Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . tism that, but for the delusionthere is in it, w^ould put the tinge of mortification onthe hardened. cheek of the veriest coxcomb in thecountry. * * * 580 NICHOLAS CASTLE. But after all that can in justice and reasvin be saidagainst these extravagances and abuses, there is amighty truth underlying it all, which no truly con-verted person can lightly esteem or finally ignore; forthe want of holiness will be the loss of heaven. Much of what is called
Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . tism that, but for the delusionthere is in it, w^ould put the tinge of mortification onthe hardened. cheek of the veriest coxcomb in thecountry. * * * 580 NICHOLAS CASTLE. But after all that can in justice and reasvin be saidagainst these extravagances and abuses, there is amighty truth underlying it all, which no truly con-verted person can lightly esteem or finally ignore; forthe want of holiness will be the loss of heaven. Much of what is called fanaticism is Christianityin earnest, or an uncommon zeal in the promotion ofthe cause of God. If it did not collide with a formalreligion, and rebuke the apathy and carnality that havecrept into many of the churches, it would have asmoother sea. As it is, it will be charged with being adisturber of the peace; of putting variances betweenbrethren; of producing strife and alienation in com-munities ; of breaking up the customs of the fathers,and doing a hundred things that ought never tohave been done. But wisdom is justified of c^.
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