Observations on Sabbath funerals and divine commandment
A reader argues against Sabbath funerals on the Lord's Day, citing biblical commands and church teaching. The author urges clergy to protest such practices, asserting Sabbath rest, worship, and instruction must take precedence over funeral rites and travel on Sunday. May 1799.
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Weekly Register
Jesus
Jesus Christ
York
Sabbath and its sacred ordinances debated by correspondents
A letter argues the Sabbath must be sacred to God or have no sanctity, stressing its importance nationally and personally. The writer offers additional thoughts on Sabbath observance as a public matter.
Ministers Duties to Peace and Brotherhood in the Church
A reading condemns slander and tyranny among ministers, urging care for the people’s peace and comfort. It warns against domineering over junior brethren and pressing claims to supply destitute parishes, emphasizing reconciliation, liberty of conscience, and mutual support in pastoral ministry.
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Jesus
Young Student Edits on Missionary Cause and Prayer
A fragment from the pen of a young student urges readers to support the Missionary Society. It emphasizes prayer, affiance, and divine aid to extend gospel privileges across nations, praising ministers who intensify effort and noting the appeal of Christian work among the Heathen and unenlightened.
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Cortigs
Society
Missionary Society
Lost of Glory in a Manger Vision
In a Notewit excerpt the speaker laments the world’s fair loss of glory, contrasting cosmic divisions with a single human birth. The passage imagines the Ancient of Days humbled as an infant in a manger, wrapped in tawdry finery, and notes the astonishment of such a sight.
Ox Christ's Condestension in the grand Work of Redemption
The text speaks of Christ's incarnation and crucifixion as the central act of redemption. It extols God’s power and mercy in creating the world and redeeming humanity through suffering, highlighting awe at the highest divine act. It portrays redemption as a wondrous, unfathomable display of deity’s perfections and infinite love.
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Christ
Alt Vafan