Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.
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“Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversions after the first half hour.”
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