Excerpt from The Spiritual Kingdom: An Exposition of the First Eleven Chapters of the Book of the RevelationDuring the next five years he was engaged in teaching, and, as far as health would permit, in preaching. The last two of these years were Spent in the bounds of New Providence Church, Rockbridge county, Virginia, in the family of the Rev. James Morrison; a period to which he afterwards re ferred as one of the happiest of his life.Under improved health he was installed pastor of New Monmouth Church, in that county, in 1854, where, during four years of devoted pastoral labour, and surrounded by an affectionate people, precious and abundant fruits were ga thered unto eternal life. In 1858 he severed tender ties, under a sense of public duty, and became the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. This relation continued till 1870, when, after repeated solicita tions from himself, the session and church consented to unite with him in a request for its dissolution. This was caused by the feeble and hopeless condition of his health. Under great suffering he meekly and patiently awaited the hour of his departure, which came on the Sabbath day, July 23, 1871, when he rested from his labours and fell asleep in Jesus, entering upon that Sabbath which shall never end.Dr. Ramsey was an eminently good man; of profound con victions of sin; of unfeigned humility; of deep-rooted faith; of ardent love to Christ and His Church. His whole life was in close communion with God, and full of a Spirit truly apostolical. He was also a man mighty in the Scriptures. His general scholarship was extensive and accurate. His fine attainments and discriminating judgment made him a wise instructor in sacred things; and few men of his age had secured in so high a degree the love and confidence of the Church wherever he was known. Had longer life and more comfortable health been granted, larger and richer fruits would no doubt have been gathered from his careful culture and' ripe religious experience. This volume is the only production of any considerable extent which has been left. His name is worthy to be had in everlasting remem brance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.