"There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot."

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“Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.”

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