Dedicated, WITH MUCH AFFECTION, TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LOUDOUN, DALKEITH AND THE BARONY, TO WHOM I HAVE MINISTERED As Their Pastor. THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIANITY. I. WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY ? THIS question refers to a matter of fact. I do not ask whether the Christian religion is true, but only, What is the Christian religion? What is that religion which has existed for eighteen centuries; which is professed by Christendom; and which has been more precious than life itself to millions who have died in its faith, and is so still to millions who possess it as their peace and joy? But how are we to obtain a satisfactory reply to this question? Are we to examine the opinions of all the various "churches," "sects," or "bodies," professing Christianity, in order to determine what it is they profess? If we adopted such a process of investigation as this, I believe we would reach, by a longer road, the very same point which may be reached by a shorter and more satisfactory process. For I suppose it will be admitted that the Chris A |