anoint the most holy."-(ix. 24.) "And after three score and two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off; but not for himself." (v. 26.)

The Prophet was aware that Messiah was to be cut off, not for himself or his own sins, but for the sins of the whole world, and by this one oblation, to "finish the transgression, and make an end of sins, and thus to obtain and bring in everlasting righteousness, and eternal life for all mankind, by himself making reconciliation for their iniquity. And so said ST. JOHN, ii. 2, and 1. JOHN, v. 11; so also ST. PETER, Acts iii. 19, 21; and so ST. PAUL, 1. Tim. iv. 9, 11, and elsewhere, as will shortly be seen. And in full faith of God's designs, in this revelation towards mankind, DANIEL also was a Universalist.

VII. HOSEA. This Prophet writes only of the restoration of Judah and Israel. But as our God is not only the God of the Jews, but of the Gentiles also, and his promises being made "to those that are nigh and to those that are afar off," we believe it to include all.

"O Israel! thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help.”—(xiii. 9.) "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: 0, Death! I will be thy plagues; O, grave,* I will be thy destruction: Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.”(v. 14.)

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VIII. MICAH. "But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the House of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it."-(iv. 1.) "For all people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever."-(verse 5.) In the preceding verse the Prophet assures us, that "the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it."

"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his

*Scheol- Hebr. This word is rendered, in many other passages the Scriptures, "Hell.

heritage? He traineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins in the depths of the sea.". —(vii. 18, 19.) See, also, PSALMS ciii. 9; ISAIAH lvii. 16, &c. IX. ZECHARIAH. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy king cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation: lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle-bow shall be cut off: And he shall speak peace unto the heathen, and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. As for thee, also, by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water: turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee."-(ix. 9, 12.)

X. JOEL. "And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh."—(ii. 28.) “For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed."(iii. 21.)

XI. AMOS. "In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and the heathen that are called by my name, saith the Lord, that doeth this."—(ix. 11, 12.)

XII. MALACHI. "For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness."-(iii. 2, 3.) "Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord: and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."-(iv. 5, 6.)

XIII. But the Angels of God are also Universalists; yea, and they rejoice exceedingly, and with an unanimity

worthy of our imitation, who are the immediate subjects of their joy. "And the Angel said" unto the wondering shepherds of Judea, "Fear not, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; and suddenly, there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace and good will towards men." (Luke ii. 10, 13.)

"And I heard the voice of many Angels round about the throne, and the Beasts, and the Elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.". (Rev, v. 11, 12, 13.)

Certainly, this will be acknowledged a gloriously triumphant assemblage of Universalists. The whole host of heaven-every creature on the earth, and under itin the sea, and all that are in them-the whole and entire creation of God! For there are none excepted; all, all uniting with their redeemed, joyous and raptured souls, in praising God and the Lamb for this consummation of their redemption! this triumph of his love! And with that faith which beholds the fulfilment of all God's promises, in their proper time, we desire, even now, to bless his holy name, to glorify him, in the highest, and to praise and magnify to its highest exaltation, the character and office of our dear Redeemer, for effecting so great salvation, and bringing into subjection to the Divine will, the whole and entire human family.

XIV. SIMEON. The good old Simeon spoke the language of a confiding Universalist, when he said, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people, (Israel."-Luke ii. 29, 31.)

XV. JOHN THE BAPTIST Comes at once to the point, by summing up the faith of an Universalist in few words: "Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world."--(John i. 29.)

We come now to offer the highest and most holy authority, next to that of God the Father; even the Son of God! in support of his own most holy doctrine, as plainly expressed by himself; and in confirmation of which, he suffered death on the Cross, for the specific purpose of redeeming all men, and of reconciling and restoring all things unto God.

XVI. JESUS CHRIST! "I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."-(John xii. 47.) "For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved."-(John iii. 17.)

"It is written in the Prophets, and they shall all be taught of God."-(vi. 45.)

"And the bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."-(ib. id. 51.)

"All things are delivered unto me of my Father."(Math. xi. 27.) "All things that the Father hath are mine."-(John xvi. 15.) "All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.". -(John vi. 37.) "For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”. (Math. xviii. 11; Luke xix. 10.) "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."(Math. xxviii. 19, 20.)

"I am the good shepherd; the good his life for the sheep."-(John x. 11.) lifted up from this earth, will draw all (John xii. 32.) &c.

shepherd giveth "And I, if I be men unto me."

The reader's attention is especially directed to the words used by the Saviour, as to their Universality. That

is, "the world," "all," "all things," "all men," &c.; and their attention is thus required, because they will be told, by some Partialist Believer, as we have often been told, that the world does not mean the whole world, but only believers; that all means only the elect, &c. And we earnestly hope, that, with us, our considerate readers will believe God rather than men. And certainly, the Son of God has, in the above expressions, testified himself a complete, a Universal Saviour; and his doctrine that of Universal Redemption.

XVII. SIMEON PETER. "And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you; whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, since the world began.”—(Acts iii. 19,21.) "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."-(Acts. ii. 29.)

We understand by these passages, that God hath, according to the counsel of his own will, appointed certain [aions] ages, times or dispensations, for the final accomplishment of all his holy and benevolent purposes, which he hath purposed in Christ Jesus; that he hath called all men universal'y, as in Isaaih xlv. 22, 23; Psalms, xxii. 27, and lxv. 5; John vi. 45; Jeremiah xxxi. 33; and other places; with respect to his final purposes. But in the present aion, age or dispensation, some only are specially called, and taught of God, and are those who are said to be specially saved, as in 1. Tim. iv. 10. And that there will be an age, period of time, or dispensation for the final restitution of all things, and the accomplishment of all that "God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began," when all shall be specially and effectually called, reconciled, and shall all know him from the least of them unto the greatest of them, and shall all be taught of God. That when they are thus taught by the Spirit, that "this is the stone that was set at nought of your builders," [framers of false foundations of religion,]"which is become the head of the