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lutely the Christian revelation. Such is fallen human 

 nature ! Surrounded by the most magnificent dis- 

 plays of Almighty Wisdom placed on a scene 

 where all things speak of God, and invite us to 

 worship and obey Him a purblind philosophy may 

 devote herself to the study of His works, yet pass 

 by the testimony they furnish of His existence and 

 attributes, and see nothing in all this wonderful 

 creation more noble than the mere relations of 

 colour and form. It was so with Dr. Godman for, 

 while assisted by such lights as these, and guided 

 alone in his investigations by perverted reason, he 

 became, as he tells us, an established infidel, reject- 

 ing revelation, and casting all the evidences of an 

 existing Deity beneath his feet. In the merciful 

 providence of a long-suffering God, the light of 

 truth at length beamed upon his darkened under- 

 standing. In the winter of 1827, while engaged in 

 his course of lectures in New York, an incident oc- 

 curred which led him to a candid perusal of the 

 New Testament. It was a visit to the death-bed of 

 a Christian the death-bed of a student of medi- 

 cine. There he saw what reason could not explain 

 nor philosophy fathom. He opened his Bible, and 

 the secret was unfolded. He was in all things a 

 seeker of the truth, and could not satisfy himself 

 with any superficial examination. 



He applied himself assiduously to the study of 

 the New Testament; and that this sincere and 

 thorough examination of the inspired volume was 

 made the means of his full conversion, will best 



