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title: 'Taking Up the Cross, or, Why Should I Not Make a Profession of Religion?'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Jared Bell Waterbury'
date: 1855-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Personal Piety'
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Devotional (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 10'
- 'John 9'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/waterbury-1855-taking-up-the-cross-or-why-should-i-not-make-a-profession-of-religion
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# Taking Up the Cross, or, Why Should I Not Make a Profession of Religion?

1855 Sabbath‑School tract urging public confession of Christ. Uses biblical examples (John, the healed blind man, Peter) to press obligations on baptized youth and adults.

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