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“In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could have discovered these truths; not to declare whether, considered in themselves, they appear probable; but to decide whether it is not more reasonable to believe what God speaks than to confide in our own crude and feeble conceptions. No doctrine can be a proper object of our faith, which is not more reasonable to believe than to reject.”

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Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander, born on April 17, 1772, and died on October 22, 1851, was a figure whose profession remains unknown. Detailed information about his life and achievements is limited. more

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