This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...we still remain under the influence of that horrid demon of the bottomless pit. The deification of matter, the worshipping of a graven image, is the grossest idolatry. Hence, when we adore any object that affects Sense, we are sunk to the lowest, the most abject, the most contemptible, state of humanity, for we are under the influence of Superstition instead of Religion! On the other hand, when we adore and worship the " Moral Law," which lies in our Reason, we follow the dictates of Christ, who walked with the law before him. Reverence for this "law Of God" constitutes the very essence ofMorality, which is the foundation of "Religion," for religion without Aforulity is blank and barren Superstition. But how can we reverence and adore that spiritual "Law Of God," without at the same time reverencing and adoring, in a tenfold degree, the spiritual author of this Divine Law--the Great Reason himself! These things are secured to us even unto Conviction by the Holy Ghost, that spirit of truth, and only mode of communion with our Heavenly Father--which manifests itself in Conscience. "And because I tell you the truth ye believe me not: He that is of God heareth God's Words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God: for the kingdom of God is now come unto you." What overpowering proofs that the Triune PrinCiple is a fit object for religious reverence grow out of the analysis of the Human Mind! First, there could not exist a human mind without a Maker, which must be the Divine Mind: this instantly generates the Holy Spirit of connexion between the Father and Son--0eoŁ, hoyo;, amyy;. Can you reverence the law and not the Law-maker! Could the law exist if it were not made! Are not these all pure spi...
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