A Sermon Preached in the Meeting-House of the First Parish, in Hingham, January 8, 1865 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Sermon Preached in the Meeting-House of the First Parish, in Hingham, January 8, 1865The Gospel, however, does not confine itself to the doctrine that God is present and active throughout every part of his vast dominions, but proceeds much farther, and informs us that this unlimited power is invariably exerted in connection with perfect love. That the Supreme Being is a compassionate Father, and a loving Friend. The strongest terms are employed to give impression to this doctrine. God is love. If ye, being evil, know how to give good things to your child ren, how much more shall your heavenly Father give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him. Here, then, we are assured that all events, all life's circumstances, all our comforts, and all our bereavements, are appointed in absolute kindness, and are intended for our highest good. It must be thus. Perfect benevolence cannot af¿ict us gratuitously, nor in wanton cruelty. Almighty power is united with perfect benevolence and paternal compassion. We need not tremble before a dread sovereign, we need not fear to weep before a tender father, or to pour our cries and entreaties for help into the ear of a loving friend.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.