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CAUTION ANIJ r.Sl,;IIURAGEloI.I:ST. 111
CHm and cnrne.,t lnquiry j men of n. cano.id and
illgenuoUg temper i men of u.-;efI11 nUll virtuow
live..,? "rhatcver UlaY be saill of illdividual:-l,
there is no llifficulty in learning where they
6tand a.s a da..":o;. Let them pretelltl what they
lllay:lS to li~rnlil'y and opcnnL'::iS to convidion,
llll're are no people in the world 80 completely
cncru;.cd in prejul:i,~(', a.; tho:;c who see no truth
in the DiLlt:', fLnd 110 glory in the cbnra.ctcr of
Chri,'.;l
~ad as :'!uch a :;tntement iil, its truth will
hunlly be called in qllcl'ilion. The word of
Gud has to make its way to the human bosoDl,
t.llruugh a ho::;t of prejUlliccs amI pre.possc:>::Iiun$l
of the most formidllLlc character. A cold as.
sent to it n.~a v.uuable dOCUUll'lIt of antiquity,
i~of no avail, if you go no further. If r~cived
to an)' l:m\"illg'purpo~e, it must be received to
govern the will, and purif.r the afl.ections, and
regulate the temper, :md shape the li{;_~. To
drcSd it up in l)(,llutiful binding, fLOtlgin it a
place 011 tIll' {tnrlor table, will not ~uffice. Its
grau\l aim is to get pO:'l •.'~ession of the heart, and
unless dominion ue givcll to it here, it.;; claims
to como from God will probably be rejected.