Excerpt from A Short Essay on the Christian Religion: Descriptive of the Advantages Which Have Accrued to Society by the Establishment of It, as Contrasted With the Manners and Customs of Mankind Before That Happy Period Accept, my Dearell; Friend, the following little Ellay, .as a frnall tribute of my love and affeetion. When the {late is in danger, you know, that every citi zen lhould take up arms; and when the peace and welfare of fociety is likely to be difiurbed, every man. 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.