Life and letters of W. A. Passavant, D. D. (1906) (14799666983)

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Title: Life and letters of W. A. Passavant, D. D.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Gerberding, G. H. (George Henry), 1847-1927 Passavant, William Alfred, 1821-1894
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Publisher: Greenville, Pa., The Young Lutheran co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library



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Church and Sacraments, as treas-uries and bearers of divine gifts and blessings. He Iniew allthis by blessed experience. He had tasted and seen that theliord is gracious. He had found his own baptism a never-fail-ing fount of comfort and strength, had feasted on the glorifiedbody and blood of his Lord, and had a daily experience of theHoly Spirits presence and power in the divine Word. And asit was his own Church that had taught him this comfortingand quickening truth, he loved her better than his life. He wasa sound Lutheran mystic, every doctrine had become an ex-perience with him, and this was the secret of his power. Because of his clinging, trusting, resting faith, he couldtry the spirits, discern human nature and select friends andhelpers with rare felicity. His own deep religious experiencewas the fountain of his wonderful compassion and love forevery form of human misery. Out of the fulness of his owngreat heart he tried to reproduce the life of Christ in His Body,the Church.
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TEE PASSAVANT INSTITUTIONS. 589 CHAPTER XXV. THE PASSAVANT INSTITUTIONS. A Life of Dr. Passavant would be incomplete without abrief sketch of what his various institutions have been doingsince 4he time of his death. After his good and gifted son, William A. Passavant, Jr.,had completed his studies in college and seminary, he declineda call to a prominent Philadelphia church, to become his fatherssuccessor in the widely scattered parish of four congregations,at Baden, Beaver Co., Pa. While in this laborious field, hedeclined urgent calls to Allentown, Pa., and to Chicago. Hewas not serving for lucre; he was ripening for a greater work. After a few years of faithful and telling work he resignedthe Baden parish in order to lighten his fathers burdens bybecoming his assistant in editing the Workman. During thetwo years of work on the paper he became pastor of a missionin East End, Pittsburg, which was looked upon as a forlornhope, about to perish. In a short time he lifted it up and madei