First-Fruits of Sacred Song (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from First-Fruits of Sacred Song The principal motive that has led to the publication of these Poems is a desire to aid in exciting a deeper practical interest in tho profound truths of our living Christianity. It must be admitted that, while those truths are accepted by every branch of the Church of Christ, their power over the heart and life is, to a great extent, in abeyance. Christians are not living in "the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, " "filled with the Spirit:" hence the necessity that they be stirred up to a view of their privileges as "sons and daughters" of the "King eternal, immortal, invisible." "First-fruits" imply a harvest. If the quality of the former be fine the latter may be anticipated with joy. But both first-fruits and harvest of grain are things in a measure realised. This cannot be predicated of the Muse. Still, the quality of poetical first-fruits may foretoken the quality of the unknown harvest. Is it a good foretoken in the following pages'? The reader must judge. There is some, nay much, excellent grain of God's own revealed truth in them. Let the chaff of imperfect expression be scattered, and that pure grain realised. This is the Author's anxious desire and prayer. 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.