SERMON, DELIVERED IN BOSTON, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY OCTOBER 4, 1820. BY EBENEZER PORTER, D. D. BARTLET PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC IN THE ANDOVER: PRINTED BY FLAGG AND GOULD. 1821. HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BV4316 THPL 1821 Special Collections SERMON. MARK XVI. 15. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. THE HE original command of our Lord to these same preachers was; "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The reasons for this restriction have now ceased: the command is, "Go ye into all the world :" the preaching of the gospel must not be confined by territorial limits. The opportunity to hear, and the obligation to obey its calls, must be extended to men of every nation and condition. But on whom does this command to evangelize the world, this command so explicit, so intelligible, so authoritative, on whom does it fix its claims? In the first instance, certainly it was addressed to the Apostles; but, as certainly, the requisition of the risen Saviour was |