Addresses At the Induction of Rev Francis L Patton Into the Cyrus H Mccormick
Addresses At the Induction of Rev Francis L Patton Into the Cyrus H Mccormick
Francis L Francis Landey Patton
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To affirm of two things, their identity or ec^uality on the ground of elements common to both, would not in other departments of knowledge be counted as good reasoning. Diamond is not charcoal, though both contain carbon ; and strychnine is not a wholesome beverage, though its elements enter into the composition of tea. Deep in the pagan's conscience, we are told, and behind the polytheism which directs his worship, and crowds his litera- ture is the belief in one God. But the doctrine of the D...ivine * EUicott. Destiny of the Creature, p. 8. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 35 unity even in its purity will not save men. The heathen holds in a childish form the maturer faiths of the Christian, Max Muller says. But these maturer faiths, we reply, are not justifying faiths. The heathen is sincere ! — yes, and his de- pravity is seen in the fact that the worst sins can secure the approval of his conscience. The heathen had longed for an Incarnation. But hunger is not food. They believe in expia- tion.
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