This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...and when he has done this, he will see that he has undertaken no easy office, but one that will require all his efforts, and a constant succession of efforts too, in order that the Gospel may have its effect, with the blessing of God resting upon it. Now there is one class of study which we wish to recommend as very ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...and when he has done this, he will see that he has undertaken no easy office, but one that will require all his efforts, and a constant succession of efforts too, in order that the Gospel may have its effect, with the blessing of God resting upon it. Now there is one class of study which we wish to recommend as very important, as well to the missionary as to all those who desire strongly and effectually to cultivate their mental powers, and especially to those who are called upon to argue in defence of any class or kind of truth--and this is the study of mathematics. We do not mean to say that we recommend all men to pursue the study of analytical mathematics, in order that they may make themselves astronomers, or geometricians, or engineers; but we would most earnestly recommend that they should so far make themselves masters of the first principles of it, as to understand the strict and severe line of argument it lays out for them. It will teach them to lay aside all those things which do not at once make to the point; to reject all false deductions; it will exhibit the pure unadulterated truth, whatever it is; and to whatever class of truth they desire to apply themselves, it will lead them thereto by the strictest and closest arguments. A pursuit such as this, therefore, is especially needful to those whose reasonings are to be the means of convincing others, and whose office it is mentally to combat in defence of the truth. It is necessary in forming an argumentative mind, and is important for another valuable reason to the minister of the Church, for there are many branches of philosophical research capable, as we have seen, of throwing a strong light upon the Scriptures of truth themselves. In the course of these few chapters I have mentioned many im...
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