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lion : tq& 3 4 m * e that myour admiration of faith , you do not lose sight of " £ oo& * works , stud in your reliaace upon the atoning blood of yoi * r Saviour , you do not forget that holiness without which « o one shall see the Lord .
I am not at all surprised at yo ar present view ofthings ; there always was more ( hen a leaning toward it in your mind : I always predieted that it would be so . both
wvth respect to you at * d your mother , when you became resi - dents in S— and werfc every day in the habit of hearing these senti - ments from a beloved brother and
son . Y < m talk of a miracte in the case , but this is by no means nfeeessary ; on tke contrary ^ it is s $ triuch in the common order of things ,, that . the miracle would hiate feeeB if it hi&d not tiirned eiat as it has .
Had I tiot famg been aeqnaitited with what I am obliged , without meaning the slightest personal djSfo inspect to y&u * to term the cbmi torn cant of *? sbi-disant" ort ? hfc ~
« oxy , I own I should have been tttther surprised at the extreme cfliifidenc ^ of so new a convert . Perhaps , when imagination is n little less vivid , and fancy h&s o ^ sed bo ijitteriy to h ood wink
^^ n , the infallibility of your present notions may }> e a 1 ittte shaken , and you may be dispos-* &te > admit that a person niay be \ t ** k Cfedstian without feeing either a Tti-nitarian , or entirely ^ Ar * hani& * u
W ^ are alt iimiiiaWe to the ' tri * ^» al of Uk 5 great Sea « Aer ^ f ^ Hs j and 4 iere motives iarid not ^ tmo n ? viritt regelate tie 4 rial deci sion . At that trCfevwml I tx-^ r ttd aj > peat- as iMdk as yoil do , ¦*! through the mi&tyvf God « i
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ascertained and , declared in tho gospel of Jesus of Nazareth whom God hatli raised from t&e dead and appointed the future-. Judge of the world ; at that tribunal 1 hope
for pardon and acceptance ;—•? there , also ^ I trust , I shall meel you , and millions of human beings frotn a 31 quarters of the woi Id ^ and of all religious sentiments , ia the same happy circuiBstances- > i 6
You call me a persecutor of Jesus ;' how youean possibly think this 5 I am at a loss to conceive ; indeed , I do not think yo » mean what you say iu this cas
which , without either thought or discriipitiatioii ; tbe sect with which you are now identified brands its opponent s * I have spent a great part of my life in
preaching what , aftesr no slight application to the subject , ap ^ pears to me to be the true go ^ pei of Jesus : I hope , if necessary , I should be ready to lay down my life for him . In what sense then
caii I be calje 4 his persecutor f for , I am sure , I would not hurt a hair of the head pf any one whose views of . the gospel were ever so contrary to my own . If the Trinitarians are not sa *
right ncn * the wi&h to determine upon their future condition . Let them worship three hundred gods if they please , only they must excuse fhe for refusing to join them , and for chusing to ha determined in this case rather by
