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hvd.32044037766631	Balch, William Stevens Smith	The Occasional sermon : delivered before the Universalist General Convention, at its session in the city of New York, Sept. 1841 : together with thirteen other sermons delivered on the same occasion	1841		.txt	text/plain	61203	3336	74	Christianity, the spirit of gentleness and love, vanished away, and all that remained of our holy religion was the shell, the form, was what was imbodied in sensible rites, well calculated, and wise. world know that the moral laws of God are not designed as traps and snares to work out its everlasting ruin, and faith be strong, and the gift of life shall be regarded as a boon for which men shall thank God. I have now glanced at our cause, its position, its perfect adaptation of means to ends in this department of God's works, we have but to become acquainted with existing facts, and to perceive their the spiritual influences, which shall make the doctrine you preach a living power, working in the heart, truth on their side, that good works, an habitual conformity of life to the requisitions of the law of God,	./cache/hvd.32044037766631.pdf	./txt/hvd.32044037766631.txt