Excerpt from The Doctrine of the Higher Christian Life: Compared With the Teaching of the Holy Scriptures Hugh the larger part of this examination was published in The Journal and Messenger in 187 3, and also read before the Massachusetts Baptist Min isters' Institute ih 1874. Since then, the writer has been asked more than once to give the discussion a permanent form 3 and there seems to be some reason for doing this, in the circumstance that the doctrine examined 18 said to be gaining adherents among the people. If this be so, it should be closely studied in the light of God's Word; and the following pages may perhaps furnish assistance to Christians in seek ing to ascertain the meaning of certain passages of Scripture which are appealed to. In proof Of a. 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.