we should here be careful not to set our standard too low, or too high; to insist upon nothing as evidence of the Christian character, merely because it belongs to a decorous, amiable, natural disposition; and on the other hand to bring forth the lowest germ of sincerity as a decisive evidence of the work of God; distinguishing between the existence and the degrees of grace; and remembering that there are babes, as well as young men and fathers, in the family of God.
