Excerpt from The Old in the New, or the Position and Policy of the Presbyterian Church in the United States: A Discourse, Delivered at the Opening of the General Assembly, in St. Louis, May 17, 1855 Lord himself, previous to his ascension. Even during his personal ministry, there was scarcely the twilight of evangelical truth, when' compared with the full-day brightness with which it shone after the baptism of the Holy Ghost and of fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.