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Form and Spirit

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An 1850 address arguing the church must prioritize inner spiritual life over external forms. Rituals and ordinances serve the spirit but must not supplant genuine faith.
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Samuel James Pierce Anderson, D.D. (December 5 or 25, 1814 – September 10, 1873) was an American Presbyterian minister born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, who was educated at Hanover College and Union Theological Seminary and ordained in 1839 before serving pastorates in North Carolina and Virginia. After leading the First Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Virginia, he was called in 1851 to serve as pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, where through faithful preaching and leadership he strengthened and grew the congregation into one of the city’s most influential churches. Anderson was known for his evangelical preaching, published sermons and addresses, and was honored with the Doctor of Divinity in 1854; in later life his health declined, and he died near St. Louis in 1873.

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