Does the Reformation Need Reforming?
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Excerpt from Does the Reformation Need Reforming?: Or, What Church Shall I Join? It is probable that a generous and forbearing public will demand an apology for the appearance of a new treatise on this vexed subject, a subject, - whose separate parts have, in turn, been made to do service for the sects of all shades of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. That this work is not sent out on a financial, a literary, or a proselyting mission, will, we sincerely believe, be conceded by every candid Bible student, after having carefully perused its pages. The writer has no connection with, nor special interest in any of the religious parties or sects which are candidates for popular favor; he has neither the ambition nor the scholarship requisite to literary success; he promises to supply copies of the work to such as will carefully read and consider the suggestions therein contained, regardless of their ability to pay for the same, while the edition lasts, and he intends to devote all proceeds to the printing of subsequent editions during the continuance of a demand therefor. From the foregoing the inference is well nigh conclusive that the writer contemplates neither the acquisition of wealth or fame from this source, and that he is comparatively an indifferent spectator of the strife among the religious sects for numerical, financial and ecclesiastical supremacy, and has, therefore, no motive for proselyting. It has long been a well recognized principle of metaphysics that our personal interests are enormously potent in closing our minds to all opposing truth. The obstinacy with which religious parties cling to the "traditions of the fathers" is conclusive evidence that religious thinkers constitute no exception to the rule. Does it not, therefore, follow, that a correct conclusion is more likely to be reached by one who has no interest in either tearing down or building up any party or theory, - one who can not possibly gratify his ambition, his avarice, his vanity, or his lust, by unduly emphasizing or ignoring any fact or truth connected therewith, than by one constantly impelled toward party lines by both interest and tradition? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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