INTRODUCTION.

THE duty of discriminating in relation to religious doctrines which come under our observation, is very clearly enjoined in the scriptures. Thus: "Be not carried about by divers and strange doctrines "- "Beware lest ye, being led away by the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness". -"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they be of God, for many false prophets are gone out into the world." Of the same tenor is the command of Paul to the Thessalonians, "Prove all things, hold fast that which is good;" in which it is evident that by the word things, doctrines are meant.

What was the duty of the primitive Christians, is most certainly the duty of Christians of the present day. The above commands are as binding upon us as upon them. We are commanded to prove all doctrines, and hold fast those which are good.

There is spreading among us at the present time, a doctrine, or rather a system of doctrines, called Universalism. This system is quite different from what most of us have em