The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . Increase Mather. 367. Cotton Mathsk. 369 24 CoNGREGATIONALISTS. 371 historical illustrations, sometimes quaint, and sometimes highly show much learning and thought; but more than all, a sincere andardent piety. One might be tempted occasionally to smile at marks ofcredulity and instances of what, to our modern taste, seems grotesquein a sermon. But a feeling deeper than that smile expresses would bethe total effect
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . Increase Mather. 367. Cotton Mathsk. 369 24 CoNGREGATIONALISTS. 371 historical illustrations, sometimes quaint, and sometimes highly show much learning and thought; but more than all, a sincere andardent piety. One might be tempted occasionally to smile at marks ofcredulity and instances of what, to our modern taste, seems grotesquein a sermon. But a feeling deeper than that smile expresses would bethe total effect of a careful and candid perusal of any one of his dis-courses—a feeling of respect for the profound sincerity which pervadesit, and the godly fear under which it was evidently written. A recentperusal of several of his sermons, together with those of other eminentmen of his era, has deeply impressed me with respect for the learningand intellectual ability, as well as the piety, of the early preachers ofNew England. I am persuaded that, in these respects, justice is notdone to them in our day. We are apt to suppose that modern preach-ing has greatly improved, especially so far as
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