The Monument; A Small Selection from the Sermons of the Late Right REV. James Kemp Together with the Address Delivered at the Time of His Interment, by W. E. Wyatt to Which Are Prefixed, Brief Biographical Notices of the Bishop (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1833. Excerpt: ... ed with astonishment and admiration. When we enter a house, in which we have heard only voices of praise--in which, we have engaged in no exercises but those of devotion, in which we have listened to no instructions, but those of a grave and religious nature; veneration and awe immediately take possession of the mind. But were we, in the same place, alternately to engage in the turmoil of business, in the giddy frivolities of amusement, and in sacred acts of devotion, --were we in the same house, one day to listen to the discussion of a political question, and the next day to hear the deep and important doctrines of religion enforced, our minds would be disturbed by conflicting emotions; discordant ideas and discordant feelings would harass and disturb them. Besides, the divine Head of the christian church has expressly promised, that where two or three are gathered together in his name, there is he in the midst of them. Revelation seems sometimes to raise the curtain between us and the world of spirits, and admit us to a partial view of their condition. And although we have no faculties adequate fully to comprehend the proceedings of spiritual beings, yet they are sometimes nearly brought to our view. We can therefore conceive, that he who fills all space, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, may be still more immediately present in houses devoted to his service. Whenever society has been in a settled state, temples have been built and dedicated to the worship of God. In the infancy of the world, during the pastoral ages, when men were moving from one pasturing district to another, and from country to country, they had no fixed places for divine worship. It is true they erected altars for sacrifice, and they sometimes planted groves. But possessing no fixed religion, their com...