Excerpt from The Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. JHaving therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: that Christ should suffer, and that He should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.Both gratitude and duty suggest the propriety of reviewing from time to time the years that are past, that we may the more distinctly call to mind the goodness of the Lord, and may praise Him. Such a review also furnishes us sources of encouragement and counsel, as we go forward into the unknown future. It is well for us to pause and think that our lives are not "parceled out" by ourselves, and that the strength by which we have lived and accomplished anything was not simply our own. It was the Lord our God who led us all these years, who appointed to us our discipline, who gave us our prosperity. We continue unto this day because we have obtained help of God.Such a review, too, will furnish enough to make us humble, and to prevent our hearts saying in their pride: "My power, and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth, " will call us to bow before the Lord with confession, as well as thanksgiving, and with renewed purpose to remember Him, and to "keep His commandments."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.