Excerpt from Letters on the Difficulties of Religion
The following letters are portions of discussions, which have taken place during the last eight or ten years, between the author and several of her friends, some of whom are no longer in the world. The writer wishes to secure for the work, the interest that belongs lo truth, and therefore, though much has been altered and much added, in preparing it for the public, the reader is assured, that such discussions, on such topics, and between such persons as are here introduced, have actually taken place; and that no character, circumstance or fact is introduced or alluded to, which has not a foundation in reality.
The writer has had opportunities of mingling, on social and familiar terms, with persons of a great variety of moral and religious sentiments. Among all denominations of Christians, who agree in the fundamental truths of Christianity, she has found persons of intelligence, learning and piety, whose friendship has been highly prized. Among Unitarians, Universalists, Swedenborgians, and Catholics, she has found amiable, conscientious, and intelligent friends. Even among Infidels, Atheists, and entire sceptics, there have been found those, whose domestic character, fine natural endowments, and real friendship, have been appreciated and valued as they deserved.
The writer has found also among her friends, the partizans of warmly contested opinions and practices. She has mingled with the temperance advocates, and the defenders of alcoholic drinks; among abolitionists, colonizationists, and the unqualified defenders of slavery. Indeed, there are few discussions which have agitated the public mind, in which she has not heard the advocates of both sides.
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