Christianity and atheism; Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Spiritual life -- Christianity
Transcribed from the [1810s?] Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowper
edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
[Picture: Pamphlet cover]
CHRISTIANS
AND
INFIDELS.
[Picture: Decorative wood cut with people and angels]
LONDON:
Printed by AUGUSTUS APPLEGATH and EDWARD COWPER
Duke-street, Stamford-street;
Sold by F. COLLINS, 56, Paternoster-row; and EVANS and SONS
42, Long-lane, Smithfield.
_Price One Penny_.
CHRISTIANS AND INFIDELS.
“IF there is one condition in life more happy than another, it is surely
that of him who founds all his hopes of futurity on the promises of the
Gospel.”—These are the words of a respected author, and deserve the
consideration of every one.
The hour of death puts these principles still more strongly to the test
than any events of our lives. There are many men who laugh at the Bible,
and reject the idea of a Saviour, and _say_ they are happier than those
who are shackled with the restraints of religion. They _say_ they are
_happier_; yet their lives generally prove the falsity of the assertion,
and their deaths always do. Their death-beds shew the miserable state of
those who thus reject the hope that is set before them; and, when
contrasted with the last hours of believers, the difference appears still
more strongly marked.
A strong instance of this is stated in a letter from the Rev. J. Hervey
to the well-known Beau Nash of Bath. It is as follows:—
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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