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Fourth Annual Report of the Canada Baptist Union, Presented at a General Meeting, Held at Toronto, Canada West, on the 24th June 1847, Vol. 4
Canada Baptist Union
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2018-10-09.
ISBN 9781396131417
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Excerpt from Fourth Annual Report of the Canada Baptist Union, Presented at a General Meeting, Held at Toronto, Canada West, on the 24th June 1847, Vol. 4: Together With a Sermon Preached on the Occasion, by the Rev. N. Bosworth, F. R. A.S., Of Paris, Canada West Whereas, the system of meorporating the professed church of Christ with the political states and nations of the world, has oft viewed with feelings of regret by the devoted servants of God whereas, the facts of history present state churches as having a direct tendency to corrupt the truth and pervert the laws of Christ -and, whereas, ' in the present advanced condition of the world as to general legislation, state churches stand as the greatest. Obstructions to civil and religious freedom - and, whereas, the British Empire is now threatened with new troubles from the dominance of the Episcopal sect of professing Christians both in Ireland an. England, and the distant Colonies; - and, whereas, in the Province of Canada daring attempts have been made to introduce a state church system in a way tending to disturb the peace and harmony of the subjects of Her Bri tannic Majesty - and, whereas, a state church in Canada, whether Episcopal-or Présbyterianfwdulddisturb the whole frame-workof Society, and invade the rights of other sections of the church involved in athe proper exercise -of. Religious liberty -and, whereas, state churches are directly Opposed to the noble confession of Christ before Pilate, when he said, My kingdom is not of this world, - this meeting pledgesdtself to oppose the introduction of a state church into Canada by all lawful means and measures. 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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