An Address to the Congregational Churches in Connecticut, on the Present State of Their Religious Concerns (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from An Address to the Congregational Churches in Connecticut, on the Present State of Their Religious Concerns Dearly Beloved Brethren: - Will you permit one, who feels an interest in the cause of Zion, to lay before you some considerations, which deeply concern every friend of evangelical truth? That it is a time of trial and sifting in our churches, no one, at all observing of passing events, needs to be told. But the important question is, what can be done to avert the evils which threaten us, or to mitigate their unhappy consequences? For one, I can say, that I have no hope of any remedy, or any improvement, until the churches are prepared to look candidly and feelingly at their real condition. The evils which exist must be probed to the bottom, and the secret causes of irritation and inflammation ascertained, before we shall be prepared to devise or apply remedies, or before we can expect from them any beneficial result. It is most evident that something is out of order, that there is some disease in our religious system; for there are decided symptoms of irregular and febrile action. The parts do not harmonize, and the whole system is evidently tending to decay, if not to dissolution. A skilful physician, in such a case, would doubtless, in the first place, institute a thorough investigation of the cause and seat of the disease, that his efforts at healing might be well directed. And this, however unpleasant or ungrateful the process, seems to be the true policy in the present state of our religious concerns. For who can tell what to do, whether to mollify, or amputate, until he knows the nature and extent of the complaint. What is the cause, brethren, that our religious affairs are getting so sadly into confusion, and that our harmony is so greatly interrupted? It has not been so heretofore, and something must be the matter. I am aware that those, who undertake to investigate this case, will, in the view of many, be likely to get to themselves a blot; and will by many be assailed as enemies to the common peace; but this is not a sufficient reason for giving up the subject as desperate. The blessings of true religion, both here and hereafter, are too precious to be abandoned without an effort, or even a sacrifice. 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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