THE FATHER

THE ONLY PROPER OBJECT OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.

THE difference between Trinitarians and Unitarians, in regard to the object of worship, is a difference, not of accident, not of habit, but deliberately and by design adopted. It is, we are bound in charity to our Trinitarian brethren to presume, —it is a matter of conviction on their part as much as on ours. Still there is the difference; in itself, important; as a matter of principle or conviction, important; in its practical bearings and influence, very impor tant too. They not only believe in what we deny, namely, a Trinity of persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, each of whom is God, but they worship that Trinity, and they worship interchangeably each of the persons. Enter on any Sunday morning a Protestant Episcopal church, and you will hear the congregation uniting in the following petitions :

"O God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners.

"O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners.

"O God, the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners.