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THE PRACTICAL CHRI STIAN. 87


W. l\ 1. C., A. S. Office Boston 81 ; J. C., S.


Wilul'llham; E. 1\ 1. S., Beverly $ 5; P. M.,


East Bethel v., for J. G. $ 1 j E. R. Salem, $ 1;


N. J., West Amesbury $ 1 ; T . H. Gloucester;


F) 1. Carnbridge., G. P. Jr., Franklin $ 1: ­Moneys.


paid directly to the Pub Jishing agen t,


whether by individuals, or by agents in sums


collected of subscr ibers, need not be here ac­knowledged,


IWSS.


with IIny of the redeemed properly so termed


- they will always remain under a sentence of


degradation IIn$ l exc lusion in u certain degree.


lIe also hold s that this recovery thus fur, may


or may not tak e pla ce, for ou ght we are war­ranted


to believe, eith er on e wny 0" the other;


because men will forever remain free moral


IIgelll s, and we cannot he 811re thut they will,


or willuot, choose to submit to their Creator's


law. O ~ this point we differ from him. We


, hold to the free moral ugency of rnnn as


he does, and base none of our hopes of uni­versal


resto ration on urbitrarydccrees, or ne­cessitaring


fate . He misunderstands Restora­tionists,


or rath er; he takes for Restoration ism


th e Calvinistic lind Necessariun notions of


some , who ' have adv ocat ed th e genera l do c '


trin e. These notions we rej ect as heartily as


he docs. ' Ve are thorough Armininus, lind


lire willing to tuk u his premises entire ly . If


. with these we cannot demoustrute our Resto- r


rat iuni srn to II 1II0mi ce r ta inty , we will filii


lmck UlIII rest wh er e lie does. ' Ve intend to


resume thi s subj ect before long; und ca re fu lly


show forth the grounds of our hop e from his


premises, ' Ve intend ulso to grnti fy our read ­er


s with some extracts occa sion ully , from hill


excellent Tremise.


We tul, e tlliri o ppor tu nity to ex press 0111'


heartfeh tlrnnk s to Hr. A. II. 1'; I'lISI, of Cinein­nnti,


Ohio, for th e pr esent he has made us of


thi s work by th e hand of Ill'. K M. Stolle. ­Also,


for th e pamphlet Intely sent us, tou ch ing


th e lute treauneut of tb e Young !\ len's Bihle


Society ill his city , hy ce r tain exc lus ives j lind


for IIIl1ny oth er token s of his frnt el'lllli kind -


FRATERNAL COMMUNION.


' Ve feel under J; reat oblij{ lltions to our III' .


of' th e L iherutor, for luying hefore his rende rs


our " Constitlllion mit! E xpo sition." To he Hire,


it is what SO Il II) will cull extra ne ous or for eIgn


mutt er j mill yet Jl~ rll: lps it mny not prove to he


It o ]; erh/~ r 8 0 , ill th e progress of e vents . ' Ve


see thnt the documen t is culling out lin ex pres­_____


___ _____.___ SIUIIOII""' I""" views, So he it. L et them


I ' 1111speak freelyjor 01' against, ju st as th ey in -


bonds of'uuiformity, nor propose by uny such


\ means to dist h, guish themselves as 11 christian


people. They ne ither approve nor condemn


any one on account of these pe'culiuritie s .. If


they see one clothed in ministerial black,


c loa ked or gownell liS a priest, they! feel no


deference for him because of his attire ; nor


do they prejudge that he . is a hypocrite and a


wolfin disgu ise. He may be of Christ, or he


may be of Belial. His c lothes do not det er ­mine.


They can judge him only by his fruit s .


If they see a man with a low crowned, broad


brimmed hal, a pl1l4n CUI, straight collared,


drab colored coat, .& c ., who says unifol'lllly,


" thee and tholl;" instead of " ye lind yOIl," they


make noth ing of all this prejudicial for 01'


ngail/ st th e man. They do not take for grunted,


ei the r tl; at he is II spiritunlly minded, humble ,


meek, holy follower of C hris t, or that he is ' II


sty knave, intent 011 c hc uting them out of their


w it>! and good s . He may he the alii or the


other, in spite of hit! dress lin ll his Innguage. ­They


will wait and find him out from within,


' by the issu es of. his heurt , In this way they


jndge oth er s . In thls way th ey de sire to be ,


judged hy th eir fellow men. Hen ~ e th eir ob . .


jection to " peculiar formalities of rnimeut or


1nng nllge," ns II means of religious distincti on.


But modest Ilppllrcl, . simple lind useful ntrire,


with plain, fri endly mod es of address und


sp eech, used by each individual with di rect


r efer en ce to God ra ther thun man, mill with­o


ut uny studied core to he like somebody else,


they hold to be ac cordiug to tru e Chr istian


i lOliness , and ure willing 10 he II~ singular itl


tim world's eyes, as thi s fidelity to principl e


mny render' them.


' Ve think our wor th y sis u- r will (' Iearly lin ­d


ers tund Ihis ex plunnt iou of ou r view s, uud


moreov er that she will uppruve them . F or


' l'he parI of'her lett er relat ing to th e Communi­ty,


we thank hcr, ullli will cnlc ulute nccordlng­'


Iy if we henr uoth ing to th o co ntra ry .


" No more fatigue, no more distress,


Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place ;


No groans shall mingle withthe eongs, !


" ' hich warble from immortal tongues."


I. ETTERS, & c;


' Ve nre so ful' in arrears under this hellri,


thllt a full list would occupy more space thlln


we clln wellllfford. Happily, oul of the whole


numher, there lire bn t a few the rece ipt of


whi ch hilS not been IIcknowlcclged in on ll way


or another, or which the writers llllly not at


! ellst lllke for grlll1 ted have been receivel!' ' Ve


shall th er efo rc insert only those which cllnn ot


prop n ty he omit te'!. T hese lire Ihe following,


viz" Dr. n. W. ~. ev /; r c ttj S. a nd B. C,' D/ ldhu mi


DIE D.


In Milfo rd, J an. ] 9th Mr . Edmund Bowker,


II Revolutiouary pensioner, aged 84 " yea rs.


Mr. Bowker enj oyed comfortable health, for


one of his age, until three or four days before


his decease- when in passing through a door


he acci ~ l entll! ly hit th e hack of his hond


again!' t Ihll latch and peuled up a small piece


of skill scarcely larger tnnn a COlillllon fish­sc


ale. Within a few hours this slight wound


became inflanied and painfUl. The infl alua­tion


extended it~ elf rDllidly up tbe arm into


th e hody, mortification ensued, and diSilolntion


i \ V IIS th e rceu lt. T hlls br itt le is the th rc ~( 1 of'


I_ life, es r ~ c ja l y wh en atl ena/ fit e, 1 by ' more thau


Muy tile venerable husband, who has . lost


the ' cher ished lind faithful companion of his


earthly pilgrimage, and who is fully sensible


of what he has lost , receive into his hand the


staff of divine stre ngth and consolation. !\ lay


th e E ver las ting arm sustaitrhim, 8IInctif~ · . hill


IIffiiction, fill his last days with de\' nut J'esig­nlltion


! lud hope-:- tlfat he may rejoin ill pllt&.:


di ue thsepil'it of her, who · hllsdone him good


dlld ilO evil all tha duys oftheir cOIIDubial Iiie.


Mny the children, grand- children, and all in r


ter esteil iu this bereavement, boc01nforted, in ~


stmcted, aod prepared, how soon sOever (" olll.


I~', for deatb, and the bliu. Qf a glorioua im- ·


rbonality.


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1840