First Things

by Gardiner Spring

Excerpt from First Things, Vol. 1 of 2: A Series of Lectures on the Great Facts and Moral Lessons First Revealed to MankindThere are several questions of grave import which naturally present themselves for consideration, in a work bearing the title of these volumes. The facts and princi ples early revealed to the world, were designed to exert a permanent influence. They form the base of the spirit ual edifice in which God himself dwells, and in which his people, as living stones, are built up a Spiritual house, an holy temple unto the Lord. They are principles, some of which have given rise to no small diversity of Views, and on which the author is not unwilling to leave the testimony of his own thoughts, however humble they may be.If he has allowed himself to introduce topics and mat ter of a somewhat varied kind, and portions of it in no elaborate and somewhat discursive form; it is because these topics could not well be overlooked, and a. Less elaborate View of them would, in his own judgment, be the more useful. If he has omitted some which might naturally have been looked for, it is because they would have exposed him to a still more redundant expression of the same thoughts, and because they have been so frequently and ably presented by other pens.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

404 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 2015