Excerpt from A Sermon on Non-Essensialism and the War High perched in the scale of thought is this apothegm: . Mighty results follow from small beginnings. The principle, when applied to matter, takes on its sublimity and grandeur: the grains of sand and drops of water suddenly mature before the eye into revolving planets and rolling oceans. When applied to Vice, it takes on the dark drapery of woe: tippling and petty theft, with the lapse of time, culminate in all the horrors of the drunkard's death and the felon's cell. When applied to religious truth, it takes on the un stained garb of loyalty: strict obedience in small things, with the lapse of time, ends in a perfect embodiment of truth and an eternal weight of glory. When applied to error, it takes on the satanic garb of treason: the slight departure from the edicts of a king, with the lapse of time, culminates in all the horrors of war and anarchy. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth. Subject OF discussion. - The Non-essentialism of the American Church a prolific source of our present national calamity. In elucidating this we will define Non-essentialism, Show its nature and expose its practical workings. 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.