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that his perfections of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness may be acknowledged and felt by all; that the measures of his administration, the laws of bis government, and the designs of his Providence may be universally understood, and made the principle of consolation and action of all his 'rational offspring. We pray that his kingdom of truth, righteousness, ́peace, happiness, and eternal life, may come in all its power and efficacy; that the affections of every rational being may be harmonised by Christianity, and that the will of every rational/being may be resolved into his all-wise, righteous, and benevolent will, and that thus Heaven may commence on earth. We pray that he would give us that competency of the good things of this life which will secure us the truest enjoyment of it, but at the same time not: direct our attention from that nobler life for which he has designed us. We pray to this God of LOVE® that he would forgive us our offences, at the same time that we recognise the obligation, and are disposed) to fulfil it, to forgive all our brethren of mankiods their offences against us. We pray that in this stato of frailty and imperfection, this first scene of rational existence, we may be preserved from those trials of ogr virtue which would prove too powerful for We pray that, whatever may be cur situation here, węd may be preserved from the greatest of evils, the evil of sin We ascribe to our Heavenly Father, whose mature is love, that KINGDOM which will terminateTM

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in universal truth, righteousness, and happiness, the POWER to accomplish the grand purposes of this kingdom, and the GLORY of having blotted out all

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AMONG the professors of Universal Salvation which have appeared in the last century, is to be ranked a Mr. JAMES RELLY, who first commenced the ministerial character in connection with the late Mr. George Whitfield, and with the same sentiments as are generally maintained at the Tabernacle. Hal was considered and received with great popularity! Upon a change of his views, he encountered reproach, and of course, was soon pronounced an enemy to godliness, &c. It appears that he becane convinced of the union of mankind to God, in the person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; and upon this› persuasion, he preached a finished salvation, called by the Apostle Jude, the Common Salvation.W bazoong of you

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* For most of the above account of the Universalists, thes author is indebted to a minister of that persuasion. Sung

The relation and unity of the first and second Adam unto God, the author and fountain of all things, was the foundation of those sentiments he continued to maintain during his life;-and he was followed by a considerable number of persons, who were convinced of the propriety of his views. Since his death, his sentiments have been retained by such as were attached to them in sincerity. Their own account is the following-"The first great object of our consideration being God, the Creator and Author of all things, we believe he is unchangeable in his nature and attributes, and consequently cannot stand in need, or be the subject of appeasement towards any creature that he has formed.-We believe also, that man was put forth by his power in a sate subject to vanity, and became like the vessel that is marred in the hand of the potter; but that this, so far from reflecting dishonour on God, became the means of manifesting the riches, yea, the exceeding riches of his wisdom and mercy, in the renovation and reconciliation of all things in Jesus Christ our Lord.

We believe that sin is not a mere transgression of a law which being forgiven all is well, but is a disease, a mortal disease, for which God neither can, nor will take any bribe by way of satisfaction, either at our hands, or any other. Hence we understand atonement to be a covering for human nakedness and sh me, n t a veil to hide sin from the eyes of God or man-hence we believe that no punishments

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short or protracted, can have any share in the purification of man, because as sin is a malady under which the sinner labours, it cannot be removed by any other remedy but that which is adapted to its nature. If it is curvity of nature it must be made straight; if deafness, if blindness, lameness, leprosy, or the like, it can only be cured by unstopping the deaf ear, opening the blind eye, restoring strength to the withered limb, and so in the same proportion to every other defect. We believe also, that in the gift of Jesus Christ our Lord, all that is necessary to heal the hurt of his people is given, and although torment may be endured while ignorant of this great Saviour and Salvation, it is the unavoidable consequence of darkness and unbelief, and not a punishment inflicted of God on account thereof.

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We believe that all things are of God, and that he has elected or appointed some to the knowledge of the truth as a kind of first fruits of his creatures, but that their separation is not to the exclusion of their brethren from the heavenly inheritance, but a pledge and earnest of the following harvest.

We believe that every institution of God by Moses, of sacrifices, of meats, of drinks, or of writings, have had their spirit and accomplishment in Christ; hence we cannot submit to the observation of ordinances, which would be only building again the things that are destroyed, and thereby making ourselves transgressors.

We believe that as all evil was introduced into human nature by one man, who is of the earth earthly, so must it be expelled by one who is from heaven and therefore heavenly-and that too by like means, viz. by a real and physical union with him, in which the branch must partake of the nature of the tree, whether good or evil.

We believe therefore a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust, (or believer and unbeliever,) in which characters they must appear before God, either under acquittal of conscience or condemnation of mind; the latter being the inseparable consequence of darkness, ignorance, and unbelief, must remain till the true light and revelation of the divine mercy break in on this chaotic state of nature

and thus the deliverance of the creature (first and last) from bondage will be of God, and sound the song of "Glory to God in highest," and thus "every knee shall bow in the name of Jesus.”—Amen.

N. B. The Congregation meet on Sundays, morn ing at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and half after six o'clock in the evening. The place of meeting bears the name of the Philadelphian Chapel, Winds mill Street, Finsbury Square.

A Mr. Murray, belonging to this society, emigfated to America previous to about the time of the war. He preached the same sentiments at Boston and elsewhere, and was appointed chaplain to Gene ral Washington. There are a number of adherents

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