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title: 'Archibald Alexander on the Great Blessing of the Gospel'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-06-01
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-archibald-alexander-on-the-great-blessing-of-the-gospel
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# Archibald Alexander on the Great Blessing of the Gospel

“No greater blessing has God given to men than the GLORIOUS GOSPEL of his grace. Wherever it comes, it sheds light on all around. It holds forth Christ, who is the Sun of Righteousness, the light of the world. The beams of divine truth, when they shine into any place, disperse the mists of ignorance, error, and prejudice; and if the natural light is sweet, and pleasant to our eyes, how much more the light of divine truth? How happy are they who know the Lord, and are illumined with the rays of spiritual light?

The Gospel is, moreover, a healing medicine for the diseased souls of men. It is an effectual remedy for maladies incurable by any other means. It is ‘*the balm of Gilead*,’ and Christ is the great Physician, who has procured the remedy, and knows how to apply it.” — [**Archibald Alexander**](/authors/archibald-alexander), *Address at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Presbyterian Church in Southwark, Philadelphia, September* 17*th*, 1849 (1851)