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The Sacraments – James Bannerman The Sacraments of the church, merely as speaking and teaching signs, may undoubtedly, be affirmed to be adapted to the spiritual nature of man, so as to exercise naturally a moral influence over his feelings and his heart; but beyond that moral influence, and altogether above the ministry of natural … Read more

Of course the passage (Rev. xx. 1-10) does not give us a direct description of “the intermediate state.” We must bear in mind that the book we are reading is written in symbols and gives us a direct description of nothing that it sets before us, but always a direct description only of the symbol … Read more