Posted on 02/26/2015 4:08:18 PM PST by metmom
Tozer ping
Man: The Dwelling Place of God Chapter 1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3242797/posts
The Call of Christ Chapter 2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3244492/posts
What We Think of Ourselves is Important Chapter 3
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3246397/posts
The Once-born and the Twice-born - Chapter 4
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3247452/posts
On the Origin and Nature of Things-Chapter 5
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3250352/posts
Why People Find the Bible Difficult - Chapter 6
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3253131/posts
Faith: The Misunderstood Doctrine - Chapter 7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3255583/posts
True Religion Is Not Feeling but Willing - Chapter 8
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3257460/posts
How to Make Spiritual Progress Chapter 9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3258729/posts
The Old Cross and the New - Chapter 10
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/tozer/5j00.0010/5j00.0010.10.htm
If a fellow doesn’t even know who Polonius is, he probably should not try to make literary references. It simply makes him look uneducated.
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Good choice of author :)
here is one I dare you to read :)
THE SINFULNESS OF SIN
By Ralph Venning
Puritan author
there is ZERO comfort in this book :)
http://www.preachtheword.com/bookstore/sinfulness.pdf
In that long tracing of the history of nations and their ideological foundations, the excerpts which follow are brief, but the entire Sermon should be read and studied by citizens today.
The following paragraph is excerpted for this thread: CENTENNIAL Thanksgiving Sermon, DELIVERED BY REV. B. W. ARNETT, B. D., AT ST. PAUL A. M. E. CHURCH, URBANA, OHIO 1876 - available in the "Library of Congress - Historical Collections" - "African-American Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection," 1820-1920; American Memory, Washington, DC.
This historical treasure is one which should be prominent in our national discussions, especially now, when our philosophical foundations are being challenged, and when the views of a learned man like Dr. Arnett might shed light on centuries-old ideas about America's history. His theme: Righteousness Exalteth a Nation, but Sin is a Reproach to any People."
"Withdraw from Christendom the Bible, the Church with its sacraments and ministry, and Christian morality and hopes, and aspirations for time and eternity; repeal all the laws that are founded in the Christian Scriptures; remove the Christian humanities in the form of hospitals and asylums, and reformatories and institutions of mercy utterly unknown to unchristian countries; destroy the literature, the culture, the institutions of learning, the art, the refinement, the place of woman in her home and in society, which owe their origin and power to Christianity; blot out all faith in Divine Providence, love, and righteousness; turn back every believer in Christ to his former state; remove all thought or hope of the forgiveness of sins by a just but gracious God; erase the name of Christ from every register it sanctifiesin a word annihilate all the legitimate and logical effects of Christianity in Christendomjust accomplish in fact what multitudes of gifted and learned minds are wishing and trying to accomplish by their science, philosophy, and criticism, and what multitudes of the common people desire and seek, and not only would all progress toward and unto perfection cease, but not one of the shining lights of infidelity would shine much longer. Yes, the bitterest enemies of this holy and blessed religion, owe their ability to be enemies to its sacred revelations - to the inspiration and sublimity of that faith which reflects its glories on their hostile natures. They live in the strength of that which they would destroy. They are raised to their seats of opportunity and power by the grace of Him they would crucify afresh; and is it to be thought that they are stronger than that which gives them strength? Can it be supposed that a religion which civilizes and subdues, and elevates and blesses will succumb to the enmities it may arouse and quicken in its onward march? Are we to tremble for the ark of God when God is its upholder, and protector, and preserver? - Dr. Benjaming W. Arnett, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, Ohio, Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon, November 1876Dr. Arnett, an A.M.E. Minister and Ohio State Legislator, was invited to publish this remarkable sermon commemorating the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence by the following method:
To:
Rev. B. W. ARNETT, B. D.
Dear Pastor:
Will you please prepare your Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon for publication: together with whatever matter pertaining to the colored people of this city, you deem worth preserving.
We make this request of you, believing that the publication of such matter, will be of benefit to the present and succeeding generations.
Yours Respectfully,
J GAITER
J. DEMPCY
C. L, GANT
Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLES
Urbana, O.
December 7th, 1876
J GAITER, J. DEMPCY, C. L, GANT
Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLES
Yours is at hand, requesting me to prepare my "Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon" for publication. If you think that my words will be of any advantage to you, and those whom you have the honor of representing, I am willing to leave it to your judgement and will prepare my feeble effort for the press: hoping that, if there is nothing new in it, at least I may awaken some one to follow "the Moccasin tracks of Righteousness, and the Foot Prints of sin on the sands of time," and be better prepared for the duties they owe to themselves, their families, their country, and their God.
I am, yours,
BENJAMIN W. ARNETT
____________________
At another point in his long "Thanksgiving Sermon," Dr. Arnett made the following assertion about America and "wherein lies its greatness":
"Let us see what it is that makes us so great; wherein lies our strength. What has made us one of the greatest powers of the earth, politically and intellectually? Have we come to the conclusion that it is Righteousness that exalteth a nation? We have met to-day at the request of the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and also the Governor of our beloved State, Rutherford B. Hayes. For what? Why call us from our homes? Why come to the house of God? Why not go to the hall of mirth and to the places of amusement to-day? No that is not what they want us to do. We are commanded to go to our 'several places of worship, and there offer up thanks to Kind Providence which has brought our nation through the scenes of another year, and blessed the land with peace, plenty and prosperity.' Then as Americans we have reason to rejoice and congratulate ourselves on the greatness of our beloved country; at this the close of the first hundred years of experimental government of the people, by the people, and for the people. To be a citizen of this vast country is something, and to share in its privileges and duties is more than something." - Dr. Benjaming W. Arnett, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, Ohio, Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon, November 1876
Sobering. By God's Grace, Tozer hits the nail on the head.
But; there IS pleasure in sin; for a season.
Call me Uneducated.
indeed!
So you found nothing of value in the chapter to comment on then?
Who is Polonius? i don`t remember hearing that name before.
“Withdraw from Christendom the Bible, the Church with its sacraments and ministry, and Christian morality and hopes, and aspirations for time and eternity; repeal all the laws that are founded in the Christian Scriptures;
——————————————————————————————I i heard a sermon like that today it would seem to me that it was just for the real college educated people and was deliberately leaving people like me out.
It would have to be translated for me to understand it.
So i guess in that day i would have to base my agreement or disagreement on if it was pro independence or anti independence.
If some one told me that the sermon was in favor of independence, i would say aha great sermon.
I think he has a point to make. Problem is, he tried to go all literary on us . . . which is fine, if you have the education to do it.
But if a writer fumbles the ball in the very first line, it destroys his credibility. Better to stick to preaching and not try to quote stuff one hasn't read well enough to get the character's name right. Or, better yet, go and read and get educated.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
In charity, maybe he just had a typo and a REALLY bad proofreader.
. . . and with Scrooge as the classic "eleventh hour" conversion, it would be an even better example than the hypothetical wicked old man. Dickens was nominally Church of England, but rather Unitarian in a vague way, and mostly unchurched. But even Balaam's ass was made to speak truth, why not a gifted but theologically confused writer?
Also, we used to have to read Dickens, whose Scrooge would have made a good point in this essay. Got "Great Expectations" in the 8th grade, I think, and "Bleak House" in 11th or 12th.
What may have happened is that political correctness now requires that the kids read a certain quota of authors from various racial, ethnic, and other special-interest groups, regardless of their merit. It crowds out the classics, especially the ones written by Dead White Men.
You may have been victims of that wrong-headed thinking.
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