Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
My church recently sent out an e-mail advising members to fast if possible in response to the introduction of abortion into Northern Ireland. The practice of fasting over societal sins is not a new one in Reformed circles. Here is one example from the RPs in America:
... What humane man but will mingle his tears with those of his fellow mortals, when he sees them shut out from every source of rational happiness, far banished from their native homes, torn from their dear relations, and wallowing in the most abominable uncleanness ...
For more, see American Covenanters and fasting over the sin of chattel slavery (1795).
... What humane man but will mingle his tears with those of his fellow mortals, when he sees them shut out from every source of rational happiness, far banished from their native homes, torn from their dear relations, and wallowing in the most abominable uncleanness ...
For more, see American Covenanters and fasting over the sin of chattel slavery (1795).
