. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. of moral feelings,etc., cannot justify a practical neglect of them. No subject can be usefully continued beyond a certaintime. The mind needs to be recruited. All the motiveswhich impel me to pursue the subject require me to disen-gage my mind for a season. The attainment of truth requires me to be able tocontinue in a state of doubt until I have had time to examineall the arguments which relate to a point; and this examina-tion,
. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. of moral feelings,etc., cannot justify a practical neglect of them. No subject can be usefully continued beyond a certaintime. The mind needs to be recruited. All the motiveswhich impel me to pursue the subject require me to disen-gage my mind for a season. The attainment of truth requires me to be able tocontinue in a state of doubt until I have had time to examineall the arguments which relate to a point; and this examina-tion, however protracted, if conducted by a love of truth, isvirtuous,—approved by conscience and God,—the improve-ment of my best powers,—an approximation towards God. The wretchedness I have suffered on so many topicsshows the importance of limiting the period of attention. Because doubt spreads itself over one subject I oughtnot to doubt of all. This will lead to misery. A narrow mindcannot see the connections between many propositions whichare yet supported by sufficient proofs. My sleep has been broken by anxiety at not discoveringtruth. THE HALL OF FAME. 1 Let it be my rule never to carry a subject with meinto society. My social duties are in this way neglected. In the first sermon which Channing wrote, he showedthe singular consistency of his inward nature by expressingthat which is the keynote to all his ministry and life. Hesaid in that sermon: The end of life, Gods one grand purpose, is, toprepare mankind for the holiness and blessedness of heavenby forming them to moral excellence on earth. Redemptionis the recovery of man from sin, as the preparation for all Christian morals may be reduced to the one prin-ciple, and declared in one word, LOVE. God is love; Christis love; the gospel is an exhibition of love; its aim is totransform our whole spirits into love. The perfection ofthe Divine system is revealed in the mutual dependencieswhich unite all creatures
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