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Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and TahitiMarsden, Samuel

Religion

Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

Name: Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti
Author: Marsden, Samuel

Marsden, Samuel

Marsden, Samuel, 1765-1838; Missions -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island); Missions -- New Zealand; Māori (New Zealand people)

quote Scripture on this important doctrine, I mean any particular
    passage, for Jesus is the sum and substance of them all. I am
    fully convinced that no man can have a well-grounded hope of
    salvation unless he believes in the Divinity of our Lord and only
    Saviour. I would ask you, why should you not have as firm a hope
    as any other man in the world of eternal life, if you do not
    believe in the Divinity of our Lord? Admitting that you have the
    same view as the author of the work you sent me to read, of God
    and religion, I may put the question to you, Can you depend on the
    foundation your hope stands upon? Does it now give you full
    satisfaction? Are you sure that you are right? I believe Jesus to
    be a Divine person, I believe him to be God over all; I have no
    doubt upon this point, and I believe that all will be saved by him
    who trust in him for salvation. This doctrine is as clear to me as
    the sun at noon-day, and while I believe this doctrine it
    administers comfort to my mind, and gives me hope of a better
    state. I envy none their views of religion. I am satisfied with my
    own, though I am not satisfied with the attainments I have made in
    it, because I have not made those advances in divine knowledge in
    all the fruits of the Spirit I might have done. This is matter of
    shame, and regret, and humiliation. Examine the Christian religion
    as it stands revealed, with prayer for Divine illumination, and
    that God who giveth wisdom to all who call upon him for it will
    impart it to you. I have never met with a Socinian who wished me
    to embrace his faith, which has surprised me. I feel very
    differently. I wish all to believe in our Lord, because I believe
    this is necessary to salvation, as far as I understand the
    Scriptures; and I would wish all men to be saved, and to come to
    the knowledge of the truth. I would not change my views of
    religion for ten thousand worlds. But I must drop this subject,
    and reply to your last note.

       *       *       *       *       *

      "Our affectionate regards to Mrs. F.; accept the same from,

        "Dear sir, yours very sincerely,
          "SAMUEL MARSDEN."

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Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and TahitiMarsden, Samuel

Religion

Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

Marsden, Samuel

Marsden, Samuel, 1765-1838; Missions -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island); Missions -- New Zealand; Māori (New Zealand people)

quote Scripture on this important doctrine, I mean any particular
    passage, for Jesus is the sum and substance of them all. I am
    fully convinced that no man can have a well-grounded hope of
    salvation unless he believes in the Divinity of our Lord and only
    Saviour. I would ask you, why should you not have as firm a hope
    as any other man in the world of eternal life, if you do not
    believe in the Divinity of our Lord? Admitting that you have the
    same view as the author of the work you sent me to read, of God
    and religion, I may put the question to you, Can you depend on the
    foundation your hope stands upon? Does it now give you full
    satisfaction? Are you sure that you are right? I believe Jesus to
    be a Divine person, I believe him to be God over all; I have no
    doubt upon this point, and I believe that all will be saved by him
    who trust in him for salvation. This doctrine is as clear to me as
    the sun at noon-day, and while I believe this doctrine it
    administers comfort to my mind, and gives me hope of a better
    state. I envy none their views of religion. I am satisfied with my
    own, though I am not satisfied with the attainments I have made in
    it, because I have not made those advances in divine knowledge in
    all the fruits of the Spirit I might have done. This is matter of
    shame, and regret, and humiliation. Examine the Christian religion
    as it stands revealed, with prayer for Divine illumination, and
    that God who giveth wisdom to all who call upon him for it will
    impart it to you. I have never met with a Socinian who wished me
    to embrace his faith, which has surprised me. I feel very
    differently. I wish all to believe in our Lord, because I believe
    this is necessary to salvation, as far as I understand the
    Scriptures; and I would wish all men to be saved, and to come to
    the knowledge of the truth. I would not change my views of
    religion for ten thousand worlds. But I must drop this subject,
    and reply to your last note.

       *       *       *       *       *

      "Our affectionate regards to Mrs. F.; accept the same from,

        "Dear sir, yours very sincerely,
          "SAMUEL MARSDEN."

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

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