Excerpt from The Christian Examiner and Theological Review, 1824, Vol. 1 When, in beginning the publication of the Christian Dis ciple, five years ago, we announced our intention to use it for the defence of controverted religious truth, it was thought by many of our friends, that the state 05 publick sentiment did not warrant such an undertaking. It seemed to them, that the dispassionate and inquisitive spirit that had prevailed, was bringing our opinions forward into general reception with a steady, though quiet progress, which ought to content their advocates. It was feared, that to assume a controversial atti tude would be to excite a clamour, against which argument would scarcely prevail so far as even to be heard and, still more, anxiety was entertained, lest, in the discussions which should follow, charity would sufi'er more than faith would gam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.