Dr. Stiggins:
But we are not concerned with the pseudo-mediævalists, but with the British Democracy, and I think it is time we appealed to them on their own ground, that we shewed ourselves not merely spiritual but also practical, when we wish to set forth the Reward that is in store.
I heard a story once that pleased me. An American Revivalist was endeavouring to excite the devotion of his congregation by dwelling on the heaven of John. In the midst of his most eloquent passage a sturdy, ringing voice came from the back of the hall: "What's the matter with Kentucky? It's God's own state, anyway, and that's good enough for me!" I cordially sympathise with the utterer of that sentiment; I sympathise too with a little American boy in a somewhat similar story. The child came crying to the Sunday School Superintendent, and said he didn't want to go to heaven because his teacher had told him that there would be no chewing gum there, nor any Britishers to whip.
My good friend, we shall all say, if
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