Memoir Of James Patterson

332 Pages·2009·18.12 MB·English

by  Adair, Robert, 1802-1890

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Adair, Robert, 1802-1890
Memoir of Rev. James
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MEMOIR
OF
REV. JAMES PATTERSON,
LATEPASTOROFTHEFIRSTPRESBYTERIANCHURCH,N.L.,PHILAD.
BY
robert'adair,
PASTOROFTHEFIRSTPRESBYTERIANCHURCH,SOUTHWARK.
INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER ON FIELD PREACHING,
REV. D. L. CARROLL, D. D.
Iceasednottowarneveryonenightanddaywithtears."—Actsxx.31.
Formyname'ssake(thou)hastlaboured,andhastnotfainted."—Rev.ii.3.
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY PERKINS, 134 CHESTNUT STREET.
184
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EnteredaccordingtotheactofCongress, intheyear 1839, by
MRS. SARAH PATTERSON,
inthe Clerk's office ofthe DistrictCourtoftheUnited States,in
andforthe EasternDistrictof Pennsylvania.
Ashmead&Co.Printers.
TO THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, N. L, PHILADELPHIA,
THIS
MEMORIAL OF THEIR DECEASED PASTOR
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
WITH THE FERVENT DESIRE, THAT BY IT
HE,
WHOSE UNCEASING SOLICITUDE FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE
WAS MAND7ESTED,FOR MANYYEARS,
IN HEALTH AND SICKNESS,
MAY STILL, THROUGH THE DIVINE BLESSING,
SPEAK EFFECTUALLY TO THEIR HEARTS,
ANDEXCITETHEMTO
LABOURFORTHEATTAINMENTOFTHERESTOFIMMORTALITY,
BY
THEIR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND,
ROBERT ADAIR
"Deep-learnedinthephilosophyofheaven,
Hesearchedthecausesoutofgood andill,
Profoundlycalculatingtheireffects,
FarpasttheboundsofTime; andbalancing,
Inthearithmeticoffuturethings,
Thelossandprofitofthesoultoall
Eternity."
Pollock.