Practical Preaching for Priests and People

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Excerpt from Practical Preaching for Priests and People: Twenty-Five Short Sermons on Doctrinal and Historical Subjects With a Synopsis of Each SermonThe importance of this state of future being forms no portion of the present discourse. We know that for the spiritual part of our existence the whole work of the redemption was undertaken, and upon its eternal welfare is the entire energy of the Church expended. In all his troubles and af¿ictions the religious man consoles himself with the same con viction that lightened the trials of holy Job, and made even the pagan Roman poet cry out though for a different reason N on omnis moriar I shall not wholly die. But, however firm may be our belief in immortality, we must never forget that outside the domain of faith there exists, and has ever existed, a widespread area of doubt, and even negation, where the truths which we regard as the commonplaces of belief are looked Upon as nothing better than illusions and chimeras. The opposition which in the early ages spent itself in attacking the divinity of Christ.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.