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ON TIIE MORALS OF CHRISTIANS. 223grant as iiuu-h as yuu ask of a friciul. I, therefore, with all coiifiJence,send you tlie enclosed letter, written by one of the first intellects in thecountry. Now, if when you send your pamphlets and the papers you wishnic to read, you will state that you have read this letter, (/c/'/A the cju-r, youwish nie to read yours,) not to refute but to comprehend the mind of thewriter, I will do the same. But, as what I send to you re(|uires higherpower than any power in created man, I will continue to pray to this higherpower, this Creator of all things, that you may so read under his blessingand guidance, (before whom you and the very world upon which you tread,are but a molecule or mite,) that youj I say, may find that salvation foryour immortal soul, which you seem so much to desire. If you believethat your father and sister exist, and consequently, that you have a soulthat cannot die, you must feel a deep anxiety with us all for the futurewelfare of this soul, and will not treat with indiflfcrcnce the attempt tooffer you that which is a complete satisfaction to your friend !11G4. I would avoid argument, as two persons at opposite points cannever see the objects in the same light;but I send simply the Christian'splan of salvation, to which I only ask you to attend as carefully as I attendedto the statement of your theory. When I return to New Yorkpermanently, I will inform you. As I am anxious to retain these papers,and lifeis uncertain, please so arrange them that they may easily be found,should any thing happen/'1165. The following lines, which are subjoined in the title page of mypamphlet, addressed to the Episcopal clergy, would have forewarned anybut an enthusiast, that there was an outwork to be conquered before anyimpression could be made :1166. If God can creatures make to suit bis will,Foresee, if they can, his design fulfill,"Wherefore those creatures to trial expose.Traits to find out, which he thus foreknows ?11G7. Persons who should differ about axioms could never agree inmathematical demonstrations, nor is it possible for A and B to agree intheology, when A assumes what to B appears to comprise a contradictionwithin its premises and conclusions. Having for years held the opinionconveyed in the above lines, to be self-evident truth, it is of course uselessto debate with those who take an opposite view, especially just at this time,when I believe that opinion to be sanctioned by my spirit friends. Thisopinion was urged in my letter to the Episcopal clergy; yet this kindadviser has not seen, or has not taken pains to understand, its all-importantbearing.11G8. The letter of this charming woman commences with bcs'frino; thequestion. It is assumed that the arguments of her clerical friend requirefor cortijyrehension a higher power than any power created in man.But