this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way."-" There is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean."-(Romans xiv. 13, 14.) "Wisdom is justified of her children."-(Matt. xi. 19.) 185. Genesis ii. 7.

"We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: who, in times past, suffered all nations to walk in their own ways."— (Acts xiv. 15, 16.)

186. Genesis, iv. 3 to 8.

192. Ibid. iv. 15.

194. Ibid. iv. 14.

195. Ibid. iv. 15.

196. Ibid. iv. 23, 24.

Without a propensity of wandering from our history, if we may venture to add one (perhaps, to the too numerous hypotheses already propagated,) we would venture to conjecture that if the original parricide of a brother, could have been increased, in the person of "a young man," in the proportion of seven to seventy-seven; the murdered was the son of the murderer: especially as the latter, in announcing the vengeance of heaven against the avenger, addressed himself unto his wives."

197. Genesis vi. 11.

198. Ibid. vi. 5.

199. Ibid. vi. 11.

201. Ibid. viii. 17, 20.

"Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice; and to hearken than the fat of rams." (1 Samuel xv. 22.)

202. Genesis viii. 21.

"I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor hegoat out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?"-(Psalm 1. 9 to 13.) "He that killeth an ox, is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol; yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations."-(Isaiah lxvi. 3.)

205. Genesis vi. 9, vii. 2, viii. 20.

206. Ibid. xi. 4, 9.

"Much have been said of Babylon, and anti-christian

reign:

The empire of the Man of Sin, and his delusive train;

But few do spy, that in all lie, some marks of this long

fable;

For time and knowledge now do prove, each building is a Babel.

I scruple not thus far to state, with almost certain

venture,

That this great building, is now yielding, most shortly bend to light,

And thousands, ke myself, (for peace,) withdraw their prop and rite:

Leaving those Babels, to the walling,

Of priestly craft, now sunk and falling."

These lines immediately preceded those composing Sect. 111, of 27th Feb. 1811.-See Note on the same section.

My personally unknown, but much esteemed friend, the composer, and correspondent, seems to have forestalled recent proceedings, by upward of a quarter of a century. 210. Genesis xxxii. 25, 26, 28; Matthew xi. 12.

217. Great has been the eradication of Thorns and Thistles," in the present generation. The first public triumph of Reason over Fanaticism was at Paris, on the 9th day of March, 1765.-(Alluded to in the later copies of No. 4, of the "Parochial Registry.")

conceived"

The design which was, then, only greatly "of laying before the public some reflections on toleration, indulgence, and commiseration," has, since then, been, in a great degree, carried into effect: "the rights of nature," which, to superstition, might appear as "horrible dogmas," have been subsequently and beautifully manifested; and mankind, with additional light, have not now the same apology for prejudice, which they had in times of comparative darkness: mankind, have, now, no plea for indulging in that gloomy bigotry which induces weak minds to impute crimes to those of different opinions, yet, "partialities and prejudices," have, happily, received additional shocks from existing facilities.-(Treatise on Toleration, p. 12.)

218. Psalm lxxxv. 10, 11, 12.

Mercy.-Rom. ii. 12, 13; iii. 29; x. 12.—Isa. xlv. 22; lii. 10.—Num. xiv. 21.—Ex. xxxiv. 6.—Ps. lxxxvi. 5, 15; c. 5; cvi. 1.-Matt. vi. 26 to 29; vii. 7, 8.-Luke xi. 9; xii. 6.-2 Cor. v. 13.

Truth.-Ps. xix. 7; lxvii. 2; lxxvi. 15; cxlv. 10 to 12. -Num. xxiii. 19.-Ecc. viii. 17; xxxiv. 6.—Job xxiii. 12 to 19.-Rom. i. 19 to 21; ii. 2; iii. 4.~ Matt. vii. 7, 8.-Mark viii. 18.-Luke xi. 9, 10; xii. 57.-John i. 5; iv. 23, 24; v. 20; xvii. 3.-Acts xvii. 27.-2 Cor. iii. 5, 17.— James i. 17.-Rev. xv. 3, 4.

Righteousness.-Ps. cvii. 8, 22, 42, 43.-Ezek. xviii, selections.-Isa. iv. 8; lviii. 8, 9, 11, 12.-Lev. xxv. 9, 11, 12.-Rom. viii. 14 to 17. -1 John iii. 24; iv. 13.3 John i. 11.-1 Peter iii. 12.

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Peace.-Deut. xviii. 21, 22.-Isa. iii. 11; xlviii. 22.Matt. vi. 34.-Rom. viii. 7.-1 Cor. xv. 50.-Rev. xv. 4.

Thus, imbibing our Truth, by cultivation, from the common mother, Earth, and our Righteousness, by descent, from that Heaven to which mortals, generally, cannot ascend, excepting through a universal medium; or a "Common Salvation ;"-(Jude i. 3.) expected through the progression and communication of universal knowledge, of which this "Age of Progress," justifies the expectation, until the secret things which, hitherto have been contemplated as belonging to our God exclusively, will, probably, be conceded; or mankind will rest content with "those things which are revealed, "-(Deut. xxix. 29.) yet, with such great progression, the current century may be contemplated as the Advent, only, and the succeeding century, as the crisis of the long anticipated Era, preparatory to the expected Millennium; when "Universalism" having prevailed against "Sectarianism :" "All nations whom" God" hast made shall come and worship before" Him,-(Psalm lxxxvi. 9.), and justify the expectation of ages of the ensuing thousand years, terminating with the destruction of the world by fire, when, actually, the old system shall expire, in renovation, by the heat and light of the new solar system, as the new birt of the world, progressing toward the second manhood, for even then, "new improvements, upon the dis covery of some new principle may take place," for other wise, the common interpretation may give a false impression." (The Shepherd, pp. 402 and 403.), [whe we find will be revived" by the commencement of the

coming year, with extended pasturage; may he partake of the benefits, with his flock, in his contest of "Universalism, versus Sectarianism," as announced by "The Champion and Weekly Herald, 20th Nov. 1836.]

Yet, whether the day of rest, be contemplated as the seventh of the natural days: the last of the scriptural week of years; or the septennial among thousands, in accordance with the expected terrestrial millennium, or after the lapse of the seven times seven, with more extended intellects, or, however Eternity should be divided in the sight of the Eternal, as of the most "Ancient of Days," (Daniel vii. 9.), into Celestial Sundays.—

Sacred be the day of rest, whether in the reality of mortality, or in speculation, as the type of immortality: Blessed be the benevolent projectors of the various eras, or the period, when cultivated humanity shall rest from oppressive labour, whether according to the gleams of past ages, or the experience of the present generation, in a continual Sunday; for-" In Peru"-" They have no day set apart for public worship, as their prayers are offered up each morning to the Supreme Being. They need no day of rest, since they have no toil. Their labours are light; and while cheerfully discharging their duties, they conceive that they are rendering acceptable service to the Deity. Every day is, therefore, a Sabbath, and every Sabbath a holiday.”—(Hampden in the Nineteenth Century. See "The New Moral World, or Millennium," of 15th October, 1836.)

But as the daily Sabbath in South America, may be founded, in a great degree, in the peculiar position, rather than on, the Universal dispensation of Providence: we are still, in our progressive state, justified in adhering to the sacred division of Nature into septennial sections, for our universal Sundays.