A charge delivered by the archdeacon of Berks at his visitation in May, 1834

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Страница 17 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Страница 23 - Now this is, generally speaking, the case with religious instruction. The less we have of it, the less we desire to have of it. It is not with the aliment of the soul, as it is with the aliment of the body. The latter will be sought after ; the former must be offered to a people, whose spiritual appetite is in a state of dormancy, and with whom it is just as necessary to create a hunger, as it is to minister a positive supply. In these circumstances, it were vain to wait for any original movement...
Страница 22 - But the case is widely different, when the appetite for any good, is short of the degree in which that good is useful or necessary ; and, above all, when just in proportion to our want of it, is the decay of our appetite towards it. Now this is, generally speaking, the case with religious instruction.
Страница 25 - ... be willing to endow any such chapel with such a provision, secured upon land, money in the funds, tithes, or other hereditaments, as...
Страница 22 - ... demand for food or raiment, or any " article which ministers to the necessities of our " physical nature. The more destitute we are of these " articles, the greater is our desire after them. In " every case, where the want of any thing serves to " whet our appetite, instead of weakening it, the sup...
Страница 15 - Church, but also to see and take care, that all that resort thereto, do in time of divine service and sermon behave themselves orderly, soberly, and reverently, kneeling at the prayers, standing at the belief, and sitting or standing quietly and attentively at the .reading of the scriptures, and the preaching of God's Word, (Can.
Страница 28 - ... they rescinded the irregular decisions of the last Assembly. From the Assembly thus constituted, such commissioners as weie disposed to sustain the doings of the last Assembly, as might be expected, absented themselves ; and in this unhappy condition we address you, and we ask you to unite with us in fervent prayer to the great head of the church that he would interpose to heal the division, and restore peace and confidence throughout our borders. We do not think it proper to give you in greater...
Страница 23 - It was conferred by different pious individuals, for the maintenance of the worship of God, and the advancement of religion, in the same manner as pro•' Chalmers's Christian Economy.

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