Excerpt from The Christian Taught by the Church's Services, Vol. 1: Advent to Trinity The present season of Advent, with which the Church opens her year, proclaims the ap proach of our Lord Jesus Christ. The very name, (which signifies coming, ) speaks to us of the two comings of our Blessed Saviour, the first, in mercy to save, the second, in terror to judge. By thus having the two Advents of our Lord placed before us at the same time, we are both warned and encouraged; while with awe and trembling we look forward to the awful day of our Lord's coming to judgment, we are taught, that if we learn to love and obey Him as our Saviour, we shall be prepared to meet Him as our Judge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.