‘This is an old but good book on ministry. The chapter on public prayer is worth the price. Leading in prayer is difficult, with the constant danger of either being too brief to be helpful and too long to be bearable. The advice in this book is very useful and will help ministers lead their congregants in prayer in a clear and godly manner.’– CARL TRUEMAN

‘The Ministry by Charles Brown can be read in a couple of hours but it is full of wise observations and counsels. The chapter on the pulpit prayers of preachers is particularly valuable.’– GEOFF THOMAS

Book Description

The life of the minister is the life of his ministry. It is to be deeply regretted that a low level of spiritual vitality greatly hinders the impact of even the most gifted ministries. Paul’s words to Timothy, ‘Take heed unto thyself’, continue to apply to all ministers of the gospel. Charles J. Brown was a man who took the Apostle’s words seriously. ‘An animated, incisive, and very spiritual preacher’, he was often asked to give addresses on the subject of pastoral ministry. This powerful little volume survives as a statement of what he saw as the essence of the gospel ministry preaching with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven. Men of doctrinal earnestness, catholic spirit, tender hearts, and abiding prayerfulness, whose lips have been touched with a ‘live coal from off the altar’, have ever been the means of reviving the church and awakening the world. Only let the Christian ministry return to the apostolic rule of Acts 6:4 and the church will surely see brighter days.

Includes a biographical introduction by Iain H. Murray.

Review

• Review by Stephen Holland

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Books on the deity of Christ have generally concentrated on the ‘big’ texts of Scripture. In these pages Charles J. Brown presents another line of evidence, often overlooked, which ought to bring the reader of Scripture no less irresistibly to the same vision of Christ’s divine glory. This evidence he terms ‘indirect or incidental’ yet, far from losing its importance on that account, Brown’s unusual approach has a particular force and appeal. In C.H. Spurgeon’s opinion the book, first published in 1867, is ‘small but precious and much to our personal edification’.

Charles J. Brown, who died in 1884, published little in his lifetime. This is the main reason why though foremost among the Scottish preachers of the last century his name is so little remembered today.

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