"There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it."
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Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 254.
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Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou (30 April 1771 β 7 June 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer.
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