Firmness and Gentleness United in the Christian Character ~ Paperback ~ Samuel Kirkland Lothrop

Excerpt from Firmness and Gentleness United in the Christian Character: A Sermon Preached in the Brattle-Square Church, Dec, 15, 1861, the Sunday Succeeding the Death of Hon. Richard Sullivan A good man, a man of religious faith and principle, has an inward happiness that never fails, a perennial fountain of peace and joy in his own heart. This is the simple thought of the text. In that search for happiness in which all engage, he seeks not vain shadows, but substantial, because spiritual, realities. He seeks truth, virtue, holiness, the religious culture of his mind and heart; and this culture - the glory and purpose of his being - satisfies him, gives him peace, a happiness flowing from the harmony of the soul, that satisfies the soul. Some have thought the idea of the text to be, "A good man shall be sufficient for himself and from himself." 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.