The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827

The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827

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Title: The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers
Author: William Patton
Editor: Rev. Austin Dickinson
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SERMON XXV.
FROM REV. MR. PATTON.
Vol. 2. No. 6. Nov. 1827.
THE
NATIONAL PREACHER:
OR
ORIGINAL MONTHLY SERMONS
FROM
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Go ... Teach all Nations.... Matt. xxviii. 19.
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VOL: II. NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER, 1827. NO. 6.
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SERMON XXV.
BY WILLIAM PATTON, A.M.
NEW-YORK.
THE DUTY AND IMPORTANCE OF SPECIAL EFFORTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF CITIES.
LUKE xxiv. 47.--_And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations_, BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM.
Here the apostles receive from Christ a commission to commence in one of the chief cities of the world the great business of preaching the gospel to mankind. The fulfilment of prophecy required them to begin at Jerusalem. "Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." "And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem." But there were other and more special reasons. It was at Jerusalem that the death and resurrection of the Son of God took place:--facts, on which Christianity rested all its claims: and it was fit that the enemies of truth should have every possible advantage for controverting those facts. In commencing at Jerusalem, an immediate and striking illustration was also afforded of the forgiving spirit of Christianity--'Go at once, and preach unto these mine enemies repentance and remission of sins. Let them have the opportunity of salvation through my blood--even that blood which their own wicked hands have shed.'
This direction to the first preachers of the cross, to begin at Jerusalem, suggests the general thought,
THAT IT BECOMES CHRISTIANS, IN ALL AGES, TO MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF CITIES AND LARGE TOWNS.
This thought may be illustrated and enforced, from the example and instructions of