"Religion shall rise from its ruins; and its oppressed state at present should not only excite us to pray, but encourage us to hope, for its speedy revival."--DR. WITHERSPOON. In 1...
"Among the great personages of the past it would be difficult to name one who in the same degree has vitalized and dominated the collective energies of his countrymen."--BROWN'S LI...
"What I have been to my country, albeit this unthankful age will not know, yet the ages to come will be compelled to bear witness to the truth."--JOHN KNOX. A diet of worship on a...
If the Assembly's Directory increased liberty, it also augmented responsibility. If it took away the support of set and prescribed forms on which the indolent might lean and even s...
"A constant form is a certain way to bring the soul to a cold, insensible, formal worship."--BAXTER. The foregoing brief review of public worship within those influential sections...
"All who desire to manifest an intelligent appreciation of what is distinctive in Presbyterian ritual would do well to guard against attaching undue importance, or adhering too ten...
"They were splintered and torn, but no power could bend or melt them. They dwelt, as pious men are apt to dwell, in suffering and sorrow on the all-disposing power of Providence. T...
"The Book of Common Order is best described as a discretionary liturgy."--SPROTT. The Book of Common Order makes no reference to the reading of Scripture as a part of public worshi...
"The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him."--WESTMINSTER CATECHISM. The C...
Whether they were right or wrong ... no man of fairness will fail to allow that the record of the Seceders all through the period of decadence was a noble one, a record of splendid...