truth of Universalism ! He gives, first the passage, and
then his remarks upon it, as follows:
  "UNIVERSAL RESTITUTIoN.-And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached unto you; whom the heavens must
receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God
hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the
world began, Acts iii. 20, 21.
  REMARKS.-Why in the name of wonder, is it, that men
will reject the doctrine of the Universal Restoration of man,
in face of the testimony of 'all God's holy prophets, since
the world began '   Surely men are beside themselves, and
know not what they do. The Lord give them light, and open
their eyes !"
  The gentleman here asks why, in the name of wonder,
will men reject the doctrine of the Universal Restoration
of man, in the face of the testimony of all God's holy
prophets, since the world began  He thinks, they must
be beside themselves ; and in the fervor of his benev-
olence he prays that God will give themn light. And yet
this same gentleman now admits, that at the time Peter
uttered these words, and for eight years afterwards, he
did not believe, and, of course, did not preach the Univer-
sal Restoration of Man! ! ! He, of course, admits that
" all God's holy prophets," referred to by Peter, did not
preach it, and that Mr. Pingree himself, when writing this
Tract, was greatly in the dark !
  Is it not strange that the gentleman should have selected
a discourse preached by a 6Partialist"-a believer in fu-
ture punishment-a discourse which directly refutes Uni-
versalism, as a triumphant proof of its truth  Look at
Peter's language in the verse immediately preceding the
verses quoted in Air. Pingree's Tract: "6 Repent ye there-
fore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which be-
fore was preached unto you; whom the heavens must re-
ceive until the times of the restitution of all things," &c.
Observe, Peter called upon men to repent, and be Cona-
verted, in order that their sins might be blotted out at
the time of the restitution of all things, when Christ



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