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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THEOLOGICAL AUTHORITIES. PUNCTUAL to his promise, Mr. Percy came in soon after supper on the next evening, and found the Rev. Mr. Johnson, the pastor of their church, already there. He had called early to take a social cup of tea, having learned that Theodosia was " likely to go crazy about these new-fangled Baptist notions." He did not think she looked much like a maniac, however, though there was a deep and saddened seriousness upon her face. Nor did she act like a maniac, for never before had she seemed so respectfully affectionate to him and to her mother. He had not said a word upon the subject of dispute, and seemed reluctant to approach it; but when Mr. Percy came in, it could not longer be postponed. " I am very glad to meet you here, Mr. Johnson," said the young man. " Miss Theodosia and I had quite a discussion yesterday evening on the subject of baptism. She has taken a fancy that she has never been baptized; and I believe that I nearly exhausted my logic in trying to convince her that she had. I hope your arguments will be more effectual than mine." " Really, my children, I don't know," said the old man, " what I may be able to do; I have never studied these controversies much; I think it is better to live inpeace, and let every one enjoy his own conscientious opinion. These discussions are apt to run into disputes and quarrels, and often occasion a great deal of ill-feeling. I have known them to divide churches, and even families. It is hetter to avoid them." "But what are we to do with such a lovely heretic as this ? " said the young man with a smile, and a sly glance towards her mother. " She must be satisfied that she has been baptized, or you will have her running to the school-house next Sunday, to hear that uneducated Baptist pre... , libri, Kartoniert / Broschiert<