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PRIMITIVE CHURCH

(OR BAPTIST)

MAGAZINE,

ADVOCATING THE

Constitution, Faith, and Practice of the Apostolic Churches.

66 ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM:"

EPHESIANS IV. 5.

VOL. XIX.-NEW SERIES.

London:

ARTHUR HALL & CO., 26, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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PREFACE.

THE truth of God is the sole foundation of honour, holiness, and happiness. Emanating from heaven, and coming direct from the throne of the Eternal, it can neither admit of error or defect. As a system, it is perfect; as a rule, it is infallible; and as a means to an end, it is perpetually safe. It can, consequently, admit of no additions, nor can it ever suffer a defeat. To add to it is a culpable presumption, and to take aught away is a guilty, but imbecile attempt to rob God.

Our duty, in this brief existence, is, therefore, to adhere to that truth at all hazards, to follow where it leads,-to yield to all its demands, and to acknowledge the whole of its obligations. This truth is our only guide, and its high interests should ever be our paramount study. Reason is a defective counsellor; experience has proved itself unsafe, because ever subject to change; and opinion is, if possible, more treacherous than either. Where, then, is our guide but in the truth of God? And where the depository of that truth but in his holy word? To receive that word in its unchanging principles,-to yield to its dictates, and to maintain it unimpaired, in the face of scorn, poverty, and death itself, constitute, therefore, our most solemn duty as the pledged followers of Christ.

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