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Бенджамин Франклин. A Book of Gems, or, Choice selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin
A Book of Gems, or, Choice selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
THE GRAND WORK BEFORE US
THE WORK OF CREATION
LOTTERIES
NO PREACHERS ON DANCING, ETC
HARDENING PHARAOH’S HEART
OUR CENSUS
TRUE MISSIONARIES
NO DEPARTURE FROM THE JERUSALEM CHURCH
BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT
A HIGHER MORALITY REQUIRED
POIMEEN—SHEPHERD—EVANGELIST—OVERSEER
CALL NO MAN REVEREND
PREACHER DID NOT SUIT
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY
THE GROUND OF UNION
IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON
EATING THE LORD’S FLESH. AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD
CHURCH ORGANIZATION
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
PROGRESSING BACKWARD
NO DIVISION CAN COME
SOME THINGS CAN NOT. BE SETTLED
OUTWARD APPEARANCE
LITTLE MATTERS
ONE IDEA ISM
MINISTERING ANGELS
NO SIDE STRUCTURE
LIGHT WITHIN
BE FIRM IN THE RIGHT
THE BIBLE WILL SAVE THE WORLD
NOT RECEIVING THE REFORMATION, BUT CHRIST
LIFTED ABOVE SECTS AND PARTIES
MAKING THE BIBLE SUPPORT HUMAN SYSTEMS
PIONEERS, SUPPORT, ETC
UNIVERSALISM
SUPPORT WORKERS
RECKLESS TWADDLE
THE KIND OF PREACHING REQUIRED
WE ARE A MISSIONARY PEOPLE
RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS
FINE CLOTHES
SUBTLETIES ABOUT IMMERSION
ALL THINGS COMMON
DELUDED
REFORMATION A SUCCESS
WHAT WE ARE FOR
A SUGGESTION
ANNIHILATION—FUTURE PUNISHMENT
DESIGN OF MIRACLES
CAIN’S WIFE
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL
WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT
INFANT SIN—INFANT SALVATION
OUR AUTHORITATIVE RELIGION
REFLECTIONS FOR DANCERS
SPIRIT OF INDIFFERENCE
APOLOGY FOR CREEDS
HEAR YE HIM
EVANGELISTS AND EVANGELIZING
A WORKING MINISTRY
PRESENT PUNISHMENT WILL NOT SAVE
THE MISSION OF INFIDELS
IS IT POSSIBLE TO AROUSE THE PEOPLE?
A MOTHER’S GRAVE
TENDENCY OF UNIVERSALISM
VALUE OF LEARNING
THE BIBLE INFALLIBLY SAFE
EXCUSE FOR CREEDS
OVER AND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
REASON, PROVIDENCE, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD, TEACH US TO OBEY GOD
WHAT IS CAMPBELLISM?
YOUNG PREACHERS MUST BE PRACTICAL
CHRISTIANITY
KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE CHURCH
UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS
BOUNDARY LINE OF REPENTANCE
RECEIVING SINNERS WITHOUT BAPTISM
THE FALL OF BEECHER
SPEAK PLEASANTLY
VARIOUS KINDS OF SCEPTICISM
CHRIST THE CENTER
RICHES OF FAITH
ONE BAPTISM
DISTURBING ELEMENT
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
WHO CRUCIFIED THE SAVIOR
CHRISTIAN ZEAL
JUDGMENT, THE GROUND OF REPENTANCE
THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST
ADHERING TO THE BIBLE
EXCHANGING PULPITS
KIND OF PREACHERS AND PREACHING NEEDED
WHERE IS THE POWER?
COMMUNION
WANDERING PILGRIMS
DEDICATION OF CHURCH EDIFICES
THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS
SOUND MEN
CHRISTMAS
PREACHERS BELONGING TO NO CHURCH
A CHOIR
COURTESY IN FELLOWSHIP
PRAISE GOD BY SINGING
CHRIST WILL COME
ONE RELIGION
A. CAMPBELL’S SUCCESSORS AND CRITICS
AUTHORITY OF A SINGLE CONGREGATION
CLASSIFICATION OF MISSIONARY MEN
INFLUENCE OF THE DANCE
NO MODIFICATION OF THE DIVINE PLAN
ONE WAY TO GOD
POPULAR UNION MEETINGS
WHERE IS THE ARMY OF THE LORD?
FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE LORD’S ARMY
FEET WASHING
SUCCESS TO GOOD MEN
OUR PLEA
NO CAMPBELLITES
CONVERTING THE CITIES
A HAPPY MEETING
CHURCH DECISIONS
REIGN OF A THOUSAND YEARS
METHODIST CLERICAL PRETENSIONS
MOODY AND SANKEY
TOO LATE FOR THE CARS
LORD’S DAY MEETINGS
LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF A CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
UNIVERSALISM UNBELIEF
PERSONALITY OF THE DEVIL
CLERICAL YOUNG PASTORS
EVERLASTING AND ETERNAL
ENDURING HARDNESS AS GOOD SOLDIERS
HOW A PREACHER MAY STAND FAIR
DELAY IN TURNING TO THE LORD
WIELDING THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
WE ARE NO SECT
MAINTAIN A PURE FAITH AND WORSHIP
THINGS NOT FORBIDDEN
BRANCHES OF THE CHURCH
WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES
NOT OF ONE CLASS
HOW THE WORLD REGARDS DANCERS
SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM
RECOGNITION OF, BY SECTS
WEALTH OF ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
FAITH, REPENTANCE, AND BAPTISM, DO NOT PARDON
PROTRACTED MEETINGS, EXCITEMENTS. ETC
SCENE IN A HOTEL
“FAITH COMES BY HEARING.”
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
EVANGELISTS—PASTORS
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN PREACHING
TEDIOUSNESS IN PUBLIC DEVOTIONS
RESURRECTION—ADAMIC SIN
PAYING PREACHERS A STIPULATED SUM
SELF-LAUDATION
PREACH CHRIST, NOT OURSELVES
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST A PROSELYTING INSTITUTION
OBSERVING THE SABBATH
MARK THOSE WHO CAUSE DIVISIONS
RELIGION AND POLITICS
PRAYER BOOKS
UPWARD TENDENCY—REFORMATION NOT A. FAILURE—MISSIONARY WORK
MEN CAN BELIEVE AND DO BELIEVE
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
BELIEVERS ONLY TO BE BAPTIZED
THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY. BEFORE BAPTISM
PAUL AND JAMES, ON JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH
CONTROVERSY
CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE SPIRIT. [A]
SECTARIANISM
DANCING IS A HEALTHFUL EXERCISE
PRAYER
WE HAVE A PERFECT GOSPEL. TO PREACH
BIBLE NAMES
INDIVIDUALITY AFTER DEATH
BELIEF IN THE BIBLE IS. INFALLIBLY SAFE
REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY
EARNESTLY CONTENDING. FOR THE FAITH
THIRTY YEARS AGO
JESUS REVEALED AS. THE SAVIOR
CAN NOT A MAN KNOW THAT. HE IS A CHRISTIAN?
EXALTED POSITION OF JESUS
PUBLIC OPINION—INFANT DAMNATION
THE WARNING
HOW THE CAUSE OF REFORMATION. WAS ADVANCED
A PHALANX OF YOUNG MEN
BODIES RESURRECTED, NOT SPIRITS
ANOINTING WITH OIL
GIVING UP PRINCIPLES
MY CHURCH
THE BIBLE AND BIBLE MEN
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
SMALL IMPROPRIETIES. AND ANNOYANCES
ONE IMMERSION
INNOVATIONS IN THE. CHURCH OF CHRIST
THE BIBLE GROUND
THE WORK OF THE DISCIPLES
NOT TO KEEP COMPANY
EXTENT OF ONE MAN’S INFLUENCE
PULPITS
WHY INFIDELS OPPOSE THE BIBLE
MIRACLES
“AFFIRMATIVE GOSPEL.”
HOUSEHOLD BAPTISMS
KNOWING AND NOT DOING
THE BIBLE VS. HUMAN CREEDS
GLORYING IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST
THE PARDONING POWER IS ONLY IN GOD
THE ACTION OF BAPTISM
SHORTER CATECHISM. FOR UNIVERSALIANS
POPULAR AMUSEMENTS
ACTIVITY IN THE MINISTRY
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS ON THE ACTION OF BAPTISM
“A MIGHTY GOOD FOUNDATION.”
A HARD QUESTION FOR PREACHERS
MAN’S ACCOUNTABILITY
THE NEW AND THE OLD
“MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.”
POLICY IN PREACHING
THE CAUSE OF CHRIST IS ABOVE. PARTISAN POLITICS
“COME OUT OF BABYLON.”
PREACH “FIRST PRINCIPLES.”
DEVELOPING THE TALENTS. OF THE YOUNG
WHAT A PREACHER MUST BE
THEORY AND PRACTICE
THE CONVERTING POWER
IMPERFECT MEDIUM FOR. A PERFECT REVELATION
OVERLOOKING HUMBLE. BUT GOOD MEN
SUGGESTIONS TO A YOUNG SCEPTIC
DIALOGUE ABOUT THE PREACHER
“THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINS.”
CONCLUSION OF THE YEAR
