derstand this mnportant point. Offer up your pravers also to the Supreme God, who made all men, entreating Him to enlighten vour minds and to enable you to ascertain which i= the religion of which Ile approves. The true God will willingly hear the prayers of those who seck to know the
rue way.
FIRST WAY-MARK. THE TRUL WAY THE WAY OF VIRTUL.
if a religion is tru¢ and from God it will promote virame and good morals. The religion which teaches good morals and virtuous dispositions is certainly true. The relizion which does not teach these is worse than useless.
All men are inclined to evil, and are therefore found to do evil naturally© but to put away evil and to do good hey require various helps and encouragements. When left without help, men cease to walk in the way of virtue. Though mil men require assistance of this kind, yet those who follow the linda religion reecive from it no help or encouraceinent whatsoever towards living+ rtuously. Christians, on the other hand, have the advantage of many aids and Switements and of divine help,
i. The office and work of tie gurus, or wliisters, of the Christian religion is a ineans of promoting viréw: oad auordness.
[tf vou are acquainted with any of those ministers, from the fact that they give good advice and teach virtue to all classes of people, you must have come to the conelu
sion that the religion they spread abroad must be a«ood
religion.