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him: and I will raise him up at the last day." Jno. vi. 44.

"No man can come to me, except it were given unto him of my Father." Jno. vi. 65.

"This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among

men, whereby we must be saved." Acts, iv. 11, 12.

"To him give all the prophets witness, that, through his name, whosoever believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins." Acts, x. 43.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Jno. iii. 16.




CONCLUSION.


Between mysticism and the religion of Christ, there is this essential difference,—the former is chiefly a religion of feelings,[1] the latter is a religion of faith, for it is founded on the testimony of the Spirit of God transmitted to us in Holy Scripture; and we conceive the intelligent reader, on perusing the ex-exposure of some of the doctrines contained in the preceding extracts, must have perceived their disagreement with the doctrines of the Bible.

Now Christianity is the only religion by which we can be saved; and, therefore, however specious any

  1. We earnestly entreat the reader, as he values his soul, carefully to examine what countenance the Scripture gives to such a religion.