Let us remember how important are the points on which believers agree with one another, and in which they differ from the world. Think what is it that makes a Christian. It is not his belonging to any Church on earth, but his "belonging unto Christ." It is not our badge upon his shoulder, but Christ's image on his soul. It is not his believing the divine warrant of any ecclesiastical polity, but it is his believing in the Saviour himself. It is not his dwelling in our tabernacle, but it is the Spirit of God dwelling in him that makes him a Christian indeed.
James Hamilton — The Dew of Hermon, in The Harp on the Willows; Remembering Zion; Farewell to Egypt; The Church in the House; The Dew of Hermon; and Destination of the Jews (New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1849; from the forty-fifth London edition), p. 134
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