The Old in the New, or the Position and Policy of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

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Excerpt from The Old in the New, or the Position and Policy of the Presbyterian Church in the United States: A Discourse, Delivered at the Opening of the General Assembly, in St. Louis, May 17, 1855 Lord himself, previous to his ascension. Even during his personal ministry, there was scarcely the twilight of evangelical truth, when' compared with the full-day brightness with which it shone after the baptism of the Holy Ghost and of fire. Nor have the epithets old and new ceased to be applicable to Christianity. There has been progress in the knowledge of Chris tianity - progress from vagueness to precision, from obscurity to splendor, in some points - since the days of the apostles. There have been no authentic additions to. It but new representations and impressions have been given of it, from time to time, in virtue of which it has been itself called new. At different epochs, it has become almost as new as it was at first, in its new manifestations of power, and in the new impressions which men have had of it. It was so in the early part of the sixteenth century, when its republi cation by the reformers, was as a resurrection of it to the nations of Europe. Indeed, at every period of awakening in the church, the ancient faith becomes new again. Nay, it is, as it were, constantly rejuvenizing itself in the experience of individual Christians, to many of whom it seems to be always becoming more and more novel. The old, primitive word, the same essentially, yesterday, to-day and forever, appears to them each day more fresh than when it first opened itself to than. It is always recognized by them as the same old commandment, but it has a new aspect everything in it looks perfectly fresh and young, its facts, teachings, tenden cies, bearings, relations, in¿uences, are ever and more and more new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.