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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Baptist Missionary Magazine, 1849, Vol. 29 It is proper to observe at the same time, that in ordinary cases it is a very questionable ste… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Baptist Missionary Magazine, 1849, Vol. 29 It is proper to observe at the same time, that in ordinary cases it is a very questionable step for a minister at home to break up his engagements, which it is to be presumed he entered into after solemn deliberation, much prayer, and entire conviction Of duty. But it is possible to conceive, nay, perhaps it is not uncommon for ministers to have entered upon their work without ever seriously weighing the question, whether it might be their duty to go abroad as mission aries to the heathen. And this may very easily have happened, since even to this day the subject is kept so much in the back ground, and the duty of prep erly qualified persons devoting themselves to the service so seldom pressed upon the attention of those whom it concerns. Hence the present suggestion that qualified men, although settled as pastors, may be called to quit their flocks and go to seek the sheep that are wandering without a shepherd, is but a temporary measure; that is, a measure rendered necessary by the error of entering upon home service from a defective knowledge of their duty to serve their Master in a different sphere. If from this time henceforth the subject shall be so well understood that no man shall enter upon the work of the ministry at home before he has satisfied his own mind that he has no call to become a missionary, - the measure now alluded to of a pastor leaving his people, which, considering all circumstances, is not unlikely to be the duty of some, will never need to be resorted to. 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., Biography: General<