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Excerpt from Conversations With Christ His was a miraculous birth; his mother was a Jewish virgin, his father was God. Born in the reign of Herod the Great, his birthplace was Bethlehem, a quiet little Jewish city nes tling amid the everlasting hills. At the age of eight days he was circumcised, and received his significant name Jesus the Saviour of man kind. Thirty-two days thereafter he was car ried to Jerusalem and presented to the high priest, according to the Levitical law. 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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Excerpt from The Triple Key to Unlock the Kingdom of Heaven: The Way, the Truth, the Life By noah webster, LL.D. Ne. A moving; passage progression; transit; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. - shak. 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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Excerpt from "America for Americans!" The Typical American: Thanksgiving Sermon of Rev. John P. Newman D.D., LL. D, at Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washington, D. C., Thursday, November 25th, 1886 Certainly the farmer stands nearest to God. Agriculture underlies all national wealth. The farmer ministers to thewants of king and prince, of president and senator; the farmer must be esteemed as the direct medium of blessing through whom God manifests his goodness to the nation. We have been accustomed to such phenomenal crops that it almost goes without saying that the past year has been phenomenal in its agricultural productions. Indeed there has been a wealth in the soil, a wealth in the mines, awealth in the seas, which awakens astonishment and admiration in the minds of those beyond the deep - for it is a statistical fact that our agricultural products for the year just closing is not less than three and a half thousand millions of dollars in valuation. How difficult to appreciate the fact! One thousand seven hundred million bushels of corn, valued at five hundred and eighty millions of dollars; four hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat, valued at three hundred and fifty-five millions of dollars; six and a half million bales of cotton, estimated in valuation at taro hundred and fifty millions of dollars. And including all the other agricultural products, the statistician of the Government estimates the value at three and a halt thousand millions of dollars. And this is but a repetition of other years. No! It exceeds other years! It is a great fact that one and a half millions cf square miles of cultivated land in this country now sub jcet to the plow could feed a thousand millions of persons, and then we could have five thousand millions of bushels of grain for exportation. In ten years, from 1870 to 1880, we produced over seven hundred millions of dollars of precious metals, and the last year the valuation is estimated at seventy-five millions in gold and silver; and rising above these colossal and phenom enal figures, our great manufacturing people during the past year have produced not less than five thousand millions of dollars in valuation. The mind staggers in the presence of these tremendous facts. 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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Excerpt from Sermons of Rev. J. P. Newman, D.D., Of the Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washington, D. C To know the future infallibly, to predict coming events with certainty, to record the contingent history of men unborn and of nations unfounded, has ever been esteemed the highest proof of supernatural communion with God. 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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John Philip Newman was born on September 1, 1826 in New York City, New York, United States. His father, Philip Newman, was a thoughtful, studious man of German descent, who died when John was eight years old, leaving seven children and his wife, Mary D'Orfey Allen, a vivacious and richly intelligent woman of Huguenot ancestry. At sixteen the lad underwent a spiritual experience which gave him an ambition and directed him to the Methodist ministry.
Newman entered the Seminary at Cazenovia, New York, where he pursued college preparatory and theological studies, intending to enter Wesleyan University. But acting on the advice of friends, he did not proceed to college, but instead entered the Methodist ministry.
Newman began to preach with crude eloquence in country churches, and in 1847 was admitted to the Oneida Conference.
He wrote out and memorized his sermons, sparing no pains to have every word correct. Imagination, a noble presence, and a rich and musical voice were his natural gifts. Soon he was stationed in Albany with the governor listening in admiration to his preaching; then, in New York City, where he crowded the largest churches (Bedford Street, 1859; Washington Square, 1862-64). Meantime, a year abroad expanded his horizons and enabled him to write a respectable volume on Palestine.
From 1864 to 1869 he was at New Orleans, charged with reestablishing the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Southwest, which was then in control of Union troops. Here he "blew both the Federal and Gospel trumpets, " founded schools, a paper, and several Conferences. In 1869 he was appointed to the new Metropolitan Church in Washington, D. C. President Grant, Vice-President Colfax, Chief Justice Chase, Major-General Logan, and other notables, were members of his great congregation. His role was almost that of "court preacher. "
From 1869 to 1874 he was also chaplain of the Senate. When his three years' term as pastor expired, his friend at the White House created him "Inspector of United States Consulates, " and with his accomplished wife as secretary he made a leisurely trip around the world. Although the appointment evoked criticism, Newman took his commission seriously and his report yielded valuable suggestions. Returning to the Metropolitan Church for a second term (1876 - 79), he found the presidential pew vacant, but all others filled. His next pastorate (1879 - 82) was in Central Church, New York City, of which his faithful friend, Grant, became a trustee. When the operation of the three-year limit again moved him, he yielded to the invitation of a Congregational society (Church of the Disciples), taking the status of "acting pastor" and Methodist local preacher, to the scandal of the stricter Methodists, and of some Congregationalists. He soon sought readmission to the Methodist Conference and was reappointed to his former church in Washington. In 1868, 1872, and 1880 he was a delegate to the General Conference.
As early as 1872 his influential lay friends had been proposing his name for office, and in that year he received 100 votes for bishop. In 1880 he had 121 votes for missionary secretary. In 1888, with the active help of the Grant family and Grand Army friends, he was elected bishop on the fourteenth ballot, over determined opposition. His official residences were Omaha (1888 - 96) and San Francisco (1896 - 99); he also made visitations to Japan, South America, and Mexico. As an administrator he was not distinguished.
In the public mind he was "Grant's pastor. " That famous friendship never waned. Newman watched by his hero's bedside at Mount McGregor, administered the rite of baptism, and pronounced the official eulogy.
He died at Saratoga, New York, where he had long maintained a summer residence. His estate was divided between Drew Theological Seminary and a school in Jerusalem.
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Newman was accused of pomposity and self-esteem, but his fine spirit, which mellowed with the years, and his broad sympathy, redeemed some of these faults. His rather grandiose style, with rehearsed gesture and pose, and a wealth of allusion and illustration from literature and foreign travel, delighted the prevailing taste. His sermons and lectures were laboriously prepared to the last detail. Doubtless his commanding and ingratiating countenance, his stalwart figure, his distinguished bearing, and his musical and sonorous voice, made his audience uncritical of his thought, which was not analytical or profound.
Childless himself, he had a deep interest in ambitious youth, and joined with Mrs. Newman in educating scores of young men who met his specifications of "piety, poverty, pluck and brains. "
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"He was one of the most superbly ornamental figures that ever took its stately walk through Methodism. "
His wife, Angeline Ensign, whom he married in 1855, was an inspiring companion.
