There is also a growing disposition to practice, in religious circles, what is agreeable to the natural inclinations, rather than the duties prescribed by the word of God.

The tendency to adopt worldly amusements, by professed Christians, is further stated in evidence." This testimony is very explicit.

When men "have the name of religion, but obey none of its injunctions," they certainly may be said to have a form of godliness, but to deny the power; and when they "practice in religious circles what is agreeable to the natural inclinations, rather than the duties prescribed by the word of God," they may be truthfully said to be "lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God." And Rochester is not an exception in this respect.

It is so all over the land, as the candid everywhere, by a sad array of facts, are compelled to admit.
That the majority of the Christians in our land are still to be found in connection with these churches is undoubtedly true.

But a change in this respect is also approaching.