The Records of a Good Man's Life
by Charles Benjamin Tayler (9781150244223)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1832 Original Publisher: W. Van Norden Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt:, I have but a poor account to give of myself about the time I went up to the University. As I began to neglect walking near my God, religion began to lose its charms to me. I never openly forsook the faith I professed, but I began to know it rather by its restraints, and consequently thetemptations of the world, of sight and sense, began to be looked upon and -listened to. When self also was more frequently studied, and the means of gratifying self without risk, the object of my highest love iJK in a manner dethroned from my heart. My inquirybften was, ' How far can I indulge in this or that selfish and earthly gratification, without offending God, and disgracing the profession I make?' instead of seeking with all my heart to know His pleasure, and find all true delight in Him; and while I continued in this state, some dark and fearful temptation to ungodliness of living, and unbelief of heart would continually arise within me. All this time did I give up the show of religion ? -- quite the contrary. I was at times shocked and displeased at the want of religion in others. Lisa I could not find fault with, but I used to lecture Charley, and became remarkably quick- sighted to the faults of others, in proportion as I neglected to look into my own. The renewal of my baptismal engagement I did not neglect, but it became, alas little better than a mere form at that time with me. While at school, I was seldom able to read the words of the engageme...

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