Transcribed from the [1848] Hamilton, Adams and Co. edition byDavid Price.
Bible-Burning:
THE
SUBSTANCE OF A SERMON
PREACHEDIN
ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH,BIRMINGHAM,
ON SUNDAYEVENING, DEC. 10, 1848;
BYTHE
REV. JOHN C. MILLER, M.A.,
RECTOR OF ST. MARTIN’S.
INCONSEQUENCE OF THE BURNING OF A SCHOOL GIRL’S COPY OFTHE
AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,BY A
PRIEST OF THE CHURCH OF ROME.
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p. 3JEREMIAHxxxvi. 22, 23.
“—And there was a fire on thehearth burning before him.
“And it came to pass, that when Jehudi hadread three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife andcast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until allthe roll was consumed in the fire that was on thehearth.”
If among the vast multitude whichis now thronging this sacred building, there be one who has comeup hither with the expectation that it would be my object toexcite or fan a flame of bitter hostility against the members ofthe Church of Rome, I trust that he will be disappointed.
If there be any who have come up hither from a feeling of idlecuriosity, it is my earnest prayer that they may not leave thisChurch without obtaining a blessing, though unsought bythemselves.
It is now, my beloved Brethren, and it has beenthis day, my earnest and heartfelt prayer that, while I dischargewhat, perhaps mistakenly, yet conscientiously, I feel to be mybounden duty, I may not forget