Excerpt from The Proper Office and Spirit of the Ministry: A Sermon Preached Before the Society of the Alumni of the Theological Seminary of Virginia, and Published by Request of the Society Holy Ghost, and his final glorification with his ascended Redeemer. If Christ came to save, of course man is in a condition of need as to the soul - if Jesus be the Son Of God in his divinity, that need must be great, and no power but that of ldivinity can relieve it. If the salvation be such as befits him to undertake and to accomplish through suffering in blood, how mighty and glorious the work in its nature and results! 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.