Excerpt from The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster, Vol. 5 of 18: Illustrated With Portraits and Plates; Speeches in Congress, Etc There is also another class of objections, which have been stated. It has been said, that there are many very devout and serious persons, persons who esteem the Christian rehgion to be above all price, to whom, nevertheless, the terms of this declara tion seem somewhat too strong and intense. They seem, to these persons, to require the declaration of that faith which is deemed essential to personal salvation; and therefore not at all fit to be adopted as a declaration of belief in Christianity, in a more popular and general sense. It certam appears to me, that this is a mistaken interpretation of the terms; that they imply only a general assent to the truth of the Christian revela tion, and, at most, to the supernatural occurrences which estab lish its authenticity. There may, however, and there appears to be, conscience in this objection; and all conscience ought to be respected. I was not aware, before I attended the discussions in the committee, of the extent to which this objection pre vailed. 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.