TRUE RELIGION A SOURCE
OF PLEASURE.
Proverbs, III. 17.
Her ways are of pleasantness, and
her paths are peace.
There are few opinions which have attained greater currency in the world, than that religion is a very dull, austere, melancholy affair; and that, in order to make the Christian profession in since(illegible text) and truth, a person must bid adieu to the pleasures of life, and to every enjoyment that renders life desirable. It is, ind(illegible text) very certain that serious, practical pi(illegible text) which has it basis in the fear and love of God is an utter enemy to that noisy merriment that characterizes the laughter of fools, and which the scriptures assimilate (illegible text) the "crackling of thorns under a pot" (illegible text) mere flash of the moment, occasioned by
