Two Discourses on the Divine Faithfulness

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Excerpt from Two Discourses on the Divine Faithfulness: As Illustrated in the History of the First Church in Middleborough, Mass, , During the Period of One Hundred and Fifty Years This day, my hearers, completes the period of one hundred and fifty years from the foundation of the First Church in Middleborough, - the Church of Christ, which was then gathered on this ground, and with which we are variously connected. When we reflect on the length of this period, on the four or five generations which have passed away with it, on the number of ministers who have here preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, on the many hundreds of members, of whom the church has at different times been composed, and on the several sanctuaries, in which the church and the people have worshiped: - when we reflect that this beloved church still survives the period of a century and half, and that it is looking forward with the prospect of living for centuries yet to come: - and when, moreover, we consider that all the blessings it has experienced, and all it hopes for, are to be attributed to the grace of its covenant-keeping God, we may well adopt the language of the text, and say unto Him, "Thy faithfulness is unto all generations." From the records which have been preserved, it appears that this church was organized on the 26th day of December, A.D. 1694, old style, which corresponds with the 6th day of January, according to the present mode of computing time, so that the hundred and fiftieth anniversary actually comes to-morrow, still, this day closes the period under consideration, and for all practical purposes may be regarded as the anniversary day. 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.