CHAP. XIV.

THE Second General Convention of the receivers of the doctrines of the New Church in the United States of America, was held on Thursday, the 30th of April, and continued till Saturday, the 2nd of May, 1818=62, at the New Jerusalem Temple, in the city of Baltimore. The Rev. Mr. Hargrove was appointed President, the Rev. Mr. Carll Vice-President, and Mr. C. Raguet, Secretary.
The Minutes of the first Convention being read, as also a number of communications and letters, a Committee was appointed to examine and report upon the same. Among other things the Committee recommended, that regulations for the better ordering of the Ministry be adopted by the Convention. In one of the documents referred to the Committee, was contained a correspondence between a member of the Church, resident in Pennsylvania, and a bookseller in Baltimore, upon the subject of publishing an abridgment of the True Christian Religion, in one octavo volume, emitting all the Memorable Relations. This proposed emission was strongly objected to by the Committee, who observe, that “it would be omitting a part of the work which serves to confirm the truth of the doctrines advanced by Emanuel Swedenborg, and fully establishes the fact of his divine mission. The Memorabilia have no doubt been, and will continue to be, stumbling-blocks to many: but how much better is it, that men should find matter of offence in them, than that they should receive mere abstract truths into the understanding, and yet deny, or call in question, the reality of those heavenly and spiritual communications, with which the enlightened Herald of the New Church was favoured, for its edification, and the general good of mankind!”
A second paper contained a letter from Mr. T. H. Roberts, dated Frankfort, Kentucky, March 25, 1818, announcing that there are five families in that vicinity, who are receivers of the doctrines; and that public worship has lately been established, at which many strangers attend, who are desirous of inquiring into the new dispensation. {302}
Among the letters referred to the Committee was one urging the propriety of instilling into the minds of children, at an early age, sentiments of piety, founded upon the principles of the New Church. The Committee, aware of the importance of such a measure, recommended to the Convention, the appointment of a Committee, to prepare and publish a Catechism for the use of children, with the view of establishing uniformity of instruction in the leading doctrines of the Church. This recommendation was approved of, and a Committee accordingly appointed for that purpose.
It was further stated, that although no detailed reports had been handed in, relative to the progress of the doctrines, information received within the last year, from various parts of the United States, represent the Church as everywhere gaining friends; and there can be little doubt, but that a few years will bring about, in America, an accession of members that could scarcely have been anticipated by the most sanguine recipient, who recollects the wilderness state of three or four years ago.
After some other business, the next General Convention was appointed to be held in Philadelphia, on Friday, the 22nd of October, 1819=63.

The following extracts are taken from the American New Church Repository for October, 1818, which is peculiarly rich in the information it conveys respecting the advancement, which the cause of divine truth is making in that hemisphere.

“The intelligence from the north, east, and west, is cheering beyond former example. Why does ‘the south keep back?’ Yet even here, private information gives us some small hopes, that the circle will be completed, and that the New Church will see the fulfilment of the glorious prediction: ‘Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west: I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.’ The intelligence from Europe, from New England, and the Western country, gives us full assurance, that the seed has struck a deep root, and is spreading far and wide. Perhaps there never was a day, in which so much interesting information of the progress of the New Church could be presented to those, who wait for the building of the walls of Jerusalem; or in which the mourners in Zion could be more emboldened to take their harps from the willows, and sing a song of the Lord in a strange land.
“In the summer, the Rev. Mr. Carll having concluded to go to New York, for the purpose of ordaining Charles J. Doughty, Esq., as a Minister of the New Church, at the request of the Society in that city, contemplated also a journey to Providence, (Rhode Island,) and Boston. This journey he accordingly accomplished, and the pleasing effects will appear from the following letters:

“My Dear Friend and Brother,    “Boston, August 17, 1818.
“It was my intention to defer giving you a circumstantial account of my proceedings, until the work, which the Lord has committed to me, should have been completed. But having a leisure hour, almost the first since I arrived in this town, I thought it could not be better employed than to dedicate it to you, for your own gratification, as well as for the use of the Church.
“After leaving Philadelphia, I proceeded immediately to New York, at which place I was gladly received by our brethren, who had been expecting this visit. In consequence of some delay, occasioned by the necessary arrangements previous to the ordination of our respected brother Doughty, an opportunity was afforded of preaching in that place six times; five in the Hall occupied by the Church, and once in a Church procured for that purpose. These meetings were generally pretty well attended, particularly at the last mentioned place, which was well filled with hearers, who manifested much respectful attention. {303} During the visit at this place, (N. Y.) eleven adults solemnly testified their belief in the new dispensation, and were initiated into the Lord’s New Church by baptism: double that number of children remain to be baptized by their beloved Pastor, the Rev. C. J. Doughty. The following Lord’s Day, the ceremony of ordination was performed; after which the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was celebrated, of which some of our brethren never had an opportunity of partaking, and thus sealing their attachment and love to the glorious cause, and their firm belief in the second advent of our blessed Lord. The New Church can now enumerate eight regularly ordained Ministers engaged in the cause, five of whom have received ordination within the last two years. And I have the pleasure to inform you of two more at least, who, in the bosom of two of the most celebrated Universities this country, are preparing for the blessed work. Does not this look like the Lord’s doing? After the appointed service at New York was performed, on Monday morning, August 10th, set out for Boston by way of New Haven and Providence, accompanied by two of our brethren. Arrived at Providence on Tuesday, and passed the evening with our friends in Brown University, in pleasing and instructive conversation. The evening was closed with reading a portion of the Word, and by solemn prayer, at the request of one of the students, Mr. F-. This gentleman has published, at his own expense, a thousand copies of the Catalogue of our Author’s works, which have been distributed with great industry and effect. His piety and correct deportment have gained him the respect, not only of his fellow-students, but also of the people of the town; and have excited the attention of both to the doctrines he professes, and which he may be said to adorn. Who cannot see the hand of the Lord in all this? There appears to be much religious inquiry in this town; it has not, however, escaped the Boston sphere, and Unitarianism seems to have gained a place in some of the most respectable churches.- Arrived in Boston on Wednesday, and found our friends ready to receive us with open arms. The proceedings in this last mentioned place are highly interesting, but must be reserved for another letter.”

“My dear Friend and Brother,     “Steam Boat, Fulton, August 21, 1818.
“At the conclusion of my last, I promised you an account of the state of our Society, as well as our proceedings, in the town of Boston. We arrived there on the afternoon of Wednesday, and, as you may well suppose, were most Joyfully received by our friends, who had for some time been expecting us. We went immediately to Dr. M-‘s, the only one whose dwelling was known to us, where he received us with his accustomed urbanity and politeness, and soon introduced us to our other friends. The afternoon of Saturday was appointed for the organization of the Society; the place of meeting, Dr. M-‘s. The ceremony of organization was preceded by the baptism of those adults, (nine in number,) who had never before received that sacred ordinance; as it was considered more orderly to receive this rite, previous to signing the articles of faith. The articles of the faith of the Lord’s New Church, as contained in the Philadelphia Liturgy, were then distinctly read, and signed by all present; the whole concluded with a prayer, that the Lord would bless what had been thus auspiciously begun, and that the brother who had been appointed, by the united voice of the Society, as their Leader, should be strengthened and supported in the fulfilment of the pleasing duties assigned him. The Society has much reason to rejoice, that the Lord has raised up for them a young man of such pious inclinations, and promising abilities to conduct the solemnities of their worship; and the Church at large have much to hope from his future labours in the Lord’s New Vineyard. On Lord’s Day, a public meeting, which had been previously announced, was held in Boylston Hall, a spacious room, elegantly and conveniently furnished, and calculated to contain about a thousand people. At an early hour the house was filled, and the worship was conducted according to the form used in the Temple at Philadelphia. The service of the morning was concluded by the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, of which twenty-six of our own members partook, and several others who were unknown to us. My dear friend, this was a most affecting and interesting spectacle, to behold so many, to whom the opportunity had never, with the exception of one or two, been afforded of sitting round a table spread by the Lord himself, and dedicated to him alone. The devotions were rendered more solemn by the tones of an excellent organ, which was touched with great taste by a gentleman amateur, who volunteered his services in the morning, and by Dr. Jackson in the afternoon.
“The two discourses, which were the first of the new dispensation, avowedly such, ever delivered in Boston, were listened to with much respect and attention by numerous audiences, and there was a manifest desire evinced of hearing more. Indeed, there appears to be a void in the hearts of many here, which nothing but a Redeemer, such as the New Church has to declare, an Almighty Saviour, can fill and fully satisfy. {304} In the evening we had a meeting of the members, at Dr. M-‘s, where, after a farewell sermon and hymn, we parted, with those feelings of pain, which flow from the Separation of hearts united by Christian love and affection, which were mingled however with the pleasing assurance, that it was only a temporary separation. On Monday, we set out for Providence, at which place we remained until Thursday. The proceedings here will form the subject of another letter. With sentiments of Christian love and esteem, I remain your affectionate brother in the Lord.”

“My dear Friend and Brother,        “Providence, August 19, 1818.
“Having made an appointment to preach at Providence on my return, notice was accordingly given in the paper, that the Minister of the New Jerusalem Church of Philadelphia would deliver a sermon in the Town Hall, (a spacious building, formerly occupied as a Church,) the succeeding evening. As some disorderly conduct had been exhibited, very recently, in the same place, it was determined, by those who had the management of the building, on seeing the advertisement, to close the doors against strangers in future; and we are indebted to the friendly and disinterested exertions of a Mr. –, that we were permitted to occupy it. The notice being short, the inhabitants of the town generally were not apprised of the meeting: it was, however, pretty well attended, there being probably from eight hundred to a thousand present. After sun- rise notice was given, that another sermon would be delivered the ensuing evening; and we were gratified at seeing our auditory very considerably increased, the house being well filled. The students of Brown University, as well as the Clergy of the place, to several of whom I had been previously introduced, honoured us with their attendance. Judging from the profound and respectful attention paid on both occasions, I cannot but hope that impressions of a favourable kind have been made, and that some have been induced, by the divine blessing, to seek for the true spiritual riches, which are to be found only in the Word of Truth.
“From the observations which I have been able to make, I am fully convinced, that the people of this section of our beloved country (New England) are in a very favourable state for the reception of the heavenly doctrines of the New Jerusalem. Their independence of mind, the state of religious inquiry, and their respect for religious institutions, together with the unsatisfactory nature of the doctrines which have so long prevailed, are circumstances certainly favourable to the reception of a system that courts investigation, and which addresses itself at once to the understanding and the heart of man.
“That the Lord may prosper the glorious cause of order and virtue, and hasten the time, by the removal of all things that offend, when the Church Universal shall be more closely conjoined to himself, is the prayer of your friend and brother in the Lord.”

The preceding letters contain the substance of the information obtained from the north; others afford intelligence of the same gratifying nature from the west. The Rev. R. H. Goe, in a letter, dated Bethlehem, Ohio, October 15, 1818, states, that he had preached in Canton, the seat of justice in Stark County; and was proceeding on the same errand to New Philadelphia, the seat of justice in Tuscarawas County, where, notwithstanding the warnings in opposition from their Minister, much interest was excited, and many declared they would come and hear for themselves. The Rev. David Powell, of Steubenville, Ohio, writes as follows:

“Dear and Rev. Brother,            “October 17, 1818=62.
“I set out about the last of August on a tour through the lower part of the State of Ohio, and the upper part of Indiana, intending to disseminate the heavenly doctrines of the New Jerusalem in every town and village, where an opening could be obtained. Accordingly I have performed my intention, yet not to the extent of my desire; for many obstacles will unavoidably intervene, to prevent the advancement of the Lord’s kingdom on earth. Those preventing things are always from the black world of evils and falses. I returned this day week, having been from hence six weeks, in which time I had many opportunities of discovering the general flow of truth, that is imperceptibly making its way in the understandings of men. {305} I shall not enter on a minute or particular detail of circumstances, seeing this would be prolixity without use; suffice it to give the essence. During the six weeks, I travelled about seven hundred miles, preached it, eighteen different places, sometimes to upwards of two hundred persons, but seldom less than forty or fifty. I had with me some sermons of my own, which I distributed. I performed two baptisms, and the ordination of our beloved brother, Thomas Newport, to the Ministry in the Lord’s New Church, the New Jerusalem. The ceremony, I trust, was performed with that due solemnity and reverence, which will be acceptable to the Lord. In all the places where I preached, I found the people were struck with a kind of surprise and consternation, the subject of the New Jerusalem not having been ever before heard of in many of those places; yet I found so little opposition in any, that it amounts to little worth notice. I may indeed say, that the preparation of the minds of men, through the new angelic heaven, has caused a predisposition in a great number of the inhabitants of the earth. Indeed the fields are white already to harvest, but labourers appear to be too few. It is truly astonishing to find in a part of the country, where the New Church doctrines have never been heard, how cordially many would receive them, were it not for the prejudice of some of the Clergy, who, as soon as the doctrines are opened, are aroused, and endeavour to root out all the precious seed, and disqualify the minds of the Laity for its reception or growth. But the Lord’s work will go on, till all those opposing principles are put out of the way: then ‘the light of the moon shall be as the light of the suit, and the light of the sun seven-fold, as the light of seven days.’ I might have gone into a long detail of particulars of my journey and preaching, but did not think it necessary or useful, seeing my object is to let you know something of a general nature. From what I have through my late tour discovered, and from information received otherwise, I find the visible signs of the times will ere long be more strictly attended to, and the mental optics of mankind will advance to a higher degree of spiritual sight, and that a general reformation and regeneration will grace the world. These things to us are plain; we can view them from causes, if not from ends. Although we stand on a very elevated situation, with respect to the advancement of the Lord’s kingdom, let us, my brother, be humble. The many institutions of different kinds, to promote the grand object, though it may be done under many forms and old names, yet the members of the New Church view them as one grand assemblage of circumstances to bring about what we so ardently desire. Let them go on: he that is not against the reformation of the world, is in our favour. I care not for mere names; anything that can catch a spark of heavenly fire, is a fit material for the glorious building, seeing it is a building of love and universal good-will among men.”

Another letter is inserted from the Rev. Thomas Newport, dated Lebanon, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1818=62; the contents of which will be found highly gratifying. This aged and Reverend gentleman may truly say, “The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.” His letter contains much information, and is written in great haste, rather in the brief style of a diary, than in that of a regular piece of composition. It is here given in the same form in which it was received.

“At our association much harmony prevailed. I had the principal part of the service to perform, as neither Mr. H. nor Mr. P. attended. The meeting was large and respectable, and held in a handsome grove on my own land. Between two and three hundred persons attended. More interest I never saw, nor better behaviour. The bread and wine were administered to nine persons. The sphere of love was ecstatic, not only with the communicants, but generally with the people. After the communion there was an intermission of fifteen minutes. Mr. Isaac Waters delivered an excellent written sermon, and in a masterly manner, it being his first attempt. Since the close of the association the Rev. David Powell came. He and myself have travelled the chief of the time, and preached many sermons. The following is a summary: first, at Mr. S-‘s school- house,- a congregation of sixty; in the evening at my house,- say forty-five. We visited a neighbourhood on the west side of the Big Miami, Butler County, Ohio. Here we preached in a Methodist house, to a delighted audience, chiefly Methodists and Presbyterians,- several of no particular order of Christians. {306} They were so pleased, and particularly the young (although the doctrine was concerning the Lord, and particularly the Divine Humanity,) that an aged leading member of the Methodists, at the solicitation of the young, asked an evening discourse. I attended; but when the old people came, as well as the young, (perhaps fifty or sixty,) the old said they wanted more of the doctrine of the Lord. I divided the discourse between the old and the young, to the joy of all. The people are like the ripe harvest. Oh! how acceptable would be a travelling Missionary, who could support himself in the incidental expenses, which would not be great,- there are many so disposed to the doctrines. Saturday, in the evening, Mr. Powell and myself proceeded to Mr. E-y’s. Preached at noon, and in the evening. Next day proceeded to Cincinnati – staid in town – met several of the most intelligent New Church members – delightful interview. Visited several friends next day – had an evening meeting in a school-house – about one hundred hearers; among them seven persons, who were lately Deists, singing the Praises of the Divine Humanity, in the most elevated strains. I never heard such lofty sounds by human voices. It seemed as if heaven had come down on earth.- Wednesday morning proceeded towards Dr. W-d’s – called at Judge S-‘s – he was at court – arrived at Dr. W-d’s at one o’clock – had a meeting in the evening – three Ministers attended – one a Presbyterian Missionary from New Hampshire*, a Baptist Minister from the neighbourhood, and a New Light Minister from Lexington, Kentucky – many interesting particulars in the conversation with the Presbyterian and New Light Ministers, too long for a letter, they lodging at the Doctor’s, as well as ourselves. The Doctor is becoming enamoured with the heavenly doctrines.- Next morning went to Lawrenceburg, where we arrived at 12 o’clock.- David Powell went to Wilmington, seven miles, where he preached to an audience of very anxious hearers – some of them have been Halcyonists, but are approaching towards the heavenly doctrines – are tired of following the eccentric Sergeant.
* “It would be a delightful subject of contemplation to see a Missionary from a distance of near one thousand miles, sent to convert the people of the West, taken in the wide net of the New Church. This indeed would be catching men.”
“I tarried in Lawrenceburg at the amiable and Reverend Dr. F-‘s, of the Baptists, and a Mr. C–‘s, one of the most celebrated teachers of vocal music – preached to about fifty or sixty – the Doctor attended – all seemed delighted.- At 12 o’clock brother David Powell arrived – went up the river – called at a stranger’s house, (Methodists) sung a hymn, prayed with the family, conversed an hour – the old people, especially the lady, enamoured with the doctrines – proceeded on – called at a Congregationalist’s, J. C., Esq.- staid all night – preached to about twenty – proceeded to Hamilton – taken sick – proceeded on notwithstanding – went ten miles, and preached to fifty or sixty, although the notice was but about forty minutes – the people, Baptists and Methodists generally – all seemed highly delighted.- In the morning had sixteen miles to ride to our appointment – about seventy persons attended – in the afternoon was ordained to the Ministry.- Monday, 3 o’clock, David Powell preached in the Methodist Meeting-house, in Lebanon, the Society, by the Trustees, granting the privilege. The Lord is making wonderful arrangements in this country for his New Church. There were four Ministers of the Methodist connection, and nearly all the respectable gentlemen of the town, and perhaps sixty ladies. Such a sphere of the New Church I scarcely ever felt. David Powell was uncommonly illuminated, – 28th, in the evening, had a meeting at a New Light preaching place – fifty persons – all attention.- Please excuse faults – have scarcely time to read the letter.”

The Editors of the American New Church Repository proceed to state, that “in the South-western part of Virginia, there is a very large increase of members of the New Church, of the most respectable standing in society; and great expectations are formed of a still further extension of the doctrines in the neighbourhood.”
The following letter from Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, affords an encouraging hope that the donation therein mentioned, like seed sown in good ground, will in time produce an abundant harvest. {307}

“Gentlemen,            Nashville, August 28, 1818.

“I am requested by the proprietors of the Nashville Library, in their names, to acknowledge the receipt of the Arcana Coelestia, and other valuable works of the late learned and inspired Swedenborg, for the use of this infant institution. Works so well calculated to improve our condition in this world, and brighten our prospects of futurity, have laid us under heavy obligations to your benevolence. With sentiments of respect and esteem, believe us to be sincerely yours.”

The Editors further remark, that “an intelligent correspondent, in whom the most implicit reliance is to be placed, speaking of a celebrated College in the United States, says, ‘There are a few readers in that institution, who, I am told, call loudly for more books; and it is told in such a manner that I believe it, that the Government have ordered in Swedenborg’s works to be added to their library.’ The president, likewise, of one of the Universities in the United States has expressed, to a member of the New Church in this city, his desire that the writings of Swedenborg should be presented to the institution over which he presides, saying, “they should be placed in the library, and recommended to be read.” These two highly respectable institutions are one thousand miles distant from each other. A copy of the Universal Theology has been presented to, and deposited in, the library of Yale College, New-Haven, Connecticut; and for many years past, a number of the writings of Swedenborg have been possessed by the Library Company of Philadelphia, from which they have been borrowed, for perusal, by the members and others.

“In the city of Philadelphia, the Temple continues to be crowded on the Lord’s day, both in the morning and afternoon; and the Church daily becomes more and more a favourite with the public. Baptisms are frequent, and members from time to time are added to the Church. But, over and above this, another very important object is obtained. This city, being the resort of numerous visitors from all parts of the United States, great numbers of respectable persons from a distance, particularly from the westward and southward, have, at different times, attended worship in the Temple, with which they have been highly gratified. Some have hereby been induced to embrace the doctrines cordially; and many have said, they had heretofore imbibed prejudices against them, which have been completely removed. Several have declared their intention to read and examine for themselves. In fact, it has been found, that the public and open teaching of the doctrines from the pulpit has had a most powerful effect. This is what we might reasonably have expected. What New Church-man can read No. 791 of the Universal Theology, without seeing, as clear as the noon-day sun, that preaching is one of the most important and useful means of disseminating the truths of the New Jerusalem? If the Lord himself has so extensively provided for this mode of spreading his Church, may we not expect striking and constantly increasing correspondent effects throughout the world? Great effects in the natural have their origin in the spiritual world. We may therefore look for an increase of Missionary efforts in an accelerated ratio.
“There are now resident, in the state of Ohio, four ordained Ministers of the New Jerusalem Church, which is a greater number than there is in any other state of the Union, New York having two, and Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, each but one. How is this? “Shall it be so done in our country, that the younger sister shall be married before the first-born?”
“In a country with such an immense territory as the United States, and a population doubling itself every twenty years, where religious prejudices are vanishing like the morning clouds, and neither political institutions nor religious establishments oppose the slightest impediment to the propagation of the truth, where even Caesar says, ‘Render to Caesar the things only that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s,’ what may we not hope for the dissemination of the verities of the New Jerusalem! {308} Our population now exceeds ten millions of civilized inhabitants, all of them emigrants or descendants of emigrants from the eastern hemisphere. At the ratio, in which we have heretofore multiplied, and which the almost unlimited expanse of our land will long continue, we may expect, within a century, to surpass the population of all Europe. We shall then exhibit to the world the striking picture of a nation of more than one hundred and twenty millions, all speaking the English language, with uniform manners and a general similarity of sentiment, enjoying, in the highest degree the liberty of speech and of the press. Amongst a people, like the men of Athens, always inquiring after some new thing, universally occupied in reading the numerous publications of the day, and in the constant habit of debating in public meetings, more or less numerous or dignified, their political and social concerns, with a great readiness of utterance, and an uncommon subtlety of argument, the march of religious truth will move with a rapidity not to be calculated. When we reflect, that the despised, wandering, exiled son of Abraham has at length, after a lapse of seventeen centuries, here first acquired a citizenship and a homo, that the Christian, the Jew, the Mahometan, and the Gentile, may here meet upon equal terms, and as in one grand temple offer up their unrestrained adorations, in every varied form, to the Great I AM, thus representing the whole spiritual world, where all nations and tribes are gathered together; must w e not be fully satisfied, that this country has been founded under the auspices of the Divine Providence, for the establishment of the last and noblest dispensation of divine truth among men? Even the transplantation of the numerous hordes of degraded Africans, disorderly as it may seem for the present, will appear to the eye, penetrating into the distant future, as forming a part of that great plan of Him who operates on a scale, and for a duration, beyond the comprehension of man. Some of our older friends of the New Church may recollect the favourite opinion of a departed enthusiastic friend, from Sweden, who entertained the notion that the New Church would never flourish to any extent, until a communication was opened between the Church in Africa and that in Europe; which event, in his ardent contemplation of correspondences, he compared to the union of the will and the understanding. It is known that he lost his life, if we are not misinformed, in the pursuit of his favourite system, perishing in the unhealthy climate of Sierra Leone, in one of the early expeditions to that colony.* May not Providence be now in this country in the course of accomplishing actually, by this, combined with other events, what our friend had but a slight glimpse of in theory; and may we not see in America, thus eventually produced, that complete preparation of the means, which are absolutely necessary for the effectual and permanent establishment of the Church? The position of the United States strengthens the conjecture. United on the east by a most active commerce with every port in Europe and Africa; touching on the north-west the extended realms of Russia and the Tartar tribes; bounded on the west by the great Pacific, whose placid surface will afford an easy and uninterrupted communication with China and Southern Asia, whilst Mexico and the other Spanish colonies are in her immediate neighbourhood, looking up to her example and her institutions with a wistful eye, marking every trait for their imitation; what must be the magnificent part she is raised up to perform on the great theatre of uses in the Lord’s spiritual kingdom?”
* The individual here referred to, we suppose to be Mr. C. B. Wadstrom, mentioned in p. 40 of this work. His death did not occur in Sierra Leone, but in Paris in 1799. – ED.