INFANCY AND MANHOOD OF CHRISTIAN LIFE. BY REV. WILLIAM TAYLOR, OF THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE. AUTHOR OF SEVEN YEARS' STREET PREACHING IN SAN FRANCISCO," MODEL PREACHER,' CALIFORNIA LIFE ILLUSTRATED," ETC. 66 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perf ct man, unto the measure of the stature of the LONDON: S. W. PARTRIDGE, 9, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. CHEC BOD PREFACE. HESE pages are kindly addressed to the enlightened reason and consciences of Christians, regardless of name or nation, but may be read with interest by any intelligent sinner. Many such wish to know, and have a right to inquire, whether or not, the many dwarfish Christians, within the lines of their acquaintance, are fair specimens of the workmanship of Jesus, in his great work of saving the world. LONDON, March 12th, 1867. THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. To be born again-a glorious event. St. Paul's "old babes." Elementary principles. "Don't want to go to school." "Laying again the foundation." God's arrangement the best. "Ups and downs." justified soul be lost?" "Do all babes in Christ grow unto perfect men?" A dwarfish ineffective Church. Great material prosperity of the Church. Why not succeed better in her great mission of disciplining all nations? Dwarfish type of Christianity. Should not the heroic element of man's nature be sanctified by The terms-perfection, holiness, sanctified wholly, perfect love, etc., employed by the He mean by such terms? Holy Spirit. What does tion? Simple rule for defining the meaning of terms. |