This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1896 Excerpt: ... XI. The Theologian--His Words and Teachings--The New Christianity. Nothing portrays the character of the man better than his words in his teachings, and the setting forth of his principles. The following brief extracts cover a considerable part of the vast field in which Mr. Barrett worked, but hundreds of his lectures, sermons, and published articles have not been touched upon. "For no one is really of the New Church who is not in the good of life; and the most that any humbleminded man would wish to claim for himself is, that he believes its doctrines and is striving to live according to them." "We are decidedly opposed to the idea that the New Church is to be a single great ecclesiastical organization like the Church of Rome." "The church, in its largest sense, is the Lord's kingdom on earth, corresponding to His kingdom in the heavens. It consists of all His faithful followers here below, --of all who acknowledge a Divine Being, and earnestly strive to do His will as they understand it. In Christian lands it consists of all who acknowledge the Lord, and humbly endeavor to do His will as revealed in His Word. These are the true disciples of the Lord. They are not confined to any particular denomination of Christians, but are scattered among them all. Doubtless, some of them are to be found in every religious sect, --yes, and some outside of all the sects. They are the Lord's own sheep, and are certainly known to Him alone; for He only can seethe internals of men; He only can discern the hidden motives of the heart." "But the church as an organized institution--the church as an external and visible body--is also necessary. Though quite distinct from the invisible and true church, it is, nevertheless, intimately connected with it as body with soul, and is in...