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 RELIGION NOT CHRISTIANITY. 
 
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 REUOION NOT CHBISTIANITT 
 
 By ChriHlinnity I mean the OoRjMil of 
 JosuH Chrut, tbe RUiMrnntiirnl rovolation of 
 Gol rcH|)ecting tho Halvnliori of sinnerH. — 
 By Religion I nietin the natural tbuorioHof 
 man; hucU a belief in a Siiporior being, 
 and judgment to be pasHod upon hint in a 
 future state, an will load him to propitiate 
 the power which is to judge him. It 
 would bo difficult to find any one who 
 was not influenced by somet sense of reli- 
 gion, in this latter sense of tho torm.^— 
 Every one, however ignora"ht of tho Gospel, 
 has some religion of his own; sometimes 
 it may bo Chrifltianity.sometimes a modifi- 
 cation , of Christianity, frequently a base 
 counterfeit of it, and more frequently a 
 moat absurd compound of error and super- 
 stition. 
 
 Now, my fellow sinners, as I desire that 
 you sliould be not only religious but Chris- 
 tian, I purpose setting l>efore you in an 
 elementary way, the distinctive principles 
 and peculiar doctrih«» of Christianity. I 
 shall on this occasion make a few intro- 
 dtictdry remarks in the shape of sugges- 
 tive materials of thought, addressed clii^fly 
 ,ta the young, which, may the Lord bless 
 and make instrumental in bringing you 
 all into the faidi of those who were jjint 
 called Christiant at Antioch. Is it not 
 surprising that thei majority of professin 
 
 principles, doctrines, and duties of Chris* 
 tianity, teach the ethics and duties which 
 ar6 coninion to Heathen, Jewish, Pagan 
 and all fal?ie RVHtems of belief. Young 
 l^plo, who have no definite ideas upon 
 sacfi subject, are not aware that almost alt 
 hcathei} philosophers inculcated virtue aiid 
 morayil^ and that the Pagan devotee U 
 far n^l9|tttifiuenced by his religion, than the 
 maiorityfof those Christians whoso sin- 
 cerity we arc enabled to form a judgment of 
 by observing their usual manner of life. 
 
 If Christianity rests upon certain funda* 
 mental principles, surely Christians should 
 know what the first pnncinlos of their ran 
 ligion are. Most oeople bcheve Christianity <% 
 to be true as^^.a liystem, while few know 
 what the peculiar truths of Christianity 
 are. "I appeal," writes Hannah Moore^ 
 " tO'Clcrgymen who nro called to attend 
 dying beds, do they not find, that the per^ 
 sons to whom they aro addressing them- 
 selves, have no first principles to whidi 
 they can be referred, that they are ignonuit, 
 not only of the science but the language of 
 Christianity." Were you to ask the ao- 
 complished young lady whoso education was 
 finiahed at a first class school what 
 Christianity is, perhaps she would answer 
 that it was the religion of Christians, and 
 perhaps with no more accurate knowlodige. 
 
 Christians do not know what Chris- 
 tianity is; is it not more surprising that tl^e 
 majority of professedly Christian instruc- 
 ton<, instead of teaching the distinctive 
 
 of the subject than if she had said thst 
 Hindooism is the religion of Hindoos^ 
 
 AH preaching and other religious in- 
 struction is vague and superficiui out of 
 
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 RELUaON NOT CIII«8li/WTW . 
 
 pliiro, nnUm tlifl i»o<'uIi(»r (l<Klrinrt« »n«I 
 prindpKwof UbriMtiaiiity aw uii<U*r»»t<HMl by 
 th« lionror. If rctil inntnution i» to bo 
 
 fjivoii it nmi»tcoinm«n«'«ul tho noiiil wlior«> 
 
 Jtnwtint kiiowltxlgo oiuIh. 'rimi youiijr 
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 jdy'ii mIniiiUir iWHumtyl n hl;4li«r do^^roe of 
 jiiowl«Hlgo than nho. nctually jKiwhiiwd. — 
 Wo inuht liiy tlio foiiii(l;itioa if wo would 
 provi<it) for tlui nocurity ^' Jjio «uponitrac- 
 turoT I am convince*! that nmcli of tho 
 infidollty, ruUoniiliHm, mil ncrptiowrii olour 
 «g«) h in H tfnnt nwawure nttributJililo to 
 «<lef«ctivo imblic itiMtrurtioii, *lof«'otivtf Ihv 
 cHUHO not surtJciently «!loim'iit>iry and ox- 
 ixwitory. Tlicro iH (/ir t<M» uuvcli \'n}ruo, 
 mere tnoml. exIiorUitory proiichinjf iMblns- 
 fwxl to tlie fooIingH, and far too liulo cl^ar 
 diBtinctivo Scripture to-'M'Jiinjj:. Tlio loo«m 
 gotqHillin);, vaguo and'm'ijntivo Hitolii^fy of 
 hII churchos hw U\»ft;]ii tlio world th« fimt 
 prtnci|>l«« of infldt^iity, by Buppivjising, 
 Hpiritualizinff aiul oxplaiiiiug away all tlio 
 <>xprfl»w UuM'Tiinjr md po>»itivo tbcolojry of 
 the BibK) — tliuH HcepticH have bctm ctn- 
 , boldonod to carry out tlutw prim\ij»les 
 whicb tho church h«« sancti.nu'd to tJuiir 
 fullftst develomnent in the absoluto JoHial 
 .of every truth which dirtiiiguishoH Chtns- 
 tianity from all human syHteins of roligiop. 
 Pnmitivo Christian prjictice consiHte*!' in 
 obtying frmn the heart the form oj dnfh 
 trine which was delivered, Modorn ru\ 
 ligiouB practice consists in l>olioviii<' vtimi, 
 we please, and doing what wo like, y 
 
 The peojdo, who seldom study theology 
 or their Bibles, are left in conii>uiaLi\e ig- 
 noi-ancoof the firHl principles of Cliri^ianily. 
 Texts are soUictod ha mottoon, but tho mind 
 of the Spirit in the context, iH not sought 
 after, or the primary appUcjition of the 
 language as a whow is not elucidated; 
 hence iu the midst of religious piivilegiw 
 ihere is a deplorable lack of Scripture 
 knowledge and intermittent ^xciienicjit in- 
 stead (rf instruction in rightoousnesM. In 
 order to ascertain what distinguishes 
 Christianity from all Jiuman systems of 
 religion^ we must seek instruction from the 
 infallible authority of Scrii)ture. Without 
 this acknowlodge<l standard of truth there 
 can be no first priticijJea, no foundation Ix) 
 
 build arguments upon, no premises to draw 
 conclusions from. All religious truths must 
 be tested, not by their mere uniformity and 
 agreement with ethical theories, but with 
 the Scriptures. Conibrtnity with God's 
 
 word is tho only infallible U^i of truth In 
 d(MtriM« or pnn'ticfl. The «picNtion ma/ 
 p4'4*ting all moral and n*ligiouM nubJiH*t« w 
 not th<ir almtrmt truthfiihi«w« and reiyion- 
 ablon«»w, but this — are they Scriptural f — 
 tloMQver conclusively and iniluctively we 
 may ntason »\Hm the ^ubju't of rvligion, if 
 our principles or nnunises are t*l(en from 
 other authority than tho DlWo, our con- 
 cliisitms are unwiuutl and worthless. A 
 norii's (tf projHwitiouH, results and conclu- 
 sions limy be logicallytrMe and c^nsi«t<*nt 
 with iUw.li other, and y«<t false; so all sys- 
 tems <if ri'ligion which <lo not derive their 
 principles fVom the Hible, however harmonl- 
 OUM and consisUint with their own laws, are 
 uiiNound and woiihless. Theology has 
 adiled no new truth to Christianity but a 
 vast amount of error. Christianity is the 
 religion of the Dilde, therefore the distinc- 
 tive principles and genius of Christianity 
 must Im learned from -the Hible. We must 
 beli<'ve all things in the Hible and prove 
 all things from the Hible. Few have 
 taken their first impieHsions of religion 
 from the Hible, hence such ignorance and 
 difi'erence of opinion among professing 
 Christians. 
 
 Tho religious instruction generally ^iven 
 to young pel-sons is based upon rational 
 rather than Scriptural principles. Clu*^ 
 tian jiarents tojich their children natuiid/ 
 not evangelicnl religion; they are afraid to ^ 
 trust Clod with His t)wn truth. Tho d(»c- 
 trilu's of gra(*e ciuinot be understood by 
 tho child, thei-eloro they are not to Iw 
 taught, rdagianism ami Socinianism are 
 taught because, perh«iis, iKring letter suited 
 to bumiin nature they find a readier recep- 
 tion in the young fnind. liut tho religion 
 of Oo<.l, communicnteil to the soul 4s a 
 KU|K'i natural act, and tl'ie same Almighty 
 energy is alike diajdayed in tlie impartation 
 of tills |)rinciplo to the mind of the parent 
 09 of tho ch ilcL The n lUnral man receivetk 
 not t/ie things of tite Spirit of Opd.—' 
 J^cept ye receive tlie kingdom of God as 
 a little child, ye cannot enter therein. 
 H^d our Loid revealetl to Nicodemus wlion 
 a youth, tho mystery of tlie now birth, 
 perhaps instead of d«»ubtingly asking how 
 
 ca\i these things be, he would La<e believwl 
 and said, like little 6m\m], '^ speak Lord 
 foty thy servant heareth" In l&rder 'to 
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IIKLIOION NOT CimiSTIANlTV. 
 
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 in trjught, «n<l Uie seo«ln<»f MMptioium town 
 which inii4 Ui r«)oU»rl out In aflur Y<nrn to 
 tiliiiit lh«i in.;orruptil»l«J whmI of th« Word. 
 Tho.Mj obvifuu truidtnii «niKH'lHUy denmml 
 MUoniirtii from th« rising (ftsnomlion of our 
 >.«ry lllH>rHl naa, who arti lo*! to think thnt 
 th« only coiwUtoMt vi«w« of rMJigion nro to 
 hold no \i<'W» lit hII, that rolij^ioun conmn- 
 t4'iioy \n illilKiriilily, »n«l h m\em\ jtM\loiny 
 for O.kI'h truth is hij(otry,wh<i«' iniudHjuis 
 w» lfi4vunod witli tlio politicul criHjfl th»t 
 wo Clin only Im« ortlunlox (Jhrintinn« l>y 
 
 !>iyin;^ oi|UHi rov<mino<i to nil fo^ins of fiittli, 
 IiImo or truo. I low ftnv in any cormniitjlty 
 hiivo nay <Ioci(lod roIij;iouM viown or ovon 
 aim, if ilioy aim at anytliin<,' ataU, h'\\j}\vr 
 than mom reguiaritv o? lifo; how fow aro 
 uhle to ffivt an annper to every mam that 
 
 hnvfl ov«r b«w« inoro ««.i1ou« than th« 
 Clirintiiin in«mlKjni of th« chunh of O.xT. 
 Uid you mo a -iHKjr d«'lu iwl Hin«loo lying 
 on 11 IhwI of wpiiiiM, projiitintinuf hi* «oiIji, 
 howo\ur you mlj^tit pity tlw HlMurdity of 
 hin Iwliiif, you oould not doubt th« sin- 
 cority of hii d«vutii>n. Who more utrictly 
 r«ligi«)Urt than tliowj to whom our Ii<>rd 
 Miid, " tlio pnldknM and hnrloit go into 
 th« kingdom »/ (Jod hfjitre yow." Iffiia- 
 tiuH lioyolu wan moro rolinioll^ unci-incwl . 
 moio, Hlid did tnoio for bin chunih thiin 
 any hutjdro«l IVotOMtHntj* Iuiyo don« ninco 
 for GluiHt. Loiiid XIV. of Franco, and 
 Ilonry Vlll. of Knj^land, woro m)t the 
 bt!Ht oxponontM of Chri:Uifliiity, ytit both 
 woro vorv rcliKiou>s iho ono wan so very 
 <lovout and rMgular in tho formn of wor^ 
 
 asketh 'their rmnolfor the ho/w that h m Hhip «h U> bo .tj «cl " Mc«t C m«t.an 
 
 them. Aro not iwoplo moHtly of opinion tho other, " Dofoudor of tho taltb. IIH 
 
 • ' i .. . J' . ..'. ProtoHtant daughter, Elizabeth, wan very 
 
 roligiouB and a ffroftt mlmirer of the Bible. 
 " I walk," wiid nhe, •• many timeii in the 
 pleasant fieldn of the IU»ly ScriptureN 
 whore I pluck up tho goodlinomo herb« of 
 nenteiicea 'by pruning, oat them by reading, 
 digest them by musing, so that^ bavmg 
 tasted their swootnoss, I may leas perceive 
 the bittornew* of lifo." But her last 
 momenta leatl ua to fear, notwithstanding 
 her admiration of tho Sctipturos, that she 
 was ignorant of the moBt precious and di»- 
 tinguwhing twth which could alone apeak 
 peaco to her trouble<l conscience — salva- 
 tion by tho blood of Jesus Christ When 
 dying she cried out '^ An inch ^of time-- 
 millipna of money for an iooh of tinio. 
 Sho had beep used to have a now dresa 
 every day, and had ten thousand costly 
 droBseo in her wardrobe, jei her sonl was 
 naked, she had not the wedding garment^ 
 the fine linen clean and white which istht 
 nghUousMMS of sainla. VjilueloM then 
 
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 that all mydes" of roligioiis belief are 
 equally safo; throufjch tho death of CliriHt 
 (}(k1 is i-omloroil so morciful there is a 
 gonoml imimniiy in sin, and all will moot 
 m heaven at Lint, howovur far tliov are on 
 earth from that «ownesM of life, that faitii, 
 that roiwiitanco unto salvation, that narrow 
 way and straight gate, which tho author 
 of ChriHtianity has aM8urod,Us fow shall 
 find. Our Lord asgUlfrt. expressly that 
 they who boUevo W^rtlio truths of tho 
 Gospel shall l>o damned, as that they who 
 believe them shall be save«l. Ift it not then, 
 of tho utmost importance that we should 
 * clearly difitinguisli between the religion of 
 God and tho invontions of roan. 
 
 Religion, divinity, and theology are Latin 
 and Greek terms ofheathen origm, although 
 custom' and use have fixed their sense to 
 Christian doctrines taken out of the Scrip- 
 turea. The moat ancient hdftthen writers 
 were called Theologues, the Egyptians and 
 
 Chaldeans had tEoir theology. Chris- "^[^'^'JT'^^i^i^Y^-^ptor and daisic 
 tianity, then, is genorally a religion— was all her bwuuroim^P . 
 
 ^speciily. the rolgon of Christians.-- !«?»«?:„ :.^:;^l;fl?,T^f tt W^ariZ ^ 
 ■ — Bolig'ton, correctly speaking, should be 
 considered either as h«ithen or Christian, 
 
 the one is from 
 
 natural or supernatural 
 
 tho light of nature, the other from divine 
 
 vftyfllation. The PerMans, Greeks, and an 
 
 cient Britons, with their Druid^ Bards and 
 VatoB wore far more religious than modem 
 Christians. AUnations have some religion. 
 Almost all wars have been religions wars. 
 The first man who ever died, died for re- 
 ligion. The followers of fiJae leligions 
 
 which am turq the hut of the begjgar into 
 tho palace of God— thiP truth which enar 
 bled the poet Cowper'a poor village tooe 
 girito 
 
 and road with sparkling eyea. 
 
 'Bejoicft, 
 
 Hot titie cieiw to mansioiw in ffiei 
 
 the truth which enabled another Elizabethj 
 the poor Dairyman'* Daughter, unon he» 
 dying bed of straw, to exclaim— «' Victory, 
 VKtwy, through our Lord Jeaua Chrwtr^ 
 
UELUaON NOT CIIRIHTIANITY. 
 
 Ilfci bU>ml rUnm.O. from nil .in." ir«r H^mI tn .ll..c«rn «plritu«l ll.htr, 0.»» i««)»*r 
 m^\ wiMi Wkljr III full <lr«ii« f«'r tlii! mrtrrtiig«i / 
 
 nup|Mjr, ftrniyf.1 in tli« roywl mlw <>f h< 
 H«1«L'in«r*« rinht#H)iiiin.Mii. Hli« wn*. iii<U>i*1, 
 « fCin}/'»%"i9fHer alt y/onoi« wi/A/m, uii'l 
 ■h<1 tuiff htholiU the King in hin /,ea>ift/. 
 
 Cilin nn.l AIkjI roim-wMit iho tw.MluA.i?M 
 
 ' bt.> will. I» tlio worl.l in (rhi.Ui.1— nntiiml 
 
 nnd MiiMtriifttiiml. N«t(iml n^U^tinn nmy 
 
 Iw coiiw«l«rc«l «lli«r nn il wwi «» A.l im, 
 
 iHjfoM tli« f'lll, «>r an it l« in hw ixwhuiiy 
 
 nincfl tho frtll. aii|wrimluriil,or wliiit i«l')' ,K,ni «ini '» ^ •■■" - ■— 
 
 i,uro rtivolutlon, wm fiml nigiiifled in tlio !„„ ever \^m to tho ttm.ij f«>"»'Hh»j;««». »»«^ 
 
 AikI him'Ii »>y iintiim hUII uni wi-j 
 I'liiil liy KW* w'*''^' ''""» »K'»1». 
 l''ulthl«'rtiH MU\i\, mi'l l'r"Htl iw 1»«'' 
 
 I.ikc lilin, »li«' wiiy «»f Ki^'«» *••• "I'g'*'. 
 
 AittI ill ••in "wn •l«'vi(f«« IriiMJi 
 <!ull i'\il >r<)<i'i. ii*i*l •Ini'kiK'i'H tii^lit, 
 
 Aii«l liuti! iiiiil |H'rrt»<ul«' tlic JnKt," 
 
 Wlmt liUtlior wii«l of Poinjiy ih tnw of 
 srlr ri^^lilc<)U»'m>H«, •' Kvwry iiiiin i»» l»om 
 with II |H>iK) ill hlH hoiMt." Kvory nmn i* 
 lM»rn «ilh n Ciiin hi hi"* limrt. Tim croM 
 
 l,y (1()<1 to tho noriwnl— •• ft, the ntedi>J 
 tht woman, nhall hrvine th>j head:'-- 
 ThcHO niyntioil wonU roveni the Hiiin of 
 evanjcolio-ftl r«lif?ion, luul contiiin tho \f^rm 
 of CMniHtiunily, tho iucnrnalion of tho 
 MoMHiHh and wilvation hy Hirt 1»1o«hK Thin 
 kin<l of Tbeolo}j;y wm inoro cUmrly <!»>- 
 vdoped by thow nignincnnt typcR, the wkin^ 
 «f Blain iKMurtn, whi«li onr fifHt |.ftroiiti» woio, 
 beaatiful emblonw of tho blood-lM.ught 
 
 iiowr i.ruj.«»un<lM.l thin doctrine, iMi.nu'o 
 novoi'dim'ornod it, r«iw<ni mtvor gnuiwtMl ut 
 it, innn'H wirtduni novordovincd it— no, (hnl 
 rovoiilpd it . . 
 
 Thin iH tlio cnrdinrd doctrino of(dm»- 
 UH, liiinity, tho i^m\A tniUi which, if a nmn 
 .ri • iL'nomnt of theology iw tho tJi»i>f on tho 
 froHH b<-liovoH, and woro to die tho lu-xt 
 iii«»inOnt,' ho pfMWOKSiw that knowUnlg* 
 which iH eHW-ntiul 'u> Hnlvnlion: ign<»rm»l of 
 nil other truths of ChriHtianity and know- 
 ing this in u very small menHure, tlio bo- 
 
 rSnr «»rvation.thewlding garment of liovor know« tho Way of accoptnnoo w, h 
 So rilele^ the justifying ?ighto<.uHnos« .n ortondod (Jod. fhnomax. ro,,f.ej..U- 
 
 - - ... ,, I . _ li:.. ..-,...1.. <.•-.,/ .iij//i IJnil 
 
 of Chrint, which (Jo«l puts ii|Mm HIh people. 
 
 • AIhjI wpb a btiliovor in Evangelical rcligit)n, 
 
 ho approached (lo«l as a sinner, ho l)iou;,'ht 
 
 blood the typical siicrifioo for sin, Ciiin 
 
 was an uid)ehever in revealed religion, rUII 
 
 ho i)orformod a roligiouH act, ho laid nn 
 
 offer upon flo«r« altar, and certainly, to a 
 
 Tiatural mind, a more l^ecoming one than 
 
 flie Hootl of air innocent animal ; but lie 
 
 SJilf-righteonHly dospiwHl the sacrifice %v;hi(di 
 
 the Lord ordaitic(f for Hm, and rationally 
 
 aeomed his first fruife better. Salvation 
 
 by bloo<l, was foolisbnoss to Cuin as it was 
 
 to thp Pharisees, and is to thousands of 
 
 very religious, moral and ortho<lox people 
 
 now, who have a zeal of Ood, htt not ac- 
 
 toriing to knowledge, who being ignorant 
 
 of God's riqhteousne89 are going about to 
 •' . -• . • i« «.. ^^.i ^^:ii 
 
 Jied with God. IJow a ht»ly and just ,«(xl 
 who will in no way clear tho guilty docit 
 cl.«ir, punlon, juHlify, sanctify, glorifr 
 ■ ■ — ^■■-*d. 
 
 ntai^ith their own righteousness^ and will 
 ttotwlmit themselves unto the righteomness 
 
 S' Ood. This distinguishing trutli of 
 hristianity, which Cain stumbled at, is 
 till tho rock of ofenef, tho kard saying; 
 the ofence of the cross U> tho natural 
 mind, but to those whoso senses are oxer- 
 
 guilty, vile, holl-doflerving Hinnors. Lxott 
 xxxiv. 1. 'I'ho aj)parontcojitfjulictioii, p»e- 
 Honted in thic pasungo, can alone harmonize 
 Goal's nttrihuUis of justice and mei-cy in 
 tho sinner's SHlvati<m. ThJH plan ^)f 8;dva- 
 tion shows us how Ood can panlon tho 
 vilest of sinners witJiout clearing the guilty, 
 how God can !«) just to his holy law and 
 the justifior of the ungodly; it enables the 
 guiltiest wretch on earth to hoye for par- 
 don, and lift up his head before the tribunal 
 of Jehovah with tho confidence of an 
 angel, not upon a plea of mercy bnly, but 
 of justice, satisfied justice. Christ, as 
 surety, became responsible for the law-debt 
 of Hfa people, he became amenable to law 
 
 I 
 
 ami justice for tho sins of all believers. 
 
 But if fto^ does not clear the guilty, 
 .howiloes Ho forgive iniquity ; if He for- 
 gives ini(iuity, must Ho not clear the guilty. 
 One word solves tho problem — atonement; 
 Jesus (tlhrist as tho sinners surety and sub- 
 
■ .\> 
 
 HJiUOlON NOT CJirUSTIANlTY. 
 
 P 
 
 I 
 
 *lUu»«», tfi.>|i on tiiiii our %\m mul tllll^ by 
 iii4)Ml«tj..tM«rnii wtitvniwl Jk4rliwlly tfiillty: 
 thflnitm oflill lH.|i,.VMni nrii fully nloiuHi 
 Ut l.y .K*u^ \m'>nx\\\\^ i|„ |r wirnty, thdr 
 itiiwnrii iiii|...t.Nl lo IliMi. IIn HKlilwiuiimMM 
 \my\\\M\ lo thoiii ; Hiiii., lim rtiirnu U.nlUul 
 4i'M4h A«./„w //* .rii.f-w lli» inufilt /rum 
 thar Mint. IU.iic,i, (](»! in |Kir.|oMiii); U 
 ll«v»r» «|l>.^H not c'Nwir t|it> ^Miilty h«H'atiM' in 
 lli«i «y„ o»u MHrUlIi..! |/i»>li«y (ir«i hincA.tit; 
 «» K"'llv, th.-y lmu< Uvn |.uni;>h<«l in ih.t 
 d.riUh of Chiiil. llm l.!;.aH>;^ uc.oiinto^l, 
 oiiw. Thm (Jo,.|...| |.lun of wivinijf Minnom 
 IN not It u.|,ol. u Kin.;K, «lu. Iriiitt of Clirin* 
 tinnity l.nt (JliiiMi^inily iu«|f ; it ,,|ono ox- 
 hihiu (}od iufiiiituly jiiMt au<l iiillnai.)y nn-f- 
 oifiil, and inakiw Milvntion whoilyW j^nicu 
 witliout works of uny kin.l, m n«o»».aiy 
 for ilH reception. In thiii..lo.triiio wwcy 
 andtrufh meet lofffthir, r„//,tfomnea/t and 
 p«ac0 km tarh other. Thm in (?briMU«nity, 
 nii.l ull nyHU'iim of wlij^ion Uiiil mippi-cw*, 
 iruMhfy or /ulultoruu; tliin «loctiin«» aro 
 ChriBtiiiriity'n |„,m» (<<ftintorf(.it, (Mahonom- 
 i»lM to tho niiij<ho(l work of (JhriHt 
 • All niori i^nomnt of tho Oo^iwl, althoiiffh 
 rn<M.t .lovout ri-lidoni«t>», tfrorHlii]) Ijko tho 
 AthoniaiiH nn luiknown (Iml, luid hato tho 
 junt and holy (|,k1 of tho Hibk Tho 
 <Jo<l of tho nalurni om«, i« no moro thft 
 JUBtmid ujrril.lo (Jo*I 4,f iho HibU,, ^bo 
 will iM)t clear tho j,'uilty, than tho OBirin of 
 tlio Egyptians, or tho Jupitor of tho 
 Orook«. TbobdJof of the G,m,.el, oannlono 
 givo us correct i?iew8 of the character of 
 W(Kl and ourwlvai. Upon tho idean which 
 men form of (Jml's character dci)end8 the 
 cbarnctor of their relitjion. 
 
 How can man Ih. justified with G(kI, Ih 
 a question of such eternal moment, that 
 none Hhould reel till they have it witiKfuc- 
 tonly answeretl to their own souIb. There 
 i« m every one of you a conviction that 
 you -need a nghioMwio.^ in which to 
 tuul before Im, Mo is of purer eye. 
 tAct^ito behotd ivujvity. But while thi.s 
 conv^tion 18 univer.s,d as humanity, theiv 
 are very few even among moral! - living 
 Christians who seriously .et ,ibout tht 
 co«H.demt.on of thi.B„l.i..k an.l Ktn| f .,,'" 
 
 Tho 
 they 
 
 „i.^ ... . — , , ", "J"-*^ "ini Hun lower 
 
 "ho undemtaiui what G<k1 in moroy baa 
 revealed concerning it. And 1 might add! 
 fe«er .till who teach tbi« bk.«od Ltrine 
 M «.e mnncrs only ground of hope.- 
 Whle all profoasmg Cbrwtians ackViw- 
 ledge ft belief in Cbrist's atbnenient to be 
 
 •.•mo way n«HHtMiHry to mdvation, yut tt»re- 
 imrnilt oly few, «vi>ii mendtoni i4 thti cbur^'h, 
 upon H d^ing \hh\ can (.ill bow Chrint'* 
 -work bw.rtiuw pflin'tual for th« wlvutiori, 
 p.«..!, comfort and aMtunuMu .»f the indi> 
 ndual Kinn«ir. Krom a total ignorancn of 
 I hi* blMM^I doclrine «>f»uUliluiion, which 
 ^m Vm\'n hh.t.t anchor, (|»hilip Hi. o.) 
 ••ick and d> ing ptii-wxm jrivariaKly Mi,.k com- 
 f<Mt from thi!irMvidMiK'i'.,ox|M«riunccii, fallbg 
 «<-ii ;. : 'ice, an<l g.w.d lift,. Vhe-it are no,.r 
 mwnwrh—minrofih' o>i»/itrhr» (ire yr all. 
 Tlu»v build %ir ho(Ht iiiwi Nomoibinff 
 withm tli.MiHljlN in-ten.1 of without Ibeiii- 
 Molviw. ili.y miike a Miviour of |ln,ir ft.«|. 
 iiigB, or tlioir fiiitb, r»»l«a«| of tJhriM. 
 •pujHtion with (hum in not what 
 Uiliovct, but hum they fe.1. Kailh an a 
 moral «jnality in no m-re the gMund, or 
 meriionouH caiwe of our wibation than 
 w«.rk«. Faith in the nuHiimn through 
 wbit;h the dinner roi-eircM the righleouNnt'iw 
 which maken tho ninner juHt. Let [nratl 
 hope ill theJjoril,fvr with llim inp/ctite- 
 MM redanptioit, and He loill ndecm hratl 
 from all hia iuit/uitie». My aoid diitk 
 wail ftpoii th§ Loud, and in iUh word do t^ 
 hope. t;hriHt, and tba bromiMen (.f (Kxl^ 
 are tho »innern ground of bojK) and connvi, 
 lal ion. The e v i. loiy-ea of, tbo 'H| .irit'« work 
 within UM, our faith, ojcjKjIrJenco or iianoti- 
 
 fication, aro not tho gr0»i>'>r| of our bopo 
 
 no C;hriHt in our bopo, «Ao of God it made 
 unto UH wisdom, «»ft/ nghtemisneas, and 
 sanctijication^ and redemption. 
 
 From tho wide Bproad conviction of 
 guilt, and in-dwelling nin, and from igno- 
 rance of Ood'n revealed plan of luiving 
 guilty sinnerH, rtien now, and in every ago, 
 have gone alwut to eetablisb their own 
 rigbteoueness. It wna i n pursuit of this that 
 Cain ofTereil to (Jod the fruit of bis labor- 
 It was in pursuit of this, that the heathen, 
 in their bloo<ly rites offered their children 
 in sacnfices to their idols; giying tbe/rttt< 
 of their bodien for the ain of their soldi.-— 
 It is in pureuit of this that the Hindoo 
 hoi)e8, by self-im]>OKed torturON, to com- 
 mend bimsolf to his 4^itie8. — ^'Twas after 
 
 
 thi s that tbo J e w busied hiinsolf in fulfill. 
 
 ing all tho outward, performances of the 
 ceremonial ritual And, forgetful of the 
 spirituality of theiaw, was scrupulous only 
 as to its letter.y--'Ti8 after this that the 
 Romanist suhkicts himself to the yoke o( 
 legal bonda^ to fastings and penaucoi. 
 
•8 
 
 RELIGION NOT CHRISTIANITY. 
 
 «n(l lnortlficatioll^ "btlieving that by theM 
 he can merit i^race jBnd increwie of glmy.— 
 ■*Tis in pursuit of this thut the Socinian, 
 who dares to rriect i^te Deity and Atone- 
 ment of the Saviour preaches a liftiless 
 imorality and spMads his pinions iu the 
 prMumptuous hope<ef paming, in his own 
 strength, the gulf betwneea earth and 
 heaven.— It is in pursuit of this, that 
 •countless multitudes of religious people, 
 Protebtants forsooth, cto man^ things 
 •«>^ **<»»• 'A» word gladly aad are very 
 rolM^ious, while thev mistake the form of 
 ^godliness for its living power. Alas, it is 
 Jiot only in systems opeiily opposed to 
 XJhristianity that this spirit may bo traced, 
 it lies at the root of much of the Tlieologv 
 that claims an orthodox descent, and is toe 
 ^ery essence of the faith of many a. one to 
 'mhom the name of Protestant is a boast, 
 *nd by whom the charge of Socinian 
 'teaching would beeonsidered a libel. H<m 
 ««»y thousand sermons are passed off for 
 evangelical, which might be preadhed ac- 
 -oeptably to proftjssedJy Socinian <5ongregar 
 
 What is it but this ignorance of Christ 
 when a sinner is startled by the approach 
 <rf death, and is 'forced eeriously to con- 
 aider ^fais piwpects with respect to eternity, 
 •fhat makes hfim look back :uponan honora- 
 1)le courae, a good, useful, temperate life, a 
 l>lameles8 walk; and seek in a retrospect 
 •of the past for comfort, or rather refuge 
 from the accusations of conscience— or 
 ^in, when the spirit is pleading witli the 
 sainner.-convindng him of sin, of judgment 
 4md of ri^teousness, what hinders him 
 ftom at once embracing the Gospel, and 
 ■inner as he is, going to Jesus for pardon 
 and justification, saying Lord remember 
 Me — Lordifihou %pilt thou canst make 
 me dean. This is all my TheoKigy, 
 
 acr^tance with God prevails, and the same 
 spirit oi)erate8 which influenceil the young 
 man in the Gospel, when he came to 
 Christ enquiring, What ahall [do that I 
 may inherit eternal life. Ignorance of the 
 justifying righteousness of sinnera, the 
 riffhteoueneaa of God, in contraKlistinction 
 to the righteousness of the law ; Christ's 
 righteousness is the righteousness of God, 
 for Christ is God, Rom. iii. 20-25. Hero 
 we have the mystery of godliness explain- 
 ed. Hooker, with beautiful conciseness, 
 thus expresses this mystery,—" Man sinned : 
 God suffered— God became man's sin. 
 
 "Just as I am, and waiting not, 
 To cleanse my soul fi-om oue foul blot, 
 To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 -O Lamb of God, I come." 
 
 What but this, that in the retrospect of the 
 past he has nothing in himself on which 
 to lean. In the one case there is a fiilse 
 hope cherished from the fancied supposi- 
 tion of merit^^i i i f M ii id ; in the other, real 
 ^ope is reje<fted, from a consciousness that 
 no sKh merit exists. In both these cases, 
 the same igDoranee of the Gospel j)hm of 
 
 that man might be made the righteousness 
 of God." Morality is essential to the 
 Christian character, but morality is not 
 Christianity. Christian morality implies 
 a belief in the ddctrines of the Ifew Testa- 
 noent, so that the duties of Christiamty 
 niay be seen to grow out of its doctrines. 
 Christian practice differs as essentially from 
 Pagan practice as do the doctrines of 
 Ciinstiamty from Paganism. Almost 
 every Heathen moralist has recommended 
 temperance, and the forgiveness of injuries, 
 but none have ever taught men to be tem- 
 perate, and to forgive upon Gosiiel princi- 
 ples. How could Uiey \ They liave never 
 taught men to forgive because we have been 
 forgiven— this is iieculiar to Christianity— 
 this flows from tlie doctriw of the Aton«. 
 ment, and can flow from nothing else. 
 Morality of life and outward decorum, the 
 law of public opinion requires frotn us.— 
 Outward decorum, however, is not the rule 
 whereby we shall l« judged at the bar of 
 God, where tlie amiable Christian and the 
 moral Haithen are accounted alike uii- 
 nghteous wien tlestiUite of Christ's richt- 
 eousnesa. . 
 
 There are many in the religious world 
 emmentfor their zeal, and the high tone 
 of morality that pervades their words abd 
 actions, yet the fear of God is not before 
 their eyes, the love and knowledge of God 
 as their covenant and reconcile<l God in 
 ChristJesus, is not shed abroad in their 
 hoaits by tlie Holy GhosL We am 
 iiuagine a faultless moiHl clmiacler, the 
 very twin sister of Solomon's model wife 
 of whom it is fiaki, o/Acr damfilers have 
 done virtuonshj, but thou-exceSeat them alk 
 —a veiy paragon of natural perfection, 
 one who had kept all tlie commandments 
 f^-om her youth up; oiu> whom Jesus could 
 
 M 
 
 •mrnxo* 
 
 *fi 
 
niitl the name 
 xl tbo youDg 
 he came to 
 f {do that I 
 oranoti of the 
 Binnera, the 
 raKlistinctioa 
 aw; Christ'g 
 nera of God, 
 )-25. Hero 
 1688 expluin- 
 concisenoas, 
 Man sinned : 
 
 man's sin, 
 ighteousueas 
 itial to the 
 ality is not 
 Jity implies 
 Ifew Testa- 
 ChriHtian'ty 
 8 doctrines, 
 ntiully from 
 octrines of 
 Almost 
 commended 
 
 oir injuries, 
 
 to be tem- 
 
 ipel priuci- 
 
 liav© never 
 
 3 have been 
 
 istianity— 
 
 tbei Aton<i>- 
 
 :hing else. 
 
 sorum, the 
 
 rom u«.-^ 
 
 lot (he rule 
 
 the bar of 
 
 in and the 
 
 alike un- 
 
 iiit'a rightr 
 
 ous world 
 high tone 
 rords ahd 
 lot before 
 [6 of God, 
 I God in 
 I in Ihfcir 
 We am 
 icier, the 
 Kiel wife, 
 'ers have 
 f them alk, 
 eri'ection, \^' 
 uidments 
 s>us could 
 
 REUOION NOT CinUSTrANITY. 
 
 \ 
 
 linve loved, whose pure mind was never 
 sullied by an unchaste thought, whoso eyes 
 are over closed against vanity, wIioho holy 
 ears are ever stopped to the siren voice of 
 the world ; like the Hely of holies in the 
 Temple, none but the high priest roust 
 enter there. Yet such a faultless charac- 
 ter, if destitute of the vital ' actuating 
 principle of the Gospel, the holy Law 
 of God pronounces radically defective, 
 corrupt, aead in trespasses and situ. — 
 Alas, how many such perfect characters 
 may find the door shut against them, and 
 miBs heaven at last, Luke xiii. 25. How 
 many of noble ami royal blood will be gUd 
 to take hold of the skirt 9f Mary Magda- 
 lene in that awful day jifkan the last shall 
 be first and the Jirst tm^ when the filth 
 and offscouring of the earth shall be 
 heralded among the aristocracy of heaven. 
 But do not suppose me for one moment to 
 imply, that it is not incumbent upon the 
 Chri^iaii; teacher to enforce the necessity 
 of morality and good works. Nothing is 
 more foolish than the antipathy evinced 
 by some religionists to the preaching of 
 morality, as if it infringed upon the doc- 
 trines of grace. Would to God there was 
 more pure morality preached. If indeed, 
 it be a cold, heartless philosophic ^virtue 
 detached from the Gospel and inde[)eiident 
 of its influence, show it the door, let it be 
 excluded from thfie sauctuary. Such a 
 plulosophy of morals proeenCs erroneous 
 views of the condition of man, and the 
 character of God, it appeals not to the re- 
 vealed will of Go^l as the standard of right 
 and wrong, and enforces the obligations of 
 virtue, rather from the considerations of 
 feeling, honor, interest, public opinion and 
 woiMly policy, than from those higher, 
 nobler, purer niotivea which Jehpyah '«d- 
 dtpsen to us in His^Word. , But if <it be 
 ft/morality founded upon Christian princi- 
 ple, and looking dir<jctly to th6 will of God 
 as its rule'', and the glory of God as its 
 end, it is assuredly a proper subject for the 
 pulpit and suited to the state of man, as a 
 fallen creature. Christians are become so 
 like iho heiithen in their practice, they 
 noeA to be reminded frequently, with a 
 verily, verily, that the Lord Jesus Christ 
 gave Himself for la not only that If^ 
 might redeemiu from all iniquity, but ^eo 
 tojpurify vnto Himself a peculiar pejo pie 
 M4alotu (^ good workt, % 
 
 It is much to be deplored that our 
 zealous philanthropists and praiseworthy 
 advocates of virtue and temperanoe, so 
 seldom draw their arguments fix)m the New 
 Testament The total abaenoe of Ooepel 
 principle in the cause of •'total abstinence," 
 would make it appear that our popular 
 lecturers deemed Christianity a drag on 
 the chariot wheels of enlightened morality 
 and human progress. Every body knows 
 inebriety is in direct antagonism to the 
 whole letter and tenor of the Scripturea, 
 yet nobody knows who has read the New 
 Testament, that a glass of wine or anythinir 
 else, is absolutely forbidden. The precepta 
 of the Gospel are general in th^r applica- 
 tion, and not particular. The Gonpel en- 
 joins habits of temperance, sobi^ty in all 
 things, yet there is no special command in 
 regard to dietetics. The Apostle Peter's 
 injunction, be sober is general, not partien- 
 lar, moral, not physical. Be not intoxicated 
 with pleasure, business, sensuality, or sin. 
 This mental inebriety is|as iniurio'us to th« 
 soul's health as pbyhicaf dissipation to the 
 body, it excludfa ;4od from the thoughta 
 and drowns alj l^eavenly wipirationa. — 
 " Society, soctety," said Madame De Stael. 
 «* how it render 4lje mind frivolotif, and 
 the heart hard, and makes us live for what 
 people will say of ua» The person who 
 mdulges freely in the world's sparkling cup 
 of pleasure and fashionable gaiety, is drunk 
 all tlie year round, ever tippling, never 
 sober night or day; ever intoxicated with 
 the mental alcohol of impute literature, 
 stupefied with the poisonous fumes and 
 enervating effects of vicious company and 
 corrupting amusements, in whicli inanv 
 total abstainers indulge, who desecrate th« 
 Lories dgy in pleasure excursions and other 
 intemperafe-srevellingB. The Gospel re- 
 quires us to aSHmn from all appearance 
 ofevd, and tells dathat aU things are law- 
 ful, but not expedkrit. The Gospel requhw 
 not only circumei^iiorkofthe flesh, but of 
 tlie heart Abstinence from any sensual 
 gratification because edch is injurious to 
 physical health, or preiudicial to character 
 >nd advancement in life,W not because 
 such is forbidden by Chris^ is the mere cir^ 
 cumcision of the flesh. A Christian influene- 
 ep by these motives is a nominal, not a wi-al 
 Christian ; a letter, not aupirft Christian ; for 
 not being influenced by the \loye of Christ, 
 
10 
 
 RELIGION NOT GHRlSTIANrnr. 
 
 n 
 
 > 
 
 ho is scarcely distififj^uiahable from an ab' 
 Htfimious Paf^an. llow many from over- 
 looking this distinction mistako reformation 
 of character for change of hoart! 'ITiey 
 imagine because they have outwardly re- 
 nounced intemperanceandgrofls vices, they: 
 are inwardly Christ's disciples. Because 
 tliev have kept out of the hands of the 
 police, they are Chrirtt's fr«cmen, and re- 
 newed in the Spirit of their minds. The 
 •* lock-up" and the. "stocks," ate fur more 
 efficient reformers than the " pledge," yet 
 most unsuccessful preachers of righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 A celebrated temperance lecturer in 
 proving, that the ple<lgo was not enough, 
 candidly, honestly, anil above all conven- 
 ^ tional prejudices, writes thiis — " Out of the 
 ^ many tliousands of intemperate men who 
 signed the pledge under me very few kept 
 it do the end, unions they became new crea- 
 tures in Jesus Christ. More recently, those 
 who became dwnharja cannot nt all bo de- 
 pended upon, unless they also become 
 Christians. Of those who have signed the 
 pledge witliin a few years, not one hw re- 
 mained firm unless they took Jesus as their 
 Prophet^ Priest and King." 
 
 One of the most powerful preachers of 
 %ny age tried the experiment of moral 
 preachmg for twelve years, and afterwards 
 made the following emphatic declaration, 
 ''I could expatiate on the. meanness of dis^ 
 honesty* on Uie villany of falsehood, on 
 the despicable arts of calumny, on all those 
 deformities of character which awaken in- 
 dignation i^mjDSt the pests and disturbers 
 of human society. Now, could I, upon 
 the strength of those expostulations, have 
 got the uief to give up his stealing, and 
 the liar his deviations from truth, it never 
 occorred to me that all thi9 might have 
 been doiie, and yet the soul of every 
 hearer have remained in full alienation 
 fiom Obd, as destitute of the essence of 
 leligiooB principle as ever. But the in- 
 teresting uict is, that during the whole of 
 that period in which I made no attempt 
 against the enmity of the carnal mind to 
 God, I certainly did press the reformations 
 of honour and truth, and integrity among 
 mr people^ but I never once heard of any 
 aach reformations being ^ected; I am not 
 aenrible that all the vehemence with which 
 I urged the virtues and propriedes of 
 social li&b had tha weight of a feather on [ 
 
 the inotul habits of my pariHhioners."— . 
 Here is an honest confcsBion of a great 
 mind. Yes, it was not till this eminent 
 philosopher. Dr. Chalmers, learned the 
 Goenel from the old woman of Kilmany, in- 
 tlie humble cottages of his flock, it was not 
 till some God-instructed AquiUa or Pris- 
 ciJIa taught this mighty Ajwlloe the way 
 of the Lord more perfectly, that he became 
 imnressed with the strictness of God's law 
 and the utter alienation of man's heart; it 
 was not till ho urjjed qpou his hearers as 
 lost, guilty, perishing sinners the doctrines 
 of Grace, and told them of the righteous- 
 ness of Ood, that he saw anv salutary 
 change in their morak 
 
 But, do I disapprove of total abstinence, 
 no, in no wise, 1 commend the practice, 
 not only from a glass of wine even for the 
 stomach's sake, but from all those horrible 
 decoctions which the Temperance faculty 
 prescribe, which are more demoralizing to 
 the stomach than wine, and not so benefi- 
 cial for our oft infirmities. I disapprove, 
 however, of enforcing abstinence upon 
 heathen principlea 
 
 But to return, how is this righteousn^s 
 to be had ? It is unto all, and upon all 
 them that believe, for there is no difference, 
 be tliey heathen or Christian, bond or free, 
 poor or rich, ignorant or learned, mean or 
 noble, vicious or virtuous, intemperate or 
 temperate. The crowned monarch and the 
 ermined judge must wear it; the poor 
 woman at the washtub, and the captive iu 
 the dungeon m|i^ wear this royal raiment- 
 all must have il/my fellow-sinnei-s, all who 
 will be saved ! ! 
 
 This is Christianity, this is the truth of 
 the Gospel, and I tha^k God, that this 
 blessed truth is beautifully and explicitly 
 set forth in the formularies of the Church, 
 of which- 1 am a minister. "We are ac- 
 counted righteous before God, only for the 
 meritof our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
 by faith, and not for our own works and 
 deservings, (11th Article.) This is the 
 Gospel which Christ came down to our 
 world to reveal, the Gospel which the 
 Apostles preached and martyrs sealed with 
 their blood by which saints lived, and upon 
 which they rested their souls for time and 
 eternity. The Gospel, which in the early 
 days of Christianity crumbled heathemsm 
 to ruins, and in the sixteenth century re- 
 stored the religion of the Bible to its 
 

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 RBUGION NOT CHRISTIANITY. 
 
 11 
 
 1)rimitivo purity. Many rojoct it, and 
 aiigh at it<t Himplicitv ', otlien do^pUe 
 anamocik it mh if it would l6ad to licentiouR- 
 But tbey, who taught by the Holv 
 
 Bpiri^ have fult the plague of the heariV 
 liutii, and understand ita m>u1 comforting 
 efficacy, they who know it in the truth and 
 power thereof, know that the belief of this 
 despised doctrine, is the most powerfully 
 constraining motive to good works 'and 
 holiness of life — the governing principlo 
 which causes a man to give himsulf up, 
 body, soul, and spirit to his God — they 
 know that it is this alone which eives peace, 
 happiness, hope — they know that if this 
 dijitmguishing truth of Christianity is 
 known and savingly believed— enough ; if 
 this unknown — ^worthless all religion and 
 theology beside. 
 
 May Ood the Spirit teach you all this 
 truth, and give you peace in. believing it — 
 Search the Scriptures, make them your 
 authoritative standard, and learn then from 
 Ood the nature of true religion, While 
 «11 Christians acknowledge the authority of 
 the BiUe in woKls, many virtually ignore 
 it Few teach the whole of the Bible; 
 men from prqudice, party-spirit, expedi- 
 <ency, or aelf-nsfateousness resort to. sup- 
 pressions, modifications, adulterations, re- 
 conciliations, pious frauds, and I know not 
 -what of palpable denialsand contradictions 
 •of God^B truth. They call this criticism, 
 which means just thi»--9[ don*t like what 
 'God has said, Uierefore I vrill make God 
 speak what I like. Thus people can make 
 «ny passage oi Scripture to mean anything 
 ihat they demre. Salmaaius distinguished 
 for his profound and extensive learning, 
 after a life of laborious criticism has left 
 theae remarkable words for our admonition 
 ->>-*' Had I one year more to live, all that time 
 would be spent in treading the Psalms of 
 David and EpisUes of Paul.'* 
 
 If any man wiU do JIi» wUl, he sImU 
 
 know of the doctrine whether it be of Ood, 
 The humble doers of God's will, and tlie 
 pntyorful rend«rs and honrers of His word, 
 geiierHlly know all that in eruwntiHl to sal- 
 vation; antf unually find that the mora 
 diligently they practice the precepta of 
 Christianity the better thoy understand iti 
 doctrines. lie that doeth riffhteovtneae it 
 riffhteoue. Not every one that eaith 
 unto me. Lord, Lftrd, ahall enter into 
 th» kingdom of Heaven, hut he that 
 doeth the will of my Father 'which i$ 
 Heaven. " Coleridge has well said, 
 
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 " Our fellow-^reaturos can •only judirs 
 what we are by what wo do; but in the 
 eye of our Maker, what we do is of no 
 worth except as it flows from what we are. 
 Unless works are done from Christian mo* 
 tives, and the worker-K an accepted beliotef 
 in Christ thev are not acceptable with God. 
 The right discrimination of rdigioua 
 character is very useful now, when it is 
 the fashion to pay homage to Chri9tianity» 
 with a hail master, and yet deny it the 
 tribute and the influence whUch it claima 
 over the heart and aflection»— when it ia 
 fashionable to assume its garb, ape its 
 manners, and mimic its rites aaiSr cen-l 
 monies, but very unfashionable to praotioe 
 its duties, participate in its self-denying 
 spirit, and lofty, heaven-amiring avoidanct 
 of every carnal and worldly conformity. 
 
 I trust that these remarks may lead yon 
 to a serious oon8iderltion<l»f tkisaH-impor* 
 tant subject; if you, dismissing all pregudico 
 aiijid saetarian mas, and rejecting m1 human 
 authority, go to the Bible as a nnner and 
 not as a critic, with a single eye to the 
 trutlythe Spirit will jpumS you into aU 
 truth, hnd gtve you a right underetant^ 
 in all things. 
 
 May it be so with us. M^ we knoir 
 more and more of the love of Vhrist, vMdk 
 passeth knowledge^that we mayt^JUled 
 with ail the fulness qf God, 
 
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