The Life of God in the Soul of Man, in The Works of the Rev. H. Scougal (Boston: Pierce and Williams, 1829), "What religion is" / "The permanency and stability of religion," p. 15

Religion is not a sudden start, or passion of the mind; not though it should rise to the height of a rapture and seem to transport a man to extraordinary performances. There are few but have convictions of the necessity…