A Sermon Preached by Jaazaniah Crosby ...: March 25, 1860, the Day which Completed Fifty Years of His Ministry at Charlestown, N.H. |
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Page 26 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 13 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Page 15 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 14 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 26 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the...
Page 15 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them who are sanctified.
Page 15 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 26 - The precept of rejoicing with them that rejoice, and weeping with them that weep, never found a better subject than Dr. Crosby. Then he preached Christianity : he had no creed but that, no fine or far-fetched theories, no' philosophy or scheme of salvation. The love of God through Christ, that was all, and that was enough. This simple teaching, the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation, did its steady work, and transformed the earthly into the heavenly image. He neither strove nor cried,...
Page 12 - Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.
Page 11 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit unto God who gave it.