Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Central Power of the Gospel: A Sermon Preached at the Installation of Rev. Grindall Reynolds, as Pastor of the First Church in Concord, Mass., July 8, 1858
Paul never would have consented to the substitu tion, but would have rejected it with warmth. It would be difficult to discover in his writings an instance in which Christianity is spoken of as a sys tem in the abstract, independent of the person of its author. He preached the gospel of Christ; he preached Jesus, and him crucified; he preached 9' in the (name of he called upon men to believe in Christ, to love, him, to-confess and serve him: he never preached a system merely. The glow of a'personal gratitude and love warms every invita tion and admonition he utters to the church. Loyal tears of mingled grief and indignation run down'his cheeks, when he rebukes the faithless friends or the His every pulse throbs.
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