his time as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. PULPIT SKETCHES. Preciousness of Time, Eph. 5: 16. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. PULPIT SKETCHES. Instability of Life. James 4: 13-15. SUBJECTS AND TEXTS APPROPRIATE TO ORDINATION. Ps. 132: 16. I will also clothe her priests with salvation. PRES. APPLETON. The Christian Minister should give no Offence. 2 Cor. 6:3. Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed. The Minister's Request. 1 Thess. 5: 25. Brethren pray for us. Importance of an Evangelical Ministry. 1 Cor. 2: 15, 16. MCILVAINE'S COLLECTION. Responsibility of the Gospel Ministry. Heb. 13: 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. The Different Methods of Preachers. 1 Cor 3: 11-15. R. S. STORRS. Christian and Ministerial SelfDenial and Faithfulness urged from the Example of Christ. 2 Cor. 8: 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. D. BISHOP. Purification of the Sacred Ministry. Mal. 3: 3, 4. L. WOODS. Apostolic Preaching. Acts 20: 21, 25–27. R. S. STORRS. Unsearchable Riches of Christ. J. H. CHURCH. Eph. 3: 8. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. B. DICKINSON. The Importance and Means of an Able Ministry. 2 Tim. 2: 15. A workman that needeth not to be ashamed. T. MCAULEY. The Faithful Preacher and Wages of Unfaithfulness. 1 Cor. 9: 16. Wo is unto me if I preach not the gospel. Variety Essential in Preaching. Mat. 13: 52. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. N. EMMONS. Preaching should be addressed to the Understanding. Acts 17: 2. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. N. EMMONS. The Nature and Effect of Divine Teaching. John 6:45. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. N. EMMONS. Christ as a Preacher. John 7:46. Never man spake like this man. N. EMMONS. Christ's Ministers Thankful for their Office. 1 Tim. 1: 12. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. N. EMMONS. The Preaching which Declares the Whole Counsel of God. Acts 20: 27. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. N. EMMONS. A Wise Preacher aims to Impress. Eccl. 12: 11. The words of the wise are as goads. PULPIT SKETCHES. How Ministers must give themselves wholly to their Work. 1 Tim. 4: 15. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. PULPIT SKETCHES. Ministers exposed to be Corrupted by their People. Ezek. 2: 8. But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. PULPIT SKETCHES. Religious Instructors very useful in Civil Society. 2 Chron. 24: 15, 16. are PRES. DAVIES. The Tender Anxieties of Ministers for their People. Gal. 4: 19, 20. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. PRES. DAVIES. The Success of the Ministry CHALMERS. depends upon Divine Influence. 1 Cor. 3: 7. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase. PRES. DAVIES. The Love of Souls a Necessary Qualification for the Ministerial Office. 1 Thess. 2: 8. So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. A. FULLER. Qualifications and Encouragement of a Faithful Minister. Acts 11: 24. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. |