"What is Religion? It is the love of God & man. Its rule is charity; it's are nutriment is divine grace; its elemen= intelligence of the kind affections ; it's support is piety; it's life is benefi come; it's pleasure is duty; its obfject is peace & joy, and its end is glory. What is Christian faith? The intelli gent & honest acknowledgement that Jesus is the Christ. What is the term of Christian communion in the article of faith? The same acknowledgement, that Jesus is the Christ. Does a are acknowledgement of this truth make a Shirstian indeed! no, nor goes the bare acknowledgement of any truth make him so. Love to God, & love to man; a love felt in the heart, 4 proved in the life, alone can make us chirstians indeed. Life of Dr Holly Extr+ from his Sermons Dr. Samuel Bard's Prayer. our understand in : "O God! enlighten Strengthen commands, endow us with resignation under our hearts with thy dispensations, & fill, love & gratitude for all they benefits. Give unto us. O Lord, whose lives thou hast continued to so late a day, sincere & true repentance, is grant, that as age an varies upon will; more 6 our minds may be more & move enlightened by the knowledge of thy resigned to the dispensations, & more invigorated with the resolution to obey thy commands. Calm all our thought + fears; give peace & quiet to our latter says, de, sa support us, by they grace, through the weakness & infirmities of age, that we may die in humble hose & confidence of thy merciful pardon and acceptance throug the merits of our Redeemer." "Blessed is the man, who continua anticipates the hour of his death, & keeps himself in continual preparation for its approach. When it is morning think that thou mayest not live till the evening; th in the evening, presume not to promise they self another morning Be, therefore, always ready; &; so live, that not find thee confounded at many die suddenly & un- 24h Death may 2 it's Summons. as ye expectedly; "for in Sach an hour think not, the son of man cometh." Thomas a Kempis. |