himself will ultimately be restored. I know another Episcopal clergyman
who is a confirmed and advanced spiritualist; yet he believes in
Restoration; and he is a very able, devout, and godly man. Witness also
Archdeacon Farrar's book on "Eternal Hope;" yet that man held his
position in the church, and grew in public esteem till his dying day.


OPENING OF THE PULPITS.

And there was lately a remarkable expression of Christian charity on the
part of the Episcopal Church in the United States. At a triennial
convention of that body held at Richmond, there was passed a resolution
opening the pulpits of the Episcopal Church to clergymen of other
denominations. The resolution was then referred to the House of Bishops,
which passed it by a vote that was practically unanimous.

This is a marvellous advance in Christian unity, and a tacit
recognition of the secondary nature of many questions that were once
thought to be of primary importance. Amongst other topics, there may
well be a difference of opinion on matters pertaining to the next life.

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And I believe that the Methodist Church is really, though not avowedly,
in a state of transition on the same point. I was speaking a short time
ago with a noted official of that church, and one that has a wide and
intimate acquaintance with the views of his brethern. He said to me,
very candidly, that the ministers of the Methodist Church do not believe
in eternal punishment; and he said this with such an air of satisfaction
that I concluded that he himself took that position.