“The manner of one’s religious performance makes it either pleasing or displeasing to God. This turns the scales, and two acts of piety which seem to be the same, many times are not because the manner of the performance makes a vast difference in the values. The example of the publican and the pharisee praying in the temple, and Abel and Cain offering sacrifice, are notorious instances of this truth.” — William Tennent, Sr., Sacramental Sermon, preached on this day in history, December 22, 1717, in Agherton, County Derry, Ireland