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With this commitment in place, Samuel Miller entered his career at Princeton Seminary determined not to allow his professorial duties to diminish his calling as a minister of the gospel. And with such conviction, Miller did, indeed, continue preaching unto the last days of his life. Holding Fast the Faithful Word collects a number of sermons Miller had published during his ministry. Miller’s sermons are models of organizational clarity. His main headings are easily discerned, and he always provides practical applications from the doctrines contained in his discourses. Table of Contents: 1. Christ Our Righteousness 2. The Evidence and Duty of Being on the Lord’s Side 3. The Earth Filled with the Glory of the Lord 4. The Vision is Yet for an Appointed Time 5. The Difficulties and Temptations Which Attend the Preaching of the Gospel in Great Cities 6. Christ the Model of Gospel Ministers 7. The Sacred Office Magnified 8. Holding Fast the Faithful Word 9. The Duty of the Church to Take Measures for Providing an Able and Faithful Ministry 10. A Plea for an Enlarged Ministry 11. The Divine Appointment, the Duties, and the Qualifications of Ruling Elders 12. The Duty, the Benefits, and the Proper Method of Religious Fasting 13. The Importance of Domestic Happiness 14. The Means of Domestic Happiness 15. The Appropriate Duty and Ornament of the Female Sex 16. The Dangers of Education in Roman Catholic Schools 17. The Guilt, Folly, and Sources of Suicide 18. Theatrical Amusements 19. The Rejection of Revealed Truth Referable to Moral Depravity 20. The Importance of Gospel Truth 21. Opening of the New Presbyterian Church, in Arch Street

Hardcover reprint of the original 1869 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Miller, Samuel. The Life Of Samuel Miller, D. D., Ll. D., Second Professor In The Theological Seminary Of The Presbyterian Church, At Princeton, New Jersey, Volume 2. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Miller, Samuel. The Life Of Samuel Miller, D. D., Ll. D., Second Professor In The Theological Seminary Of The Presbyterian Church, At Princeton, New Jersey, Volume 2. Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen And Haffelfinger, 1869. Subject: Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850

Letters, receipts, a sermon, a bound volume baptism registry (40 p.), and collected autographs pertaining to Rev. Samuel Miller. Letters range in date from 1797 to 1859. Receipts from Andrew Morrell and William King, connected to the building of Miller's house, date from 1895-1809. Baptism registry covers the years 1804 to 1809, and is accompanied by a typescript transcription. Autographs include the following: Charles Richard Sumner, Bishop of Winchester; John Bird Sumner, Bishop of Chester; William Howley, Archibishop of Canterbury; Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta, and Daniel Wilson Jr., his son; Samuel Charles Wilks, editor of the Christian Observer; Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London. Also includes an inventory of the estate of Edward Miller, Samuel Miller's brother, a physician who died in 1812.

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