Shorter Catechism Illustrated
by John Whitecross
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This unusual volume follows the doctrinal structure of the classic Puritan catechism, expanding each doctrinal point not with exposition, but with collected historical stories, chosen by the author from a wide range of sources. Thus such subjects as Providence, Prayer and The Ten Commandments are illuminated with fascinating narratives.
First published in 1828. The author was a schoolmaster and knew well what would gain the attention of the young. Recommended for ages 10 and up. (note: "illustrated" means, in this case, with stories, not with pictures).
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Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.
1. Lady Glenorchy, in her diary, relates how she was seized with a fever which threatened her life, during the course of which,' she says, "The first question of the Assembly's Catechism was brought to my mind" -- "What is the chief end of man?" as if some one had asked it.
When I considered the answer to it: ""To glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.", "I was struck with shame and confusion. I found I had never sought to glorify God in my life, nor had I any idea of what was meant by enjoying Him for ever. Death and judgment were set before me; my past sins came to my remembrance; I saw no way to escape the punishment due unto them, nor had I the least glimmering hope of obtaining the pardon of them through the righteousness of another.' >br>
From this unhappy state she was shortly after delivered, by believing on the Lord Jesus as the only Saviour of the guilty.
2. Such was James Hervey's strict piety, that he suffered no moment to go unimproved. When he was called down to tea, he used to bring his Hebrew Bible or Greek Testament with him; and would either speak upon one verse or upon several verses, as occasion offered. "This,' says William Romaine, "was generally an improving season. The glory of God is very seldom promoted at the tea-table; but it was at Mr Hervey's. Drinking tea with him, was like being at an ordinance; for it was sanctified by the Word of God, and prayer.'
3. An eminent minister, after having been silent in company for a considerable time, on being asked the reason, signified that the powers of his mind had been solemnly absorbed with the thought of eternal happiness. "Oh, my friends,' said he, with an energy that surprised all present, "consider what it is to be for ever with the Lord - for ever, for ever, for ever.'
4. A French officer, who was a prisoner upon his parole at Reading, met with a Bible, read it, and was so struck with its contents, that he was convinced of the folly of skeptical principles, and of the truth of Christianity, and so resolved to become a Protestant. When his gay associates rallied him for taking so serious a turn, he said in his vindication, "I have done no more than my old school-fellow Bernadotte, who has become a Lutheran.' "Yes, but he became so,' said his associates, "to obtain a crown.' "My motive,' said the Christian officer, "is the same; we only differ as to the place. The object of Bernadotte is to obtain a crown in Sweden, mine is to obtain a crown in heaven.'
5. Mr Robinson, a member of the presbytery of New Brunswick, was the son of a wealthy Quaker in England. Being permitted to pay a visit to an aunt in London, from whom he had considerable expectations, and becoming very fond of the dissipations of the town, he incurred debt, which so involved him, that he determined to quit his native country, and seek his fortune in America. Soon after his arrival, he had recourse, for subsistence, to teaching in a school in New Jersey. After he had been for some time engaged in this business, without any practical sense of religion, he was riding at a late hour one evening, when the moon and stars shone with unusual brightness. while he was meditating on the beauty and grandeur of the scene, and was saying to himself "how transcendently glorious must be the Author of all this beauty and grandeur I' the thought struck him with the suddenness and force of lightning?""But what do I know of this God? Have I ever sought His favour, or made Him my friend?' This happy impression, which proved, by its permanency and effects, to have come from the best of all sources, never left him until he took refuge in Christ, as the hope and life of his soul.
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