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{ Stamp}
John Pierce Leciester
1794.
Recd August 15. 1794
Ans.d Do. 16 Do.
Mr Abiel Abbot, A.B.
Andover.
[fol. 1r]
[...]Leicester, August 14th. 1794.
Dear friend,
When I observe the difference,
and even contrariety of sentiment among the
preachers of the Christian religion, I feel
almost discouraged from ever undertaking
the sacred employment. To what can we
impute this strange opposition? We find in
the systems of other professions an agree-
ment on subjects of fundamental impor-
tance. But in the religion of Jesus, as if
its great Founder had not precisely defin-
ed the way to happiness, or had left it
to be prescribed by the most dogmatical
partisan, new and differntly modified sys-
tems continually arise and inconsistent
creeds are virulently supported. Lenis
preaches peace and goodwill. He tells the
| (seq. 1)[fol. 1v]
{ Stamp}
John Pierce Leciester
1794.
Recd August 15. 1794
Ans.d Do. 16 Do.
Mr Abiel Abbot, A.B.
Andover.
[fol. 1r]
[...]Leicester, August 14th. 1794
Dear friend,
When I observe the difference,
and even contrariety of sentiment among the
preachers of the Christian religion, I feel
almost discouraged from ever undertaking
the sacred employment. To what can we
impute this strange opposition? We find in
the systems of other professions an agree-
ment on subjects of fundamental impor-
tance. But in the religion of Jesus, as if
its great Founder had not precisely defin-
ed the way to happiness, or had left it
to be prescribed by the most dogmatical
partisan, new and differntly modified sys-
tems continually arise and inconsistent
creeds are virulently supported. Lenis
preaches peace and goodwill. He tells the
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