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preface a practical religion this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org practical religion by jc rile preface the volume now in the reader's hands is intended to be a companion to two other volumes which i have already published entitled knots untied and old paths knots untied consists of a connected series of papers systematically arranged about the principal points which form the subject of controversy among churchmen in the present day all who take interest in such disputed questions as the nature of the church the ministry baptism regeneration the lord's supper the real presence worship confession and the sabbath will find them pretty fully discussed in knots untied old paths consists of a similar series of papers about those leading doctrines of the gospel which are generally considered necessary to salvation the inspiration of scripture sin justification forgiveness repentance conversion faith the work of christ and the work of the holy spirit are the principle subjects handled in old paths the present volume contains a series of papers about practical religion and treats of the daily duties dangers experiences and privileges of all who profess and call themselves true christians read in conjunction with another work i have previously put out called holiness i think it will throw some light on what every believer ought to be to do and expect one common feature will be found in all the three volumes i avow it frankly at the outset and will not keep it back for a moment the standpoint i have tried to occupy from first to last is that of an evangelical churchman i say this deliberately and emphatically i am fully aware that evangelical churchmanship is not popular and acceptable in this day it is despised by many and has no form or comeliness in their eyes to avow attachment to evangelical views in some quarters is to provoke a sneer and to bring on yourself the reproach of being an unlearned and ignorant man but none of these things move me i am not ashamed of my opinions after 40 years of bible reading and praying meditation and theological study i find myself clinging more tightly than ever to evangelical religion and more than ever satisfied with it it wears well it stands the fire i know no system of religion which is better in the faith of it i have lived for the third of a century and in the faith of it i hope to die the plain truth is i see no other ground to occupy and find no other rest for the soul of my foot i lay no claim to infallibility and desire to be no man's judge but the longer i live and read the more i am convinced and persuaded that evangelical principles are the principles of the bible of the articles and prayer book and of the leading divines of the reformed church of england holding these views i cannot write otherwise than i have written i now send forth this volume with an earnest prayer that god the holy ghost may bless it and make it useful and helpful to many souls j.c rile end of preface

1 of practical religion this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org practical religion by j.c reil chapter 1 self-inquiry let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the lord and see how they do acts 15 36 the text which heads this page contends a proposal which the apostle paul made to barnabas after their first missionary journey he proposed to revisit the churches they had been the means of founding and to see how they were getting on were their members...