Excerpt from Apostolic Doctrine and Fellowship: A Sermon Preached in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, May 6th, 1856, Before the Seventy-Second Annual Convention of the P. E. Church in PennsylvaniaGarbett his immortal part, the soul, for all the active exercises of his earthly being. Hence all who have continued stead fastly in the apostles' doctrine have also continued stead fastly in the apostles' fellowship. It is no part of a Christian mind, as has been justly said, to withhold from the church her titles of honor and exaltation, or to undervalue the o¿ices which she is called upon to dis charge. Our own Spiritual hopes are too much bound up with her to do For being ordained by Christ, for the perfecting of the saints, and for the edifying of the body of Christ, to hold them lightly or to renounce them, would be to cast from us some of our dearest blood bought privileges and mercies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.