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“Public Prayer”

In this brief excerpt, Pastor Martin strongly recommends Samuel Miller's work on public prayer, noting that even Charles Dabney borrowed heavily from it. He emphasizes the book's high merit for its piety and excellent taste, urging listeners to acquire a copy. The sermon snippet highlights the enduring value of historical theological resources for understanding and practicing corporate worship, specifically public prayer.

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Recommendation of Samuel Miller's 'Public Prayer'
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Dabney's Recommendation of Miller

The point: Acquire and read Samuel Miller's 'Public Prayer' for guidance on corporate worship.

Martin quotes Dabney's strong recommendation of Samuel Miller's 'Public Prayer,' highlighting Dabney's admission that he borrowed most of his advice from it, underscoring the book's historical and theological significance.

thankfully as I've mentioned Miller on public prayer has been reprinted and it's very interesting at the end of Dabney's chapter he says let me in conclusion recommend to you the little work of Dr. Samuel Miller on public prayer you will find most of the advices I've given you are borrowed from it it is a manual of the highest merit for its piety and excellent taste and I say amen to that and I would urge you your copy won't look like this mine's a rebound copy of an older edition before it got reprinted