I have scarcely heard of a truer sacrament, that is, as the dictionary… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

I have scarcely heard of a truer sacrament, that is, as the dictionary defines it, "outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace," than this, and I have no doubt that they were originally inspired directly from Heaven to do thus, though they have no Biblical record of the revelation.

Place: ¶149
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