EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE INFLUENCE AND POWER OF RELIGION, IN THE Contrasted Lives and Deaths OF SAINTS AND SINNERS. .I INTRODUCTION TO THE INFLUENCE AND POWER OF RELIGION. THE reader, who has bestowed his attention thus far, has, no doubt, discovered that the Scriptures do really teach the doctrine of the "Manifestation of the Spirit," and that men can, and do, know, that they have, through the agency of the Holy Ghost, a sensible, perceptible, intercourse with an unseen God. It now only remains to confirm this doctrine, by that further evidence which results from the declarations, experiences, and conduct of those who have lived and died under its influence. To illustrate this important truth, the life, death, and general testimony of Christians are adduced and as a contrast to these;.... the life, remorse, and death of distinguished Infidels are given. The names selected for this purpose, are such as are most generally known. As death scenes are best calculated to develope the real character of the man, so most of the characters chosen, strongly pourtray the good man's hope, or the bad man's fear. The truth, if ever, is then made manifest: 66 Fools. men may live, but fools they cannot die". The hour of death is a solemn time, when the soundness of principles can be best estimated by their result. Whilst the Christian goes off in triumph; the Infidel sighs out his last, in bitterest reflections, or in distracting despair! The Christian has a preternatural |