of 24 essays written by scholars who share a commitment to the evangelical Christian faith. Topics include: "Philosophy and Scientific Method"; "Ethics and Society"; "Religion and Truth". Includes essays on Bertrand Russell, Julian Huxley, Franz Kafka, Herman Hess, Herbert Marcuse, and Ayn Rand. Covers the gamut of contemporary objections to the truth of Christianity. Includes cartoons! Buy this book here.
Crisis in Lutheran Theology, by John Warwick Montgomery. 347 pages. Includes essays on Biblical inerrancy, hermeneutics and the Law's third use (sanctification). By no means of limited Lutheran interest, this book provides ammunition to laymen of all denominations who are troubled by encroaching liberalism and the erosion of Biblical authority. Buy this book here.
Defending the Gospel Through the Centuries
A History of Christian Apologetics: A Study Guide, by John Warwick Montgomery. Canadian Institute for Law, Theology & Public Policy. December 1999. 95 pp. The history of apologetics, from Paul on Mars Hill to CS Lewis at Oxford. Learn how Christians have defended the faith as each age has levelled attacks upon it, and how relevant the master apologists of the past are to our contemporary witness for Christ and the Bible. Accompanies the 16-tape cassette series by the same name. Buy this book here.
Editor’s Introduction. From Global Journal of Classical Theology, v. 6, n. 1, May 2007. Critique of Richard Dawkins’ two U.K. programs, "The Root of All Evil?"
Evidence For Faith: Deciding the God Question,
by John Warwick Montgomery. 366 pages. The 20 papers presented at the "Cornell Symposium on Evidential Apologetics". Included are papers on the evidential approach to Christianity, cosmology, biology, biblical criticism, the historical value of the biblical documents, and the problem of evil. Especially significant is the essay "The Jury Returns: A Juridical Defense of Christianity" by the editor. "A spiritual and intellectual gold mine . . . there is no other volume like it". (Dr. J. P. Moreland, Biola University). Buy this book here.
Faith Founded on Fact, by John Warwick Montgomery. 240 pages. A provocative and controversial book intended to encourage Christians to make the case for the truthfulness of Christianity based on factual evidence. Included are chapters on "The Place of Reason in Christian Witness", "Science, Theology, and the Miraculous", "How Muslims Do Apologetics", and "Dr. Johnson as Apologist". Contains the most sophisticated refutation available anywhere of the arguments of David Hume and Anthony Flew against miracles in general and the resurrection of Christ in particular. Buy this book here.
Giant In Chains: China Today And Tomorrow, by John Warwick Montgomery. 204 pages. Originally published in German, this English version in now available in Canada. An introduction to the legacy of Imperial China, the influence of the three religions of China, the checkered history of the Christian church, the Chinese brand of Marxism that filled a spiritual vacuum, the human rights problem in China, and the challenges facing the church in China today. Shows how the Eastern religions have contributed to the evils of imperialism and Marxism in China, and argues that only the Christian Gospel offers a solution. Order form here.
God's Inerrant Word, by John Warwick Montgomery. Bethany House Publishers, September 1974. 288 pp. Buy this book here.
History, Law and Christianity, by John Warwick Montgomery. 131 pages. A re-issue of the classic History and Christianity expanded to include Dr. Montgomery's essay "Christianity Juridically Defended."
"For over three decades, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery has been a leading expert on questions about the historical reliability of the New Testament documents. This new edition is long overdue, and it is a joy to see it released."
- Dr. J.P. Moreland, Biola University
"I am one who knows what it is to doubt the fact of the resurrection of Jesus. It was Montgomery's writings that answered my doubts. This new edition is one of the best historical and legal defenses for the resurrection available."
- Ross Clifford, Principal, Morling Theological College;
former Lawyer and Barrister
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How Do We Know There Is A God? And Other Questions Inappropriate in Polite Society, by John Warwick Montgomery. 91 pages. Buy this book here.
Human Rights and Human Dignity, by John Warwick Montgomery. 319 pages. "Tackles the tricky subject of human rights . . . with legal precision and theological acuity". (Dr. Harold O. J. Brown) "This book is vintage Montgomery . . . Anyone interested in the justification of human rights or the relationship between law and religion will find many ideas, arguments, and issues to challenge them". (Prof. Irving Hexham, University of Calgary) Contains a detailed argument for the truth of Christianity based on legal evidence (chapter 6). Buy this book here.
In Defense of Martin Luther, by John Warwick Montgomery. 175 pages. A fascinating collection of essays in which Montgomery shows how the Reformation led to a renaissance of learning and provided the foundation for modern science. Montgomery also directly takes on the challenge of secularists and others who allege that Luther's theology is logically consistent with Nazism. Recommended by Roland Bainton, author of Here I Stand. Buy this book here.
Jurisprudence: A Book of Readings, by John Warwick Montgomery. 720 pages. A casebook of selections from a wide variety of works relating law and theology, including a number of long out-of-print 17th and 18th century works defending Christian truth on the basis of legal method. Buy this book here.
The Jury Returns: A Juridical Defense of Christianity - An excerpt from Evidence for Faith Chapter 6, Part 2 here.
The Law Above the Law, by John Warwick Montgomery. 168 pages. Montgomery presents the case that modern people must begin once again to judge their behaviour, their laws and their legal systems on the basis of God's revelation of right and wrong. Included as the appendix is the complete text of The Testimony of the Evangelists by Professor Simon Greenleaf of Harvard Law School, the great 19th century authority on common-law evidence. See "Lessons from the Crucible" for details of an essay on "Witch Trial Theory and Practice" included in this book. Buy The Law Above the Lawhere.
Law & Gospel, by John Warwick Montgomery. Canadian Institute for Law, Theology & Public; 1st edition (December 1994). 50 pages. A monograph integrating the study of law with the study of Christian Theology. Starting with an examination of the three classical functions of the law, and the distinctions between "law" and "gospel", the study moves on to examine contracts, criminal law, real and personal property, laws of evidence, and civil and constitutional law. Buy this book here.
Law & Morality: Friends or Foes?, by John Warwick Montgomery. 32 pages. Dr. Montgomery's inaugural lecture on the occasion of his appointment as Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Luton, England. A response to the Hart-Devlin debate, focusing on the questions: do law and morals have an essential interrelationship? If so, from whence can moral values justifiably be derived? Supplement to audiotape lectures. Order form here.
Myth, Allegory & Gospel, by John Warwick Montgomery. 159 pages. A collection of essays on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and Charles Williams originally delivered as lectures at De Paul University, Chicago. Essayists include Edmund Fuller, Clyde Kilby, Russell Kirk, Chad Walsh, and the editor. Buy this book here.
Principalities and Powers: The World of the Occult and Demon Possession, by John Warwick Montgomery. Revised, 1975. 224 pages. A fascinating look at the paranormal, the supernatural, and the hidden things, including prophesy, divination, poltergeist, cabala, extra-sensory perception, fairies, ghosts, astrology, and other bizarre phenomena. Buy this book here.
The Repression Of Evangelism In Greece: European Litigation Vis-À-Vis A Closed Religious Establishment, by John Warwick Montgomery. 248 pages. Evangelism can lead to jail sentences in Greece, historically the "cradle of democracy." Lawyer-Theologian John Warwick Montgomery, who has successfully fought the Greek anti-proselytism law in the European Court of Human Rights, analyzes the Greek religious and civil rights paradox. Montgomery contends that religious establishment per se (a state church) is not the source of the problem to be found in Greece. The State and its established church should distinguish between "first generation" human rights (civil liberties) and "second generation" rights (economic and social benefits), carefully limiting the privileges of the establishment to the latter, while preserving an open marketplace for religious expression and practice on the part of other belief systems. A book for human rights advocates, missionaries, and all who support an open marketplace for religious expansion. Buy this book here.
"Sensible Christianity" (Tape Series) by John Warwick Montgomery. Contemporary apologetics for the Christian layman designed to prepare you to be "ready to give an answer to every man who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you". (I Peter 3:15) Dr. Montgomery, in easy to understand terms, shows that Christianity is sensible and does have answers to the critical questions of life. Whether you listen to these cassettes alone or in a group study course, you will find that your knowledge and understanding of the Christian faith will be enhanced and your ability to communicate this knowledge improved. See here.
Shape of the Past, by John Warwick Montgomery. Bethany House Publishers, December 1975. 400 pages. Second edition. Buy this book here.
The Shaping of America, by John Warwick Montgomery. 255 pages. A critique of American ideas. The first half of the book deals with how America became the nation that it is; the second half suggests how it could become the nation that it should be. "Every Christian interested in the welfare of his or her country should read this excellent volume." (Robert G. Clouse, Department of History, Indiana State University)
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Slaughter of the Innocents, by John Warwick Montgomery. Crossway Books, March 1981. 128 pages. The slaughtering of innocent children throughout history repeats Herod's terrifying act in the first century. Today this slaughter includes the unborn. Included are essays on "How to Decide the Birth Control Question", "The Christian View of the Fetus", the "American Medical Association Symposium: When Does Life Begin?", and "Abortion and the Law: Three Clarifications." A powerful defense of pro-life and traditional, biblical morality in the areas of sex and the family. Buy this book here.
Slavery, human dignity and human rights. The Evangelical Quarterly, v. 79, n. 2. 2007. pp. 113-132.
"The Death of the Death of God," by John Warwick Montgomery and Thomas Altizer. Dr. Montgomery's historic decimation of death-of-god theology in debate with Thomas J.J. Altizer at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, February 24, 1967. Two audio tapes. For a transcript of this debate, see Dr. Montgomery's book The Suicide of Christian Theology.
The Suicide of Christian Theology, by John Warwick Montgomery. 528 pages. A compendium of 34 essays surveying the current theological scene. Includes The "Is God Dead?" Controversy (1966), and The Altizer-Montgomery Dialogue (1967) - a transcript of his famous debate at the University of Chicago with the death-of-God theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer. Buy this book here.
Tractatus Logico-Theologicus, by John Warwick Montgomery. Canadian Institute for Law, Theology & Public Policy
September 2002. 236 pages. "Written in the style of the early Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Theologicus brings together and updates several decades of [Montgomery's] thought, as it provides a clear, articulate defense of the truth of Christianity, the existence of God, the inerrancy of Holy Scripture, and the fundamental importance of Christian revelation for addressing the human condition. Tractatus Logico-Theologicus is must reading for anyone who wants to know how to choose a religion intelligently."
- J.P. Moreland, Biola University.
"John Warwick Montgomery is one of the most important apologists for biblical Christianity in our time. This is his magnum opus. In it he refutes pluralism (the view that all religions are just different ways to God and none is a superior way of salvation) and postmodernism (the view that there is no discoverable truth that is both universal and absolute); he then sets out the evidence validating Christianity's truth claim."
- Paul D. Feinberg, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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Where is History Going?, by John Warwick Montgomery.
250 pages. A companion volume to Shape of the Past. A Christian response to secular philosophies of history. Karl Barth, Paul Tillich and Gordon Clark's philosophies of history are also critiqued. Includes History and Christianity (1964), Dr. Montgomery's reply to the lecture by Avrum Stroll of the University of British Columbia which contended that there is little if any reliable historical information about Jesus Christ. "Your two lectures [the basis for the book] did me good . . . I don't think it could be bettered" (C.S. Lewis). Buy this book here.
Audio presentation. Testing the Truth Claims of Christianity - Part 1 of 7. Dr. John Warwick Montgomery introduces a 7 part series discussing the truth claims of Christianity. The series follows the outline of Dr. Montgomery’s book, Tractatus Logico-Theologicus, Revised Edition. In this episode, Dr. Montgomery discusses and answers the question, "Are all religions the same?" "Issues, Etc." podcast. Original Air Date: January 29, 2003.
Audio presentation. Testing the Truth Claims of Christianity - Part 3 of 7: "Does the truth claim of Christianity bear up under the standards of evidence for history, law, or science?" "Issues, Etc." podcast. Original Air Date: February 12, 2003.
Audio presentation. Testing the Truth Claims of Christianity - Part 7 of 7: “How does the Christian message assures man of ultimate fulfillment?” Dr. Montgomery concludes the discussion with a admonition to speak the Gospel out of love, and then takes listener questions. "Issues, Etc." podcast. Original Air Date: March 12, 2003.
Audio presentation. Responding to Dr. Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus". Dr. John Warwick Montgomery responds to Dr. Bart Ehrman's contentions put forth in the book "Misquoting Jesus." Clips from the previous interview with Dr. Ehrman are played and Dr. Montgomery addresses them. "Issues, Etc." podcast. Original Air Date: January 31, 2006.
Audio presentation. The New Atheists. Dr. John Warrick Montgomery responds to the arguments made by Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, et al. Dr. Montgomery turns the tables on the "New Atheists" by pointing out the illogic and irrational thinking in their arguments. "Issues, Etc." podcast. Original Air Date: February 5, 2007.
The Resurrection: A Symposium. Revell, 1896. "The Resurrection of Jesus Christ" and "The Fifteenth Chapter of First Corinthians." Also, related essays by Alexander MacLaren, C. H. Spurgeon, T. DeWitt Talmage and Canon Liddon.
The Christian system vindicated: against the more popular forms of modern infidelity. London: Henry G. Bohn, 2nd edition, with additions. 1844. viii, 341 pp.; 18 cm. "Being the Hulsean prize for the year 1838, and the Norrisian prizes for the years 1837 and 1839" -- t.p.
Jonathan Mayhew. "The Snare Broken," a Thanksgiving Discourse, preached at the desire of the West Church in Boston, May 23, 1766. Occasioned by the Repeal of the Stamp-Act.
Samuel Langdon. "Government Corrupted by Vice," a sermon preached before the Honorable Congress of the Colony of Massachussets Bay, on the 31st of May, 1775.
Jacob Duche. "The Duty of Standing Fast in Our Spiritual and Temporal Liberties," a sermon preached in Christ Church, July 7th, 1775, before the first battalion of the city and liberties of Philadelphia.
William Smith. "A Sermon on the Present Situation of American Affairs," preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia, June 23rd, 1775.
John Joachim Zubly. "The Law of Liberty," a sermon on American Affairs, preached at the opening of the Provincial Congress of Georgia, 1775.
John Hurt. "The Love of Country," a sermon preached before the Virginia Troops in New Jersey. 1777.
William Gordon. "The Separation of the Jewish Tribes, after the death of Solomon, accounted for, and applied to the present day, in a sermon, delivered on July 4, 1777.
Nathaniel Whitaker. "An Antidote against Toryism, or the Curse of Meroz.
Oliver Hart. "Dancing Exploded, a sermon showing the unlawfulness, sinfulness, and bad consequences of Balls, Assemblies, and Dances in general;" delivered in Charleston, SC, 1778.
Samuel Stillman. "A Sermon preached before the Honorable Council, and Honorable House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay, May 26th, 1779."
David Tappan. "A Discourse delivered in the Third Parish in Newbury, Massachusetts, on the 1st of May, 1783, occasioned by the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and the United States of America."
John Rodgers. "The Divine Goodness Displayed in the American Revolution," a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783.
George Duffield. "A Sermon preached in the Third Presbyterian Church in the Cityh of Philadelphia, on December 11, 1783, on the Restoration of Peace."
[Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English.]
A Christian view of life and death . [London : R. Field, 1593] [3], 2-10, 13-76, 79-87, [1] pp.
[Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English.] A Discourse of life and death. . Written in French by Phil. Mornay. Done in English by the Countesse of Pembroke. At London: Printed [by R. Field] for William Ponsonby, 1600. [90] pp.
[Mystère d’iniquité. English]. The Mysterie of iniquitie: that is to say, The historie of the papacie: Declaring by what degrees it is now mounted to this height, and what oppositions the better sort from time to time haue made against it. Where is also defended the right of emperours, kings, and Christian princes, against the assertions of the cardinals, Bellarmine and Baronius. By Philip Morney, knight, Lord du Plessis, &c. Englished by Samson Lennard. London : Printed by Adam Islip, anno Dom. 1612. [20], 661, [3] pp.
The Soules own evidence, for its own immortality In a very pleasant and learned discourse, selected out of that excellent treatise entituled, The trunesse of Christian religion, against atheists, epicures, &c. First compiled in French by famous Phillip Mornay, Lord of Plessie Marlie, afterward turned into English by eloquent Sir Phillip Sydney, and his assistant, Master Arthur Golden, anno Domini M D LXXX VII. And now re-published. By John Bachiler Master of Arts, somtimes of Emanuell Colledge in Cambridge. Pnblished [sic] according to order. London: printed by M.S. for Henry Overton in Popes-head Ally, 1646. [8], 64 pp. Sion College Library.
[Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English]. A Pious and Christian consideration of life and death: and of all humane actions. Written originally in French by the famous Philip Morney Lord of Plessis. Translated into Latin by Arnoldus Freitagius. And now done into English by M. A. for the benefit of his countrymen. London: printed by J. L. for Luke Meredith, at the Star in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1699. 70, [2] pp.
[De la verité de la religion chrestienne. English.] A Worke concerning the trunesse of Christian religion: against, atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Iewes, Mahumetists, and other infidels. Written in French, by Philip of Mornay Lord of Plessie and Marly. Begunne to be translated into English, by that honourable and worthy gentleman, Sir Philip Sidney Knight, and at his request finished by Arthur Golding. Since which time, it hath been reuiewed, and is the fourth time published, and purged from sundry faults escaped heretofore, throrow ignorance, carelesnesse, or other corruption. London: Printed by George Purslowe, 1617. [24], 294, 305-605, [7] pp.
Advertissement aux Iuifs sur la venue du Messie. A Saumur: Par Thomas Portau, France; Saumur. 1607. [2], 229, [3] pp.; 23 cm. (4to). OCLC: 7667931
Advertissement avx Ivifs svr la venve dv Messie . Savmvr, par T. Portav, 1607. 1 p. l., 229, [3] pp. 23 cm. OCLC: 23621380. UNIV OF MICHIGAN LIBRARY.
A Sermon, exhibiting the present dangers, and consequent duties of the citizens of the United States of America. New York, 1799. 35 pp. "To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them."
The Duty of resignation under afflictions, illustrated and enforced from the example of Christ, in a sermon preached at Charlestown, April 17, 1796. Occasioned by the death of the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esquire, who died in Boston, April 8, 1796, aged fifty-six. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown. Published at the request of the mourners.
The Present situation of other nations of the world, contrasted with our own. A sermon, delivered at Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, February 19, 1795; being the day recommended by George Washington, president of the United States of America, for publick thanksgiving and prayer. Boston, 1795. 37 pp.
"It had pleased God to teach me something of the meaning of that precious truth: “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” I understood something of the reason why the Lord Jesus died on the cross, and suffered such agonies in the Garden of Gethsemane: even that thus, bearing the punishment due to us, we might not have to bear it ourselves. And, therefore, apprehending in some measure the love of Jesus for my soul, I was constrained to love Him in return. What all the exhortations and precepts of my father and others could not effect; what all my own resolutions could not bring about, even to renounce a life of sin and profligacy: I was enabled to do, constrained by the love of Jesus. The individual who desires to have his sins forgiven, must seek for it through the blood of Jesus. The individual who desires to get power over sin, must likewise seek it through the blood of Jesus."
"What a wonderful manual of everyday life is the Bible. Every day that I live I am more convinced of its everlasting truths. Especially do I have an opportunity of studying both the weaknesses and the virtues of men by observing them in trials at the courthouse. In the Bible are shown both the way of life and the way to life.
"Did you ever think how much of the enduring literature of the world has its base in the Word of God? The other night I was reading the story of the prodigal son, and when I reached the passage, 'When he came to himself,' I was reminded that President Wilson got his text for the book, 'When a Man Comes to Himself,' from that phrase.
"Shakespeare could never have written more than five of his plays, which touch every phase of human life, without the Bible as a groundwork, the five exceptions having mythology as their basis. Even erratic Lord Byron could not have produced the wonderful poem, 'Sennacherib,' without the assistance of the Bible, and neither could Victor Hugo have written 'Les Miserables'. Search through literature and you will find that none of the undying writers could have plumed his wings of thought without this matchless book."
