The Sword and the Trowel
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Spurgeon, C. H.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Sword and the Trowel: A Record of Combat With Sin and of Labour for the Lord We have now completed twenty-five years of our Magazine. The Sword has not lost its edge, nor has the Trowel grown rusty. Our dependence has been upon a strength which outrides the tide of time; and for this reason, and for this reason only, we have not been suffered to fail. This Magazine remains to bear witness for the Lord against abounding error, and at the same time to encourage and stimulate every holy endeavour to glorify the name of Jesus. Herein we rejoice, yea, and will rejoice, that while the present period is a sad victim to the energy of falsehood and worldliness, it is the object of Christian solicitude and endeavour to a very high degree. The weeds are shedding their seeds, but the wheat is ripening its corn. Surely the harvest is drawing near! Next year, to begin another quarter of a century, we shall adopt a new wrapper for The Sword and the Trowel; but there will be no change in its doctrine, nor in its method of promoting it. Our colours are nailed to the mast. Progress in the knowledge of truth does not imply the relinquishment of that God-given gospel which has throughout the centuries saved the souls of men. We ask our compeers whether the gospel of Paul, of Augustine, of Calvin, of Owen, and of McCheyne, did not assuredly bring salvation by Jesus Christ to those who knew nothing of "advanced theology," and they dare not question that it did. We ask them whether it does not still foster a true religious life, and they cannot deny it. We shall therefore keep to that which has been so long tried and proved; and all the more so, because we see nothing new in "the new theology" which is one half so likely to produce the same result. If he who doubts the Divinity of our Lord, and the plan of Substitution, is called a Christian by the advocates of novelties; even they have not gone so far as to deny the Christianity of those who firmly believe these glorious truths: therefore, on the very lowest ground, we resolve to take that road which is confessed to be safe, and in which a man may walk with the holiest. But more, we tremble at the disappointment which will surely come to those who lean on the bowing wall and tottering fence which the moderns set before them. A faith which knows not Christ as God, the divine Judge will not know at the last great day; and those who trample on the atoning blood will reap nothing but condemnation "in that day." While we shall not bear the Sword in vain, but use it against error, our Magazine will fully represent the work of the Trowel, in upbuilding the cause of God. Throughout another year our friends have sustained The College, The Orphanage, The Evangelists, The Colportage, and The Book Fund, and we thank them with a full heart. To these is added The College Mission, which in Spain and North Africa has already done some little for foreign lands. This last will need to be greatly enlarged, and may safely be helped without injury to any other of the older missions. 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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