Sketches of the Covenanters by J. C. McFeeters
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to whom belongs all glory." He died in France in 1622.
The supremacy of Christ is the glory of the Church. Jesus is the Fountain-Head of life, love, law, government, and authority. Are we maintaining this exalted truth with the courage of our ancestors? The zeal of our fathers, if revived in these days, would electrify the world. * * * * * POINTS FOR THE CLASS. 1. What financial question in those days ensnared the Church? 2. How was her independence affected by state patronage? 3. What was the great question in controversy? 4. How did the state make use of Episcopacy in the battle with Presbyterianism? 5. How did Melville resist the king's attempt to rule the Church? 6. What did Melville's faithfulness cost him? 7. What need now to advocate the supremacy of Jesus, and the independence of the Church? |
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