gy, which have produced this controversy. Were I capable of applying to such persons many of the remarks which I have been compelled to apply, in the foregoing pages, to Dr. Bowden and Mr. How, I should deem myself one of the most uncandid and unjust of men. And, I will add, that it would give me much pain, if any thing in this, or my preceding volume, should be considered as pointing at Episcopalians of that liberal class. Differences of opinion there are, and will be, between us; but if these differences are maintained on both sides with that spirit which the Holy Ghost teacheth, they will neither foster the wrath of man, nor interfere with real christian unity. Continue, then, I intreat you, to cherish on your part a spirit of amity and conciliation whatever reception it may meet with. Be always ready to exhibit your share, and more than your share, of this temper. And then, whatever may be the result, it will turn to you for a testimony. Re. member that the haughty language, or the unscriptural claims of the most uncharitable of our Episcopal brethren, cannot possibly injure us; but that we shall always injure ourselves exactly in proportion as we lose sight of that holy spirit which adorned and united the disciples of Christ in the days of apostolic purity, and which compelled even their enemies to exclaim, "Behold how these Chris"tians love one another!"

Whether your Pastors are lawful ministers, and the ordinances which they dispense legitimate ordinances, are questions which, happily, it is not for

Dr. Bowden and Mr. How to decide. There is a day approaching when they will be decided before a higher Tribunal, and with consequences more interesting than language can express. Happy will it be for us if, in that day, we shall all be found members of that holy Church, which the divine Redeemer hath purchased with his blood, and adorned with his Spirit! Happy will it be for your ministers, if they shall be found, in that day, to have preached not themselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and themselves your servants for Jesus' sake! And happy will it be for you, my brethren, if it shall then appear that you have not rested in rites and forms; but that you have received the truth in the love of it; that Christ has been formed in you the hope of glory; and that you belong to that chosen generation, that royal priesthood, that holy nation, that peculiar people, who shall for ever show forth the praises of Him who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light! That this blessedness may be shared by you, and equally by them also, whom, in this controversy, we have been called to oppose, is the unfeigned prayer of,

My Christian Brethren,

Your affectionate Servant in the Gospel,

SAMUEL MILLER.