Speeches of the Rev. Drs. Tyng, Parker, and Everts at the Boston Meeting in Behalf of the American Sunday-School Union, May 29, 1844

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Página 14 - ... meaning. . . . In the doctrines of the supremacy of the inspired Scriptures, as the rule of faith and duty — the lost state of man by nature, and his exposure to endless punishment in a future world — his recovery only by the free, sovereign and sustaining grace of God, through the atonement and merits of a divine Redeemer, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit — the necessity of faith, repentance and holy living, with an open confession of the Saviour before men, and the...
Página 4 - Its objects are to concentrate the efforts of Sabbath School •Societies in the different sections of our country — to strengthen the hands of the friends of religious instruction on the Lord's day — to disseminate useful information — circulate moral and religious publications in every part of the land, and to endeavor to plant a Sunday-school wherever there is a population.
Página 14 - ... we then say only just what He said, leaving those who read or hear to judge of His meaning. In the doctrines of the supremacy of the inspired Scriptures, as the rule...
Página 14 - Savior before men, and the duty of complying with his ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper — in these doctrines we find the essential and leading truths of the Christian system ; in the reception of these doctrines we agree, and with (¡od's hi'lp we endeavor to leach and inculcate them on nil whom we can properly reach.
Página 15 - Apostles, have had any gifts or graces which clothe their interpretations or teachings with any authority binding upon the conscience or judgment of others. Their diligent study of the Bible— their humble waiting upon God for the teachings of his Spirit, and their devout and holy lives, of course commend their opinions to our respect and deference.
Página 15 - ... formed settlements of the land. We CAN AND DO scatter far and wide, — through the agency of thousands upon thousands of our teachers, and our millions of Bibles, Testaments, and other religious books, circulating from week to week among a million of children and youth, and through the families and neighbourhoods in which they dwell, the free and boundless blessings of the gospel.
Página 14 - We would teach them to read it every day — to keep it open and study it with reverence and delight, and meditate upon it as they sit in the house and as they go by the way. We do not put any human authority above it nor by the side of it, but immeasurably below it. We do not believe that any man or body of men, since the days of the...
Página 14 - We open it wide in the broad sun-light, and ask all mankind to come and read and think and decide for themselves what the Lord their God requires them to believe and to do. We seek to put the Bible into the hands of all the children and youth in the country. We would...
Página 22 - Scriptures, as the rule of faith and duty— the lost state of man by nature, and his exposure to endless punishment in a future world— his recovery only by the free, sovereign and sustaining grace of God, through the atonement and merits of a divine Redeemer, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit— the necessity of faith, repentance, and holy living, with an open confession of the Saviour before men, and the duty of complying with his ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper— in these...
Página 13 - ... and the establishment of the church of Christ. Wherever we succeed, the gospel ministry gains essential and permanent support, and the cause of the Redeemer finds new and faithful friends. In our individual relations we uphold (and in our associated capacity...

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