Parochial Duties, Practically Illustrated (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The foregoing notice forms the most important feature in the hand bill. It seemsito be an engine of great utility. And has been now for so many years in constant exercise as to bear the recommendation. Not of experiment, but of experience. When the Ministers of the Established Church, look minutely into the state of their fiocks. They cannot but feel considerable pain at the consciousness of the responsibility that exists, of giving individual spiritual food to all their sheep. Time and strength can never be found for rendering domiciliary visits of any great use in explaining Scripture, (at all events to a large number.) and the,pulpit will not allow of that familiar exposition which necessarily must be used to convey correct ideas to an uneduca tted mind. No one but those accustomed to question the poor, or to be questioned by them, can form an idea of what, by way of explanation, they require. It is not only line upon 'line, and precept upon precept they need, but it is almost word by word. And letter by letter. Nor must it pass our qbservation. That the mom. Valuable part of our flocks (because to them is com mitted the teaching of the infant mind) are often for a great portion of their lives, excluded from the public service of our Church.

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