I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah; not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers. *** For this is the covenant that I will make. *** I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people; and they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother saying know ye the Lord, for all shall know me from the least unto the greatest. For I will be merciful unto their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more! Heb. viii. 8, 12.

The house of Israel and the house of Judah, says Dr. Clark, signifies "all the decendants of the twelve sons of Jacob." Of course then, as the New Covenant is widely different from the Old in nature and extent, it points out the universal blessedness of the entire Jewish nation. Moreover, the New Covenant being universal in extent, the blessing which it confers must be universal also, as declared in God's ancient promise to the fathers. Clear as a sunbeam, is the testimony of the same Apostle elsewhere:-"For, I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in, and so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Sion a Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins! *** For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all! *** For of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen! Rom. xi. 25, 36.

There is certainly a singular coincidence in the vari

ous testimonies seting forth the universal blessedness of man. St. Peter as we have seen, defines the Abrahamic blessing to consist in turning every one from his iniquities. St. Paul, in addressing the Hebrews, affirms, God will finally put his laws in their mind, and write them in their hearts, and their sins and iniquities remember no more. This he has sworn to do to all the descendants of Jacob. Addressing the Romans, he alludes to the same Covenant, declares the two great divisions of the human family, Jews and Gentiles, are included therein, and that their sins, through the Deliver who shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob, shall be taken away. Finally, with a burst of triumph, the pure exultation of a noble heart, he concludes his splendid argument with a mighty conception worthy the intellect of an angel !—"For of Him, and THROUGH Him, and To Him, are ALL THINGS; to whom be glory forever. Amen!"

Sublime and glorious revelation! Heaven's own assurance of eternal love! In the rays of its splendor, how insignificant appear the puny and groveling conceptions of narrow and perverted intellect. The purest and holiest aspirations of the soul are not solemn mockeries. There is a life, beyond these scenes of sin and death. There is a union of souls-circle intermingling with circle through the vast humanity—in a life of fadeless glory. Garlands of light adorn the portals of the tomb. And through the promise of Jehovah to the father of the faithful, and the bright revealings of the promised seed, we see bright glories beyond. Far up those scenes of immortal joy earth's congregated millions have found at last a sweet haven of peace where the weary are at rest. The promise is fulfilled

-faith is lost in the reality, and God our Father is all IN all!

Here we rest the argument. The reader shall decide whether flippant sophistry, arrogant boasting, and unmeasured abuse, shall prevail over sound logic, the common sense of things, and the most unequivocal testimony of the word of truth. If he will but judge impartially between Universalists and their libeller, we are in no wise concerned for the result. God speed the right!

NOTE. For remarks on the phrase "All nations"the terms, all, every, etc., see passages in which they occur. See remarks on Rom. xi. 25.

SECTION II.

Psa. 86. 9. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. See Psa. xxii. 27.

Can Universalism be put down by sheer blockheadism and barefaced misrepresentation? Let those who

think so read the following:

"Universalism teaches that this turning to the Lord, worshipping before him, and glorifying his name, is all to take place in the resurrection state; and when this is done, all will be brought to know God, and be saved from sin. But here again we have Universalism against itself; for men cannot be made holy and happy in the operation of being raised from the dead, as Universalism teaches; and at the same time be made holy and happy by remembering and turning to the Lord and glorifying his name, after they are raised. They cannot remember and turn unto the Lord and worship him in the resurrection, for this they will have no hand in ; hence the worshipping and turning unto the Lord, must take place afterwards, and consequently they must be raised in their sins."

To speak plainly, this is what we call downright clownish blockheadism! Does Mr. Hall suppose he can contradict himself in every sentence, and grossly misrepresent the truth, and escape detection? Was ever impudence before thus barefaced! If this is a fair specimen of the manner by which Universalism is to be "killed twice dead and plucked up by the roots," Universalists may dispense with all fear as to there being any hazard in the opperation!

The above quotation contains a flat contradiction. Universalism, says our author, teaches men will turn unto the Lord, worship before him, and glorify his name in the resurrection state, and when this is done, they will know God, and be saved from sin. But with this statement our author is not satisfied; so that he may array Universalism against itself, and turn his accustomed somerset over the truth, he very pointedly contradicts himself, by affirming, Universalism teaches men are to be made holy and happy in the operation of being raised, and afterwards will remember and turn unto the Lord and glorify his name! -Contradiction could not be more complete. If Universalism teaches men are to be made holy and happy in the operation of being raised, and that they afterwards remember and turn unto the Lord; it certainly does not teach men are to remember and turn unto the Lord in the opperation of being raised, and afterwards be made holy and happy! Such palpable misrepresentation needs not illustration to make it comprehensible; and its effect cannot be less than to destroy the confidence of the candid of all parties in Mr. Hall's ability to do justice to any subject requiring straight forward honesty without misrepresentation.

Nor is this the only error. Nothing can be more silly, nor further from the truth, than to affirm men will not know God until they come and worship before him and glorify his name. It is a knowledge of God—the discovery of something lovely and attractive in his character, that induces men to worship him; for men cannot worship acceptably an "unknown God." It was an error of the Athenians that they erected an altar to the AGNOSTO THEO! The apostle, therefore, declared uuto