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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 236
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226 REV. MR. Carroll's sermon, Again : there is no parallel in this resj)ect between a Jewish prophet and a Christian minister ; for the prophet was inspired, the minister is not. When he is, then may the preacher under the New Testament speak as did the proi)het under the Old. But while he does not live under a Theocracy ; while he is without special revelation of some particular political doctrine, and without special inspiration to declare it, the gospel minister must continue to preach the things spiritual which God has already revealed.* Turnmg from the Old to the New Testament, where, in the life and precepts of Christ and His Apostles, do we find an example of political preach- ing, or the duty enjoined ? Do you find the indispensable warrant in any of the * " The Jewish commonwealth constituted in all the stages of its history a pure Theocracy. David was anointed of God, as the type of Christ, and his kingdom was the dim foreshadow of that kingdom which is not of this world. He was not only king, but prophet. When he uttered imprecations upon the enemies of the Jewish State, God spake through him against His enemies and the enemies of the Church. When he poured out his passionate love for Jerusalem, his prophetic soul was enraptured with the glories of the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven. And now, it is sheer ignorance, if it be not blasphemy, for a New Testament minister, whoso head Samuel has not anointed, and whom God has not moved by inspiration of the Holy Ghost, to seize the sceptre and harp of David, and put on the mantle of Elijah, and dwarfing the prophecies into mere temporal pre- dictions, to apply them to a nation whom God has never chosen as he did the Jews, or to a human govcriuncnt wliich he has not set up as he did the old Theocracy." — Vandyke on the Spirituality and Independence of the Church, p. 13.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0236. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 236. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n240/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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