Excerpt from Apostolic Test of the Preaching Which God Has Ordained: A Sermon, at the Ordination of Mr. Henry Fairbanks, and Mr. Henry A. Hazen, at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 17, 1858 Of: intellectual culture, no increase of light from the works of nature, no illumination of the nat ural understanding, even from the letter of a super natural revelation, will avail to bring him to the knowledge Of God. Increase the light from all these sources a thousand fold, and his wisdom will pervert and reject it, or at least resist it. Work miracles before his eyes, and he will sooner ascribe them to some undeveloped force in nature, than cordially accept the Being who is above nature. Reveal truth with all the self-evidencing power that can accompany it, and it has no evidence to a mind blinded by its own wisdom. The world will not know God so long as it can prevent it; and it can prevent it, so long as intelligence is the only Obstacle. 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.