This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head.

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Let those who like society better have it.

Let those who like society better have it.

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of...

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of...

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according...

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according...

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of...

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of...

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be...

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be...

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...