basis of virtue, the means of regeneration, and the mould in which character is cast for eternity. If Christ is the light of the world, to discard his doctrine is to plunge into darkness. If Christ is the way to the Father, to reject his gospel is to alienate the soul more utterly from God. Opposite causes produce opposite effects; and if truth purifies, error must pollute; and if truth vivifies, error must deaden; and if truth edifies, error must destroy. Indifference to error, therefore, is no