though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as

snow, though they be wool.' Isaiah 1, 18.

red like crimson, they shall be as

The radical change thus effected,

goeth to show that sins of the deepst die will be washed out, by the al! cleansing 'blood of the covenant.'

43. 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the tops of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.' Is. ii. 2.

44. 'Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end.' Is. ix. 7.

45. And in this mountain shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things.' Is. xxv. 6.

46. He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.' 8.

47. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion, with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.'ls. xxxv. 10. It will be remembered, in this connexion, that Christ 'gave himself a ransom for all.'

48. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.' Is. xl. 5.

49. 'Even every one that is called by my name; for I have created him for my glory.' xliii. 7. All are to be gathered from the east and west, north and Lord is to be with them.

south, and the

50. Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.

I have sworn

by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear, surely shall say. In the Lord, have I righteousness and strength.' Is. xlv. 22, 24. Thus have we universal homage proven by the solemn oath of the Almighty.

51. 'My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure.' Is. xlvi. 10.

52. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should

What a

not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.' Is xlix. 15. beautiful illustration of the undying nature of God's love! It far surpasseth the tenderest feelings of the most affectionate mother for her infant child! And who that knoweth the depth, and purity, and disinterestedness of maternal love, will doubt for a moment, its entire willingness to save; yet holy and pure and disinterested as is a mother's love, the love of God is greater. He will not forget the offspring he has created though a mother may forget her child.

53. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation.' Is lii. 7. This prophecy sets forth the nature of Christ's mission into the world. It is significantly expressive of the peaceful and joy-inspiring character of the gospel of salvation-the 'glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.'

54. All we like sheep have gone astray, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.' Is. liii. 6. 55. The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.' Is. lin. 10.

56. 'He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied.' Is. liii. 11. Will the Messiah be satisfied with any result, short of the salvation of all for whom he died? think not.

We

57. Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.' Is. lv. The invitation being universal, God designed that all should participate, or else he was guilty of solemn mockery of those whom he knew would never drink at the 'fountain of living waters.'

58. So shall my word be, that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accom. plish that which I please and prosper in the thing whereunto I sent, it for ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands,*.

Ís. Iv. 11, 12. God's pleasure is, that all men shall be saved, or gathered together in Christ.' His word is therefore pledged to accomplish that which he pleaseth to bring about.

59. The whole of the 60th chapter of Isaiah sets forth the extent of the blessings of the Gospel. The "gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising; 'violence shall no more be heard in thy land, *** but thou shall call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise.' people also shall be all righteous.'

Thy

60. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.' Is. Ixi. 1, 2, 3.

61. So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.' verse 11.

62. Doubtless, thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of as and Israel acknowledge us not.' Is. Ixiii. 16.

63. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, *** They shall not hurt nor destroy, in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.' Is. lxv. 25,

64. And behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. *** After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts: and will be their God and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his brother, saying know the Lord, for they shall all know me from the least of them, to the greatest of them, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.' Jeremiah xxxi. 31 -34.

65. 'For the Lord will not cast off forever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly the children of men.' Lam. iii. 31, 32, 33.

66. 'Behold all souls are mine.' Ezekiel xviii. 4.

67. The stone that smote the image, in Nebuchadnezzar's vision, was to 'fill the whole earth.' Danicl ii. 35, 44, 45.

That stone was a representation of the kingdom of Christ. 58. I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man, came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a king. dom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall noi pass away: and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.' Daniel vii. 14. If this language of Prophecy concerning the extent and duration of Christ's kingdom be true, where is there any reason to suppose, that 'many people, nations and languages' will serve the Devil, forever, in the kingdom of darkness!

69.1 will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem then from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction,' Hosea xiii. 14. The destruction of death and the grave (Sheol-hell) is thus predicted by the prophet.

70. Who is a God, like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity.' *** he retaineth not his anger forever; because he delight. oth in mercy' &c. Micah vii. 18, 20.

71. For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.' Habakkuk. ii. 14.

72. And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.' Haggai ii. 7.

73. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gen. tiles and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name and a pure offering; for my name shall be great a mong the heathen, saith the Lord.' Malachí i. 11.

75. He is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap.And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.' iii. 2, 3. The purpose of the coming of the Messenger of the covenant, even Jesus Christ, is here clearly set forth as a purifier and not a destroyer. The fire of the refiner is designed to purge out the alloy or dross from the ore, and bring forth the pure metal. The soap of the fuller is intended to cleanse the

cloth from oil and other impurities, and not to injure the tex ture of the fabric. So, Christ's object, in coming into the world, is to purge out the dross of sin from the hearts of the children of men, and to cleanse them from the polluting stains of iniquity. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away

the sin of the world.'

'Here endeth the first lesson' of instruction from the Holy Bible. Turn we then to the 'new covenant, in order to prove to thee, reader, that Universal holiness and happiness are likewise there to be traced in rays of light, words of truth, and letters of Love.

UNIVERSALISM A NEW TESTAMENT

DOCTRINE.

76. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.' Matthew i. 21. This text in connexion with others which declare that all things have been delivered into the hands of Christ, will show the object of his mission to be, to save sinners, in general.

77. They shall call his name Emanuel, which being in. terpreted, is God with us.' 23.

78. Think not 1 am come to destroy the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil; for verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.' Mat. v. 17, 18. The sum of this law is love to God and love to man. Ilow then can this law be fulfilled in every iota, unless universal Love shall prevail in the empire of the Eternal? If endless sinning and wretchedness exist, the law of love must necessarily fail of fulfilment, eternally!

79. 'Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; but I say unto you, resist not evil.' 38, 39. Would Christ recommend a different course of conduct to be pursued by his disciples from that which. Deity pursues towards his creatures?' And would not the infliction of endless pain be acting on the principle repudiated by our Lord ?