I can't say till I know what's in it

Dear reader, in these times there are thousands of bad books published, and herds of bad teachers sent forth to deceive the unwary; you must be on your guard, lest you be led into error. Take nothing for granted, enquire into things for yourself, and try every new doctrine, and professedly old doctrine too, by the Word of God.
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But reader, is your own present religion good for anything? Do you know what's in it, and what it is made of? May it not be mischievous and false? Search thyself, and do not take a hope into thy soul till thou knowest what it is made of.
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Whatever may be the ground of trust which men may offer you, take care to KNOW WHAT'S IN IT before you accept it.

From
I Can't Say Till I Know What's In It (The Sword and the Trowel Tract #19)
or
@ http://www.spurgeon.org/s_and_t/tract19.htm

What with 2000, 2012, mass or covert hypnosis, paranoia, hysteria, the power of suggestion, suggestibility, gullibility etc Spurgeon’s two-fold message is as timely today as it was then.

Books and lectures are good, teachers are good, but you must learn for yourself that Christ, the Son of God, lives in you; that He within you is your light and life and all. When you have once grasped this beyond a doubt with the intellect, you cease looking to teachers to bring you spiritual insight. That Christ lives in you, Spirit itself must reveal to you. Teachers talk about the light, but the light itself must flash into the darkness before you can see the light. Lessons In Truth by H. Emilie Cady

 

&

 Churchianity versus Christianity

by C. H. Spurgeon

From the April 1868 Sword and Trowel

May Christianity rule and Churchianity be cast to the moles and to the bats.
@ Churchianity versus Christianity

January 8

You will draw revenues and judgment to yourself by saying:

“My help cometh from God.”

Drops Of Gold

by Emma Curtis Hopkins

 
Here's to Good Living and Good Reading!