Excerpt from The Father, the Only Proper Object of Christian Worship: A Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Polanen Chapel, Bridgeport, Ct., Thursday, October 4, 1849 Creeds decree what they may, let multitudes and majorities echo and assent to and strive to uphold their decrees, the more urgent the need, the more pressing the call, for every devout and faithful seeker after the truth, to go apart and consult for himself the sure oracles of god; to go to the Scriptures, in which are recorded our Lord's own directions to his 1 olol owers; and thns gain the all-supporting assurance that while he obeys them, he is safe and blessed in his deed. Now in regard to the Scriptures, one thing is most certain, and must[6. 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.