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title: 'Personal Piety as Related to the Missionary Work: A Sermon Delivered Before the Foreign Missionary Society, of New-York and Brooklyn, April 4 and 11, 1852'
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authors:
- 'Asa Dodge Smith'
date: 1852-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Personal Piety'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 51'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/smith-1852-personal-piety-as-related-to-the-missionary-work-a-sermon-delivered-before-the-foreign-missionary-society-of-new-york-and-brooklyn-april-4-and-11-1852
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# Personal Piety as Related to the Missionary Work: A Sermon Delivered Before the Foreign Missionary Society, of New-York and Brooklyn, April 4 and 11, 1852

Sermon urging that deep personal piety is the vital source and driving power of missionary work, warning against reliance on mere sympathy or aesthetic sentiment. (Psalm 51:13)

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