Excerpt from The Office and Work of a Minister of Christ: A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of Rev. Irem W. Smith, Over the Congregational Church and Society in Durham Centre, August 18, 1858<br><br>We are taught from' the subject, that ministers of the gospel are called to 'a most solemn, important, and honora ble work. They are laborers with God in that work, on which he has, from the beginning, set his, heart and 'in1the execution of which he is continually seeking his own glory and the highest happiness of the redeemed.<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.