Excerpt from The Soul's Salvation Through Faith in Christ: A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of John C. Kimball, as Pastor of the First Parish, Beverly, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 29, 1859<br><br>And mark, I pray you, my hearers, that this is a title which Christ bears now, in reference to his present influence. It is not a mere token of past service, such as one may retain on leaving the office which conferred it. For men are now sin ners, - men in this land blessed with Christian institutions. Here are souls that need salvation as much as the publicans or the Pharisees when Jesus was on earth. Sin is still the universal disease; in some persons more malignant than in others, but in all of us a taint that must be eradicated before we can possess a pure and noble character. Whatever Christ came to be to the men of his time he should be to us. What ever his religion offered to them as needed by them, it offers to us as needed by us. Whatever his cross revealed or sealed to them, it reveals or seals to us. His blood was shed for many for the remission of Sins. That word many takes in all generations and all people. Christ our Saviour that is proper language for us to use. How suitable, let them say, who, by his instruction and persuasion, have been brought out of the bondage of sinful habits, and are con scious of a liberty enjoyed only by those whom he has made sons and heirs of God.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.