The Life of Man on Earth
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Excerpt from The Life of Man on Earth: A Discourse Delivered to the Congregational Church and Society in West Woodstock, Conn;, May, 1851, on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ordination of the Author as Their Pastor; To Whom He Administered in That Capacity Nearly Thirty-Two, An While taking the proper humble attitude of devotion at the footstool of Jehovah, he justly acknowledges, in very pathetic language, the mournful condition of the human family, by reason of all having sinned, and come short of the glory of God, and experiencing in consequence the effects of his holy displeasure. They are frail, destined to return to the dust whence they were taken, liable to decay and fade away as transiently as the tender grass and flowers of the field, or to be borne on rapidly in crowds, as a flooded stream, to the ocean of eternity. Yet, the gloom of this dark picture is enlivened with mercy´s beams, flowing from the Sun of Righteousness, the second Adam, who is made a quickening Spirit. The very idea of Moses raising the voice of supplication to God, supposes the rays of mercy, of hope and consolation, had penetrated the dark cloud; for otherwise unmingled darkness and despair must have continued to rest upon the world. It becomes, then, deeply interesting to us all to survey the subject. I. There is a limit affixed to the present existence of our race This is involved in the phrase "the days of our years," as also in the uniform language of Scripture. Man, as originally formed in the intellectual and moral image of his Creator, was constituted to continue undecaying, undying, immortal. The penalty of death, annexed to transgression, supposes the boon of life immortal, in unmixed bliss, was insured to him in case of persevering obedience. If he were not, then, in a state suited to an endless perpetuation and advancement of his innumerable posterity in knowledge, holiness, communion with God and his holy kingdom, it is probable all would have been changed, after a certain period, into a more spiritual, celestial state, as respects their material part, similar to the change Enoch and Elijah underwent when translated, and which will pass upon all the redeemed at the general resurrection. But the bright prospect of man´s primitive innocence became clouded at once by the first act of disobedience, and the irreversible sentence followed, "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Hence we read, "It is appointed unto men once to die. And there is no man that hath power over the spuit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war." 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.
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