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Excerpt from The Past and the Present, in the Secular and Religious History: Of the Congregational Church and Society of Branford a Semi-Centennial Discourse, Delivered July 7th, 1858 "Sayings of old, which we have heard and which our Fathers Have Told us. We will not Hide Them From Their Children, Showing To The Generations To Come The Praises Of The Lord, And His Strength And His Wonderful Works That He Hath Done. For He Established A Testimony In Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children; - that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments. Every attentive reader of the Bible must have observed the frequency with which the inspired writers, or speakers, allude to Gods past dealings with the world and the church for the purpose of giving instruction to the present and coming generations. Thus Moses and Joshua, at the close of their ministrations, and among the last labors of life, recount before the people of their charge, the praises of the Lord, his strength and his wonderful works in their behalf. The same course was taken by Samuel when he reproved the Israelites for their ingratitude and called them to repentance. We have similar examples in the writings of David and of Ethan the Ezrahite; - in the sermons of Peter and Paul, and in the defense which Stephen, the martyr, made before the Jewish Council. God's past dealings with the church and with its enemies, - his mercies and his wonders are brought into view to incite men to penitence for sin, and to call forth gratitude for divine favors; - to induce men to fear him and place their hope in him. The text is a striking instance of this kind. The title of the Psalm is, "A Psalm to give Instruction" - and Asaph calls on his people to give ear to it, as though he had said what our Lord afterwards said: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches." 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
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