strained to regard Mr. Jeter's book as conceived and brought forth in direct and violent opposition to this movement, and for the special purpose of defeating it. And to this I also ascribe, as in duty bound, all the puffs and commendations of it from that portion of the Baptist press that in heart and seul, in mind and strength, are opposed to the revision enterprise. It is not that they love me less, but that they hate this enterprise more, that such men as the hero warriors-Mr. Crowel, of the "Western Watchman," and others of great antipaMen that are as cold thy-puff Mr. Jeter's prodigieus effort.

as death in Christian sympathies, and as hot as Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace in their wrath against my humble self. But we will leave them to Him that judges righteously, and who will reward us all according to our works.

With Dr. Ryland and Dr. Burroughs, we had very agreeable interviews, as also with Dr. Gwathney, President of the Young Men's Christian Association, who favored me with repeated calls, and with whom we freely interchanged Christian views and sentiments.

On Lord's day (23d) I again addressed a crowded house in Sycamore, on the 11th chapter to the Hebrews, developing and dwelling upon the great principle of Evangelical Faith. After dining with Bro. Spence, in the evening we again addressed the church and citizens on the rudimental principles of the gospel of the Reign of Heaven, as developed in several portions of the New Testament; but much fatigued with previous labors, we could not amplify farther than the simple elements that constitute the basis of the Christian Institution, and that render it worthy of universal acceptation.

We had the pleasure of the presence of Bro. Goss at our last address in Richmond, with whom, Bro. Coleman, Bro. Pettigrew, and many other kindred hearts, we then took the parting hand. This, with me, But it always enis always a soul-subduing and enervating scene. hances, in our esteem, that soul-cheering hope, that we all, who love the kingdom and the coming of the Lord, shall meet again, "where congregations ne'er break up, and Sabbaths never end."

On Monday morning the 24th, at 74 o'clock, we were conducted to the cars by our Bro. Waller, whose generous Old Virginia hospitalities we had so often and so richly enjoyed. We safely arrived at Washington City at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. No sooner had the Potomac steamer touched the wharf, than we were taken by the hand by Bro. Barclay, accompanied by Bro. Carpenter, a graduate of Bethany College, now an officer under the Federal Government, and by them placed in a carriage and conducted to the residence of Bro. R. G. Campbell. Under whose hospitable roof, Mrs. Campbell and myself were most felicitously introduced to sister Barclay and her SERIES IV.-VOL. VI.

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daughter Sarah. We immediately found ourselves at home; and though hitherto personally unknown to sister Barclay and daughter, we were mutually well known. It was truly a greeting of full hearts. There are tears of joy as well as tears of sorrow. We are experienced in both. We much enjoyed the Christian hospitalities of Bro. Campbell, under whose roof brother and sister Barclay now reside, boarding there during the winter.

We were pleased to learn that Bro. Barclay was progressing with his volume on his residence and labors in Jerusalem. This cannot fail to be a work of great interest to American Christians of every name. We hope soon to receive it. The innumerable associations with Jerusalem and Palestine, in the hearts of all Christians, will doubtless greatly interest them in this work. They will find much pleasure, though it should, in some respects, be a melancholy pleasure, in the details of such a volume. Every thing about Jerusalem is pregnant with reminiscences of hallowed scenes transacted there. Even in its ruins, as well as in its former glory, every heart pregnant with celestial fire, will take a lively interest. But it is not Jerusalem only, but it is Palestine also, in its once hallowed hills and valleys, its sacred mounts, its rivers and fountains-all are dear to every student of the Holy Bible. We are all looking for it with great interest, and will hail its appearance as we would the return of a long absent and much beloved and venerated friend.

That same evening we were pressed to deliver a discourse in the basement of the recently erected Baptist meeting-house, tendered to us very courteously by Elder Teasdale, formerly of Pittsburgh, He has long been favorably known to us as a gentleman and Christian of large benevolence and of much energy of character, of much power with the people, and as eminently successful in his ministrations.

We had, from a few hours' notice, quite a respectable and a very attentive audience; amongst whom we were pleased to see our highly esteemed friend, Judge M'Lean, of the Supreme Court, and his lady, sister M'Lean, one of the most liberal and generous contributors to Bethany College. The pastor of this infant church united with us, in a Christian-like manner, in the worship of the evening.

Our theme was a passage in the 16th chapter of Matthew-"Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am?" &c. The confession of Faith-the superlative Oracle on which Jesus said he would build his church, or base his reign in the human heart. On the next forenoon we had a very pleasing interview with sister M'Lean and other ladies and gentlemen, interested in the great theme of the Messiah's kingdom.

At 4 o'clock P. M., we were conducted to the cars for Baltimore, by

Bro. Barclay. We were glad to learn that his health is greatly restored since his return to the United States. His two sons are now exhibiting his much lauded panorama view of Jerusalem, and delivering lectures upon it, in the Northern cities. We learn from many sources, that it is a painting of superlative merit, and much admired by the most intelligent classes of society. We hope to see it on this side of the Alleghenies.

From Washington we found ourselves in Baltimore in a few hours, enjoying the Christian hospitalities of Bro. F. D. Dungan and family. We had happy interviews with many of our brethren in Baltimore. On Thursday morning, the 27th, we found ourselves seated in the church of the Disciples. We addressed them from the 12th chapter to the Romans, and again, in the evening, on the 1st chapter to the Hebrews; on Friday evening the 15th chap. of 1 Corinthians engaged our attention. On Lord's day morning, the 30th, the 2d chapter of the Acts of Apostles engrossed our attention, and also in the evening. We had a very interesting and a much interested auditory. Amongst our auditory was the Rev. T. H. Stockton, with whom we spent a very interesting evening. He is, by general concession, one of the most eloquent of American preachers, and a gentleman of much catholicity of feeling. His sermons are short, on well selected topics, and of a practical tendency. The style is rich in imagery-luxuriant and fascinating in rhetorical beauties. They are, however, more theological than Christological, more modern than primitive in their terminology, more captivating of the imagination than alluring of the affections, and more charitable to the frailties of the age than exacting of the terms and conditions of primitive Christianity. There is a great diversity of personalities in our common humanity, and they are all necessary to the full development of it and to the full enjoyment of it. There is not an unintentional doublet in all God's universe. The characterisms of humanity are equal to its personalities, and as necessary, too, in order to a full manifestation of it and to the full enjoyment of it. But there is an abstract character as well as a real character, and every man has, in his own mental visual, a beau ideal to which he endeavors to conform himself. But this, by the way, is a free will offering.

During our short sojourn in Baltimore, we enjoyed, besides the Christian hospitalities of our most estimable Bro. Dungan and family, those of brethren Morling, Sitler, sister M'Comas, and our friend Mr. Pancoast, and had the honor of a courteous call from Dr. Fuller.

On Monday morning, the 31st of January, accompanied by Bro. William Dungan to the cars, we next morning found ourselves in Wheeling before 4 o'clock, and thought it convenient to pay an in

stalment of three or four hours to the presiding genius of sleep. A Wheeling we obtained a sleigh, and in the evening of New Year's day, found ourselves at home, safely seated amidst our family and sundry friends assembled to bid us welcome. We then found two new obligations pressing upon us-a debt of gratitude to the Father of mercies for having safely guarded and protected us in all our journeyings from thousands of dangers, seen and unseen by us; and also for having, in our absence of forty-eight days, most mercifully watche over and guarded those we left behind us, committed to his care.

A. C.

OUR UNITARIANISM.

PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 1856. BROTHER CAMPBELL-On page 234 of the April number of the Millennial Harbinger, just received, I read a letter written by T. A. Alexander to Rev. Mr. Apperson, dated Princeton, March 18, 1856in reply to an inquiry with reference to the charge brought against you of Unitarianism, found in the Life of Dr. Archibald Alexander, first Professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey. The writer of this letter is ignorant of the "volume" in question, containing this charge. He is one of the sons of the late distinguished Professor, but is not the author of the work containing his life. This was written by James W. Alexander, D. D., and published by Charles Scribner, 145 Nassau street, New York, 1854. On pp. 502-3, you will find a letter written by Dr. Alexander, Princeton, March 9, 1832, and first published in a work of the same year, written by Dr. Sprague, on Revivals." In this letter, page 503 of the Life of Alexander, you will find these words: "Religious excitement has been common among Pagans, Mohammedans, Heretics, and Papists. And in our time, there have been great religious excitements among those who reject the fundamental doctrines of the gospel, as, for example, the Christians, who are Unitarian, and the Newlights, or Schismatics, of the West, and the Campbellites, who deny the proper divinity of our Lordy, and the seriptural doetrine of the

atonement."

I suppose that this is the passage referred to by the gentleman to whom T. A. Alexander addressed the letter as found in the late number of the Harbinger. My attention was called to it sometime since by Dr. Barclay, and as such charges are so common, it made but little impression on my mind at the time; but seeing that the ground of

this allegation was unknown to his son, as above referred to, I thought it best to turn to the work and trascribe the passage.

You will see that the letter of his father was written in 1832, and his Life published in 1854. It is strange that the learned Professor was, at the time, so ignorant of your published views on the proper divinity of Christ and the work of atonement. And it is still more strange, after all that you have written, published, and preached on these vital questions, the compiler and editor of his memoirs did not know better, and correct the error with which his father had (unintentionally) fallen in regard to your views, which could easily have been done in a note at the bottom of the page. It is not too late now to set this matter right, and the amende honorable certainly is demanded at his hands, not only in the public journals of the day, but in the future editions of his work. Whatever may be the errors you are charged with, it is most certain, that on these great questions, you are as sound as was Dr. Miller, or Dr. Alexander, or the assembly of Divines that made the Westminster Confession of Faith.

I have been a constant reader of your works for more than thirty years; have heard you preach a great many discourses; conversed with you and heard you converse on all subjects connected with the Christian religion; have read what you have written, and heard you repeatedly on these two questions in particular, and I have never had occasion to doubt your sincere and intelligent belief in reference either to the proper divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, or the nature of his sacrificial death in the work of atonement. On these two subjects I have been particularly jealous, as I never have had any misgivings in regard to them; and I am certain, that if there had been any tendencies in your writings or speeches towards "Unitarianism," I would have detected it.

Nothing has surprised me more than these charges, by the more intelligent leaders of the parties around us. Even Dr. J. B. Jeter, page 74, "Campbellism Examined," relieves you from them. He thus writes: "By some persons Mr. Campbell was suspected and charged with leaning towards Unitarianism. For this impression I have never found any good ground. In his zeal to introduce what he termed a 'pure speech,' he rejected the words 'Trinity' and 'Trinitarianism,' and also some notions, more or less prevalent, concerning the Trinity; but so far as I can discover, he clearly and uniformly maintained the doctrine of Christ's Godhead, and the vicarious and expiatory nature of his sufferings." If any one could or would have detected your heresy on these questions, it would have been the author of this work. Nothing would have given him a greater triumph. It is quite a redeeming quality of a badly written book, and which

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