Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached at Northfield, on the Day of Public Thanksgiving, November 29, 1804 Of all religion - the end of all human perfeftion. And fuch nieafures, as are bell fitted to the promotion of this end, are thofe which ought to be cordially embraced, and fieadily and uniformly purfued. IN all valuable 1mprovements, external forms have ai ways been found indifpenfably neceilary To: attain the em inence at which it afpires, the human mind, as well as the body, 1111111 proceed by regular fieps and gradations. Men may as well attempt to afcend the higheft mountain, by a fingle effort of the body, as to rife to intellectual or moral eminence, without the 1ntervention of external aids and af fifiances. 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.