The Duty of Bearing Witness to the Truth a Sermon Preached On Sunday the 24th
The Duty of Bearing Witness to the Truth a Sermon Preached On Sunday the 24th
Robert Liddell
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I mean that of Charity. Your Seats are open, throughout the Church ; here are no invidious distinctions, no temptations to osten- tation, no scope for exclusiveness. The right of Parishioners to accommodation, in their accus- tomed place of worship, is put upon the proper footing, the only one recognized by the Law of the Land. It is a right of occupation not of exclu- 19 sion ; — a right supported by the local authorities (the minister and churchwardens), for individuals to be assigned their p...laces, if they come regu- larly, and fill them ; but not a power, (for there never was a right) to stay away, and yet lock up a pew door, to prevent others from entering it. But the arrangement here is more than the mere openness of the seats ; it witnesses, further, to charity in the uniformity of them. Herein is hidden a deep sympathy for the feehngs of the poor and lowly, as noble as it is rare. A nd truly, my Brethren, if the Gospel is not only to be preached, but also to be practised to the poor, we must try, by what means we can, to show, that honest pov- erty is an honoarable estate ; we must welcome the poor man, as our Brother, and every v/hit our Equal, in the House of God ; we must not thrust him away, from all places convenient for sight and hearing, into obscure corners ; but we must make him feel at ease, and teach him self- respect, by shewing him respect ourselves ; by doing to him, as we would be done by.
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