Golden steps to respectability, usefulness, and happiness by Austin John Mather 1805-1880

Author:Austin, John Mather, 1805-1880. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Conduct of life
Publisher: Auburn, Derby, Miller, and company
Published: 1850-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

do so—who would have you distrust the convictions of your own reason, throw aside the decisions of your judgment, and allow liini to judge and decide for you, in religious matters, does in fact assume to be your master, and would reduce you to a poor and pitiable spiritual bondage.

Let not the young overlook the fact, that they have been endowed by their Creator with the faculties of reason, judgment, and discrimination. These must necessarily be exercised in forming enlightened religious opinions. Those who fail to do this, fall an easy prey to every error that will but commend itself by something novel and startling. Christianity is pre-eminently a reasonable system of doctrines. There is no topic claiming the attention of man, in the investigation of which it is so important to exercise with all deliberation, the highest capacities of reason and reflection, as religion. From the great multiplicity of opinions which prevail, those who are distrustful of their own judgment and reason, and who are more disposed

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