Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the peopl… - Nathanael Emmons

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Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.

Nathanael Emmons

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Nathaniel Emmons (April 20, 1745 – September 23, 1840) was an American Congregational minister and influential theologian of the New Divinity school.

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Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour. - Nathanael Emmons

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