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Presbyterian Worship Its Spirit, Method and History By: Robert Johnston |
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ITS SPIRIT METHOD AND HISTORY
BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, D.D., London.
TORONTO; THE PUBLISHERS' SYNDICATE, LIMITED.
1901
INTRODUCTION. The worship of the sanctuary is a living subject of discussion and
practice in the Presbyterian Churches of the world at large, and,
within late years, in that of the Canadian Dominion. Many earnest
minds are approaching the study of the subject from various
standpoints, each worthy of attentive consideration. One regards it
from the dogmatic position of scriptural precedent, or from the larger
one of Christian principle; the aesthetic mind comes to it with visions
of order and beauty; the practical, with his view of the Church's needs
in mission fields and in mixed congregations. There is room in the
discussion for the largest statement of lawful opinion, founded on
conviction of absolute right, and on Christian expediency, and for the
exercise of abundant charity. Dr. Johnston gives no uncertain sound on the subject. To his mind the
duty of the Church, first and last, is to preserve spirituality of
worship, and to discountenance everything that may tend to interfere
with the same. But, while this spirit pervades his work, his method is
historical, and thus preeminently fair and impartial in statement. The
presentation of the argument in concrete or historical form invests it
with an interest which could hardly be commanded by either dogmatic or
practical methods, while it excludes neither. Dr. Johnston brings to his task ripe scholarship, including extensive
knowledge of Church history and ecclesiology, his proficiency in which
he has recently vindicated in such a manner as to leave no room for
doubt. To this he adds the teaching of pastoral experience in mission
fields, prior to his ordination, and, since then, in large and
influential congregations; and, to crown the whole, heartfelt devotion
to the Church of his fathers, and unswerving personal loyalty to its
King and Head. With adoring thanks to the great Teacher of us all, who rewards
professors in their declining years with the affectionate regard of
their whilom best students, now become wise and strong men in the
Church's service, I cordially commend to all who may read these words,
this outcome of Dr. Johnston's Christian erudition and conscientious
literary labor. (signature of John Campbell) PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, MONTREAL, March, 1901.
TO ONE WHO LOVED THE HOUSE OF GOD ON EARTH, AND WORSHIPS NOW IN THE CITY WHEREIN IS NO TEMPLE MY MOTHER.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE LAW AND THE LIBERTY OF PRESBYTERIAN WORSHIP
CHAPTER II. THE AGE OF KNOX: THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF PRESBYTERIAN WORSHIP
CHAPTER III. KNOX'S BOOK OF COMMON ORDER.
CHAPTER IV. A DIET OF PUBLIC WORSHIP IN THE TIME OF KNOX
CHAPTER V. THE PERIOD OF CONTROVERSY
CHAPTER VI. THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY AND THE DIRECTORY OF WORSHIP
CHAPTER VII. LEGISLATION CONCERNING PUBLIC WORSHIP IN THE PERIOD SUBSEQUENT TO
THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER VIII. PRESBYTERIAN WORSHIP OUTSIDE OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
CHAPTER IX. MODERN MOVEMENTS IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES RESPECTING PUBLIC WORSHIP
CHAPTER X. CONCLUSION
"Inward truth of heart alone, is what the Lord requires. Exercises
superadded are to be approved, so far as they are subservient to Truth,
useful incitements, or marks of profession to attest our faith to men.
Nor do we reject things tending to the preservation of Order and
Discipline. But when consciences are put under fetters, and bound by
religious obligations, in matters in which God willed them to be free,
then must we boldly protest in order that the worship of God be not
vitiated by human fictions." CALVIN.
PREFATORY NOTE. The purpose in the following pages is a simple one. It is to discover
the trend of thought in connection with Public Worship within the
Presbyterian Church, particularly in Scotland, during the course of her
history since the Reformation. The spirit of the Church in her
stirring and formative periods, especially if that spirit is a constant
one, is pregnant with instruction... Continue reading book >>
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