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      Jacob . At this moment , they are nearly as numerous as when David swayed the sceptre of the twelve tribes ; their expectations are the same ; and on whatever part of the earth ' s surface they have their abode , their eyes and their faith are appointed in the same direction- —to

      the land of their fatEeri 7 ~ and the holy city where they worshipped . Though rejected by God , and persecuted by man , they have not ; once , during 1800 long years , ceased to repose confidence in the promises

      made by Jehovah to the founders of their nation : and although the heart has often been sick , and the spirit faint , they have never relinquished the hope of that bright reversion in the latter days , which is once more to establish the Lord ' s house on the

      top of the mountains , and to make Jerusalem the glory of the whole world .

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      The following account of the Christian Denomination appeared as a communication in a recent number of the ' Brooklyn Christian Monitor : ' 4 The proposals of the " Monitor "

      seem to say , " Thou art permitted to speak for thyself . " I would therefore avail myself of this medium to lay before your readers a short sketch of the people who call themselves ... " Christians . " Their views of Christianity are not so well known as they could wish . Through want of candid frankness or a lack

      of proper information , in many who have spoken and written to the public concerning this people , a very unpleasant impression has been maBe upon th e mind of some ; but this they must bear , in common with all who have taken an advanced step towards the restoration of primitive Christianity . 4 The different denominations since

      the Protestant era have , no doubt , according to the circumstances under which they laboured , contributed to

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      the emancipation of Chfistjanity from the enormous mass of corrupt and erroneous tenets , which the negligence or ignorance of some , and

      the artifice or avarice and ambition of others , had accumulated during a period of one thousand years , under an implicit obedience to the arroga ^ r ~ pr ^ feiistoTxs ~~ of ~ irh e—Ghur ch-of Rome . But the church has

      travailed in pain to be delivered from these corruptions , for each sect fixed its bounds , a creed , beyond which none might pass unmolested . Though the Christian philosopher finds much to regret , he will find much to admire in the slow but

      steady progress of truth , righteousness , and liberty , until he is overwhelmed in the flood of glory that hursts upon the Redeemer's , king = dom , when the rights of man , like

      the seven thunders , uttered and defended by the unyielding friends of civil and religious liberty , who had met in North America , Hire rays of light in a focus , Had burnt asTmdef the chords that united Church and

      State , and left the gospel free "to bear its own testimony , and rise by its own excellency . Then the clouds of bigotry grew thin and broken , and " the sun of righteousness shone forth with healing on his wings , " and they that feared or reverenced that name which is above every name , went forth from sectarian names and men's inventions , and

      grew up as calves of the Stall ; Theft we could speak comfortably to Zion and say thy warfare is accomplished , the steps of thy return will no longer be marked with blood . * Reader , think of the era of our

      republic , and the vast preparations of an over-yuling Providence 4 n-the events antecedent and subsequent , and say whether it might not have been expected that the Church of God would pitch her tents on new ground .

      * It was soon after this eventful period , that the Christian denomination made its appearance , and it is I

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      Some Account Of The People Called ≪ Christians.'

      SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE CALLED < CHRISTIANS . '

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 1, 1833, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2605/page/22/