Publication date
7/1/02
Volume
23
Number
13
The WatchTower
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(191-195) 
ZIONJS 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA. 
Edenic 
condition, 
the 
preparation 
of 
the 
garden 
for 
man's 
use 
would 
have 
been 
unnecessary; 
neither 
would 
It 
have 
been 
in 
harmony 
with 
divine 
economy 
to 
have 
first 
brought 
the 
earth 
to 
perfection, 
and 
then 
to 
have 
blasted 
and 
bhghted 
it; 
rather, 
by 
the 
method 
adopted, 
God 
is 
showing 
his 
forekll0wledge 
of 
whatsoever 
has 
come 
to 
pass. 
The 
curse 
is 
lifting 
from 
the 
earth, 
in 
proportIOn 
as 
man 
IS 
gaining 
victories, 
intellectual 
and 
chemical 
and 
mechanical, 
over 
it, 
by 
which 
he 
is 
subduing 
it. 
These 
are 
under 
divine 
guillanpe, 
and 
undoubtedly 
will 
greatly 
increase 
throughout 
the 
l\hllennial 
age, 
and 
as 
they 
increase 
the 
curse 
will 
to 
that 
c'(tE'nt 
disappear, 
untll 
by 
the 
close 
of 
the 
Millennial 
age, 
with 
human 
pprf('ptlOn, 
there 
will 
also 
be 
earth-pprfection. 
THE 
JUDGMENT 
OF 
"THE 
PRINCE 
OF 
THIS 
WORLD" 
Qucstwn.-To 
whom 
or 
what 
do 
vou 
under 
stan 
II 
our 
Lord's 
wOllls 
in 
.Tohn 
12 
-in; 
14' 
:30, 
to 
refer 
Is 
not 
the 
Dzaglott 
foot-not" 
on 
this 
ven;l' 
mi~('onceptlOn? 
.tnsll 
cr.-\\'c 
und"rstand 
the 
"prince 
of 
this 
world" 
here 
mentionl'd 
to 
be 
the 
samc 
el~e,vhere 
denominated, 
"the 
prince 
of 
the 
pO\H'r 
of 
thl' 
air 
\\ho 
now 
,\orketh 
in 
the 
hearts 
of 
th(, 
elll],ln'n 
of 
(!lsobl'tli"np(''' 
From 
thi'l 
you 
will 
see 
that 
,\t' 
\\0111,1 
nut 
at 
all 
agrpe 
with 
\Yakefielll'" 
suggestion, 
as 
gin'n 
III 
tllP 
Ihaglott 
foot-noiR. 
In 
refl']pnce 
to 
.Tohn 
12::30, 
31, 
our 
thought 
is 
that 
the 
"prJnpl''' 
th"f{' 
referrl'd 
to 
is 
Satan 
also. 
Satan 
and 
his 
rull'r­ 
~hip 
of 
llIHmler 
and 
~in 
had 
repeivpd 
no 
particular 
sentence 
or 
ebukl' 
from 
the 
Lord 
up 
to 
tIllS 
time; 
indeed, 
the 
appear­ 
anp('s 
W('l" 
that 
l'ithl'r 
God's 
law 
or 
God's 
creatures 
were 
im­ 
jll'l 
fl'pt, 
anll 
hE'ncl' 
that 
sin 
was 
unavOldabll'. 
TIut 
when 
our 
Lord 
.Tl'~us, 
by 
hiS 
obedience 
amI 
saprifice, 
uphcld 
the 
law, 
and 
malIc 
it 
honorable, 
and 
proved 
that 
it 
was 
within 
the 
rang(' 
of 
perfect 
mnn's 
abi!lty 
to 
keE'p 
it, 
he 
thereby 
"con­ 
(]cmn"d 
sin 
in 
the 
flesh," 
and, 
incidentally, 
condemned 
Satan's 
('nhr(' 
rull'. 
And 
not 
only 
so, 
but 
by 
the 
purcha'le 
of 
the 
world 
of 
mankind 
With 
his 
own 
life, 
he 
secured 
the 
legal 
con- 
trol 
of 
the 
world, 
or 
the 
right 
to 
bring 
it 
from 
under 
subjec­ 
tion 
to 
sin 
and 
Satan, 
back 
into 
harmony 
with 
God, 
In 
this 
sense 
of 
the 
word 
"this 
world," 
or 
the 
order 
of 
things 
then 
in 
vogue, 
and 
still 
in 
vogue 
with 
the 
world, 
was 
condemned, 
sen­ 
tenced 
to 
overthrow, 
from 
the 
time 
that 
our 
Lord 
Jesus 
was 
lifted 
up, 
finished 
his 
work 
of 
redemption, 
and 
was 
accepted 
of 
the 
Father 
as 
the 
purchaser 
and 
King 
of 
the 
earth, 
the 
Second 
Adam. 
"Now 
shall 
the 
prince 
of 
thiS 
world 
be 
cast 
out:" 
The 
casting 
out 
of 
Satan 
followed 
the 
redemptive 
work 
hy 
Christ. 
He 
is 
cast 
out 
so 
far 
as 
the 
Church 
is 
eon­ 
cernerI; 
for 
we 
are 
not 
to 
allow 
Satan 
or 
sm 
to 
brar 
rule 
III 
our 
mortal 
bodies, 
but 
are 
to 
esteem 
ourselves 
free 
from 
his 
yoke, 
that 
we 
may 
serve 
the 
Lord. 
Moreover, 
the 
influence 
of 
the 
trnth 
is 
morc 
and 
more 
libcrating 
in 
the 
world 
of 
man­ 
kin(l, 
hreaking 
the 
shackle'l 
of 
~uppr~tltlOu. 
But 
hI' 
gn'a 
overthrow 
of 
Satan, 
and 
the 
great 
liberation 
of 
mankind 
has 
heen 
delayed, 
waiting 
for 
the 
gathering 
out 
of 
tl](' 
Plect, 
the 
full 
lifting 
up 
of 
the 
whole 
body 
of 
Christ. 
A'l 
soon 
as 
this 
is 
urcomplished 
thl' 
~entenl'e 
upon 
Satan 
and 
his 
gUVl'rnment, 
pnss('rI 
eighteE'n 
hundred 
years 
ago, 
will 
go 
mto 
etl'ect 
thor­ 
oughly. 
Satan's 
housE' 
and 
hou~ehold 
will 
b(' 
spoilpl!, 
wreckeli, 
pud 
nE'W 
Prince 
and 
his 
associates 
will 
take 
til<' 
kmgdom 
and 
possess 
it 
forever. 
SHE 
SHALL 
BE 
SAVED 
QupstlOn.--Do 
,uu 
ll!](ll'r~tand 
TWl 
l:i 
tn 
I", 
htpral? 
Ans!cpr.- 
Yes, 
\v{' 
understand 
that 
the 
Chri~tian 
mother 
may 
reasonahly 
exp('ct 
to 
be 
saved 
(presrrved) 
from 
much 
of 
the 
anguish 
incid('nt 
to 
motherhood 
;-to 
thi" 
enll 
Ill'r 
mind 
should 
rest 
fully 
upon 
the 
Lord, 
his 
love, 
his 
carr-l!read 
should 
be 
dismiRsed, 
and 
thus 
some 
of 
thp 
l'hlef 
fndorR 
of 
anguish 
would 
be 
removed. 
Feeling 
intenslfi(''l 
nearly 
all 
the 
(!lfikulties 
and 
trials 
of 
life; 
and 
with 
the 
Christian 
Iwrfcd 
love 
for 
God 
and 
the 
complete 
realization 
of 
the 
Lord's 
love 
for 
him, 
should 
cnst 
out 
all 
fear, 
and 
producp, 
instead, 
the 
peace 
of 
God 
which 
passeth 
all 
understanding, 
not 
only 
in 
our 
hearts, 
but 
also 
in 
large 
measure 
in 
our 
flesh. 
VOL. 
XXIII 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
JULY 
1, 
1902 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
13 
NOT 
MERELY 
REWORDING, 
BUT 
NEW 
CREED 
As 
many 
Presbyterian 
ministers 
will, 
undoubtedly, 
claim 
that 
their 
new 
creed 
is 
precisely 
the 
old 
one 
except 
that 
it 
is 
won!l'd 
in 
more 
modern 
language,-that 
they 
never 
did 
believe 
in 
"non·elect 
infants" 
and 
never 
professed 
to 
so 
believe, 
etc., 
etc., 
it 
is 
well 
that 
we 
now 
record 
the 
utterances 
of 
some 
of 
tlwse 
brethren 
who 
having 
so 
long 
felt 
uneasy 
about 
professing 
untruths 
and 
vowing 
to 
teach 
them 
to 
others, 
are 
now 
over­ 
Joyed 
hy 
ilw 
relief 
of 
thp 
nl'W 
l'onfession 
We 
give 
extracts 
bl'low 
from 
Rrv. 
Donehoo's 
first 
scrmon 
after 
the 
adoption 
of 
ill(' 
nE'W 
('r('ed 
(pvidpntl 
the 
gentleman's 
own 
report) 
from 
the 
"PIttsburg 
Post," 
May 
26. 
REJOICES 
OVER 
THE 
CREED 
REVISION 
Thl' 
pa~tor 
of 
the 
\\,pst 
End 
Presbyterian 
Church 
yesterday 
morning 
dplin'l 
cd 
sermon 
on 
the' 
followlllg 
te:-..t: 
II 
Thp~,. 
1:8. 
""VI' 
are 
bound 
to 
thank 
God 
alwavs 
for 
you, 
brethren, 
as 
it 
iR 
mE'et, 
becnu~e 
that 
your 
faith 
gro~eth 
exceedingly, 
and 
th!, 
chanty 
of 
pvery 
one 
of 
you 
all 
toward 
each 
other 
abound­ 
pth' 
"Thp 
time 
was 
when 
it 
was 
regarded 
as 
the 
very 
essence 
of 
orthodo'\y 
to 
hcliE've 
that 
religious 
discovery 
had 
reached 
its 
ut­ 
most 
limit 
with 
the 
d('liv('rances 
of 
the 
Westminster 
divines, 
.Jill! 
that 
furth('l' 
lIlvr'ltigation 
into 
the 
realms 
of 
truth 
exposed 
thl' 
auda"ious 
inve<,tigator 
to 
the 
charge 
of 
disloyaltv 
to 
the 
,tnndnr<ls, 
and 
marie 
man 
unworthv 
of 
the 
confidence 
or 
('n'n 
f"llowship 
of 
his 
morE' 
orthodox 
brpthrrn. 
This 
is 
not 
an­ 
pipnt 
hiRtOl'y. 
hut 
sobl'r 
facts 
occurring 
within 
score 
of 
years 
and 
closmi! 
on 
last 
Thurs,!ny 
with 
the 
practicnlly 
unanimouR 
adoptioJl 
of 
the 
COllllllittpC 
rl'port 
on 
crecd 
rl'vigion 
in 
our 
Gen­ 
('\',11 
AR-l'lllh!v 
in 
N"w 
York 
pity. 
The 
hig-hrst 
court 
of 
our 
l'1llllch. 
p'lmjlO'll'l! 
of 
men 
who 
argued 
nnu 
Yoted 
against 
such 
tiling-. 
gnllH'd 
do\\'n 
rpvision 
with 
rl'lish 
which 
sepmed 
to 
indi­ 
("It" 
thnt 
1t 
wns 
not 
such 
nn 
unpleasant 
dosp. 
niter 
nil. 
''It 
]~ 
in 
no 
spirit 
of 
triumph 
over 
prostrate 
foe 
thnt 
nll1l<ll' 
to 
th"s" 
things, 
but 
simply 
hecausp 
cnnnot 
r('pre,s 
my 
lOy 
that 
thl' 
miRt'l 
hnve 
clearel! 
nwny. 
nnd 
thnt 
hrighter 
day 
hns 
dnwnpd 
upon 
th('. 
church. 
It 
ig 
to 
me 
nn 
('spcPial 
causE' 
for 
rC]OipIII!! 
thnt 
('an 
sinnd 
up 
in 
the 
pulpit 
amI 
offer 
sal­ 
\'fll 
ion 
without 
any 
mentn 
resprvation, 
an(l 
without 
nny 
stip­ 
ulntlon 
that 
the 
one 
to 
whom 
thp 
offrr 
is 
e'(tende(! 
mU'lt 
first 
of 
all 
h(' 
onl' 
of 
thnt 
SE'lpct 
number 
who 
hn(1 
bE'E'n 
cho'len 
from 
n1l 
('tE'rnity 
to 
hI' 
the 
obi('ct 
of 
God's 
sonreign 
compassion 
sim­ 
ply 
for 
'His 
mE'r(' 
good 
pleasure.' 
... 
"I 
am 
glad 
besides 
that 
the 
ambiguous 
declaration 
about 
'elect 
infants 
dying 
in 
infancy' 
being 
saved- 
(as 
though 
it 
was 
possible 
for 
any 
other 
than 
infants 
to 
die 
in 
wfancy)­ 
while 
very 
painful 
silen('e 
is 
allowP(1 
to 
hnn!! 
around 
thl' 
fate 
of 
other 
babes 
that 
breathe 
and 
gasp, 
and 
die 
ere 
they 
had 
made 
acquaintance 
with 
joy 
or 
sorrow, 
sin 
or 
goodness-is 
now 
to 
be 
explained 
as 
teaching, 
what 
formidable 
party 
in 
the 
Westminster 
Assembly 
opposed 
with 
such 
persistence 
that 
they 
forced 
the 
Assembly 
to 
place 
this 
ambiguous 
statement 
in 
the 
Confession 
(that 
they 
believed 
in 
the 
damnation 
of 
un-elect 
infants) 
that 
God's 
election 
embraces 
all 
that 
die 
in 
infancy 
in 
His 
purposes 
of 
grace. 
am 
glad 
of 
that 
"Henceforth 
may 
we 
not 
hope 
that 
men 
will 
preach 
God, 
not 
as 
He 
would 
be 
if 
they 
could 
have 
had 
their 
way 
about 
it, 
and 
not 
acting 
as 
they 
would 
have 
done 
if 
they 
had 
been 
in 
His 
plaee, 
hut. 
as 
He 
has 
revpa!('d 
Flimsplf 
III 
hl~ 
'Yonl 
and 
pro\'!­ 
dence, 
God 
of 
infinite 
mercy 
and 
love, 
who 
is 
not 
willing 
that 
any 
should 
peri'lh, 
but 
who 
would 
have 
all 
men 
to 
be 
saved 
and 
to 
come 
to 
the 
knowledge 
of 
the 
truth~" 
Rev. 
L. 
P. 
Crawford, 
of 
Pasadena, 
Cal., 
says 
in 
the 
Califor­ 
nia 
press:- 
"When 
was 
ordained 
there 
were 
three 
things 
that 
would 
not 
subscrihe 
to. 
To 
thf'se 
three 
points 
said 
'No.' 
The 
first 
was 
this, 
in 
Chapter 
III: 
"'By 
the 
rIecree 
of 
God, 
for 
the 
manifestation 
of 
his 
glory, 
some 
men 
and 
angels 
are 
predestined 
unto 
everlasting 
life, 
and 
othE'rs 
foreordained 
to 
everlasting 
death!' 
"I 
sald: 
'I 
('an't 
go 
it-I'll 
hn 
\'e 
to 
1)l' 
Illallp 
0\ 
IT 
"Dr. 
Adams 
askl'd 
me: 
'Is 
therE' 
anything 
else, 
young 
mnn 
l' 
"'Yes, 
sir, 
there 
is.' 
said. 
'If 
where 
it 
speaks 
of 
elect 
in- 
fants, 
it 
is 
to 
hE' 
implkd 
that 
thPTe 
are 
infantg 
that 
nre 
not 
elppt, 
thl'n 
don't 
bdi('\,e 
it.' 
"'Anything 
else, 
young 
brother~' 
askE'd 
Dr. 
Adam'l, 
and 
rf'lll('mber 
it 
'l 
well 
as 
if 
it 
wns 
Vl'sterday. 
"')'('8.' 
~nid. 
'If 
it 
is 
mpnnt 
that 
~m 
to 
bp 
hel,l 
rl'sponsi­ 
hlf' 
for 
A(lam's 
sins, 
in 
the 
spnse 
that 
can 
hl' 
puniRhnhle 
for 
hf'T!1, 
then 
don't 
believE' 
it.' 
""Veil, 
my 
drnr 
broth 
PI',' 
snid 
Dr. 
Allams, 
'Thprp 
are 
gooll 
many 
or' 
us 
in 
thp 
snmp 
fi'(;' 
an(1 
thp\, 
!i('ensl'rI 
lnE'. 
"Now, 
thesp 
thrp(' 
POlllts 
that 
refus('(1 
to 
suhscrihe 
to 
are 
th(' 
prinPipnl 
ones 
takl'n 
up 
in 
tilE' 
revi'lion." 
'\'e 
are 
gla!1 
that 
the 
General 
Assemhl~' 
h'ls 
ginn 
thE'se 
hrn\'f' 
men 
thpir 
lihertv 
at 
last: 
tho 
WP 
ponfr'l" 
we 
would 
haye 
admirerI 
them 
still 
mor(' 
if 
thpv 
hall 
I)('rn 
rourngeous 
pnough 
to 
hnve 
promptlv 
and 
vigorously 
obeyed 
the 
voireR 
of 
their 
conscienres 
;-if 
they 
had 
refused 
to 
lend 
one 
mite 
of 
[3032) 
(191-195) Edenic condition, the preparation of the garden for man’s use would have been unnecessary; neither would it have been in harmony with divine economy to have first brought the earth to perfection, and then to have blasted and blighted it; rather, by the method adopted, God is showing his foreknowledge of whatsoever has come to pass. The curse is lifting from the earth, in proportion as man 18 gaining victories, intellectual and chemical and mechanical, over it, by which he is subduing it. These are under divine guidance, and undoubtedly will greatly increase throughout the Millennial age, and as they increase the curse will to that extent disappear, until by the close of the Millennial age, with human perfection, there will also be earth-perfection. THE JUDGMENT OF ‘‘THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD’’ Question.—To whom or what do you understand our Lord’s words in John 12-31; 14:30, to refer? Is not the Duaglott foot-note on this verse a misconception? -lnswer—We understand the “prince of this world” here mentioned to be the same elsewhere denominated, “the prince of the power of the air who now worketh in the hearts of the children of disobedience ” From this you will see that we would not at all agree with Wakefield's suggestion, as given in the Diaglott foot-note, In reference to John 12:30, 31, our thought is that the “prince” there referred to is Satan also. Satan and his rulership of disorder and sin had received no particular sentence or rebuke from the Lord up to this time; indeed, the appearanees were that cither God’s law or God’s creatures were imperfect, and hence that sin was unavoidable. But when our Lord Jesus, by his obedience and sacrifice, upheld the law, and made it honorable, and proved that it was within the range of a perfect man’s ability to keep it, he thereby “condemned gin in the flesh,” and, incidentally, condemned Satan’s entire rule, And not only so, but by the purchase of the world of mankind with his own life, he secured the legal con ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. trol of the world, or the right to bring it from under subjection to sin and Satan, back into harmony with God. In this sense of the word “this world,” or the order of things then in vogue, and still in vogue with the world, was condemned, sentenced to overthrow, from the time that our Lord Jesus was lifted up, finished his work of redemption, and was accepted of the Father as the purchaser and King of the earth, the Second Adam. “Now shall the prince of this world be cast out:” The casting out of Satan followed the redemptive work by Christ. He is cast out so far as the Church is concerned; for we are not to allow Satan or sm to bear rule in our mortal bodies, but are to esteem ourselves free from his yoke, that we may serve the Lord. Moreover, the influence of the truth is more and more liberating in the world of mankind, breaking the shackles of superstition. But the great overthrow of Satan, and the great liberation of mankind has been delayed, waiting for the gathering out of the elect, the full lifting up of the whole body of Christ. As soon ag this is accomplished the sentence upon Satan and his government, passed eighteen hundred years ago, will go into effect thoroughly. Satan’s house and household will be spoiled, wrecked, end a new Prince and his associates will take the kingdom and possess it forever, SHE SHALL BE SAVED Question.—Do you understand 1 Tim 2°15 to be literal? Answer.—Yes, we understand that the Christian mother may reasonably expect to be saved (preserved) from much of the anguish incident to motherhood ;—to this end her mind should rest fully upon the Lord, his love, his care—dread should be dismissed, and thus some of the chief factors of anguish would be removed. Feeling intensifies nearly all the difficulties and trials of life; and with the Christian perfect love for God and the complete realization of the Lord’s love for him, should cast out all fear, and produce, instead, the peace of God which passeth all understanding, not only in our hearts, but also in large measure in our flesh. Vout. XXIII ALLEGHENY, PA., JULY 1, 1902 No. 13 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER NOT MERELY A REWORDING, BUT A NEW CREED As many Presbyterian ministers will, undoubtedly, claim that their new creed is precisely the old one except that it is worded in more modern language,—that they never did believe in “non-elect infants” and never professed to so believe, etc., etc., it is well that we now record the utterances of some of these brethren who having so long felt uneasy about professing untruths and vowing to teach them to others, are now overjoyed by the relief of the new confession We give extracts below from Rev. Donehoo’s first sermon after the adoption of the new creed (evidently the gentleman’s own report) from the “Pittsburg Post,” May 26. REJOICES OVER THE CREED REVISION The pastor of the West End Presbyterian Church yesterday morning dehvered a sermon on the following teat: TL Thess. 1:8. “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth’ “The time was when it was regarded as the very essence of orthodoxy to believe that religious discovery had reached its utmost limit with the deliverances of the Westminster divines, and that further investigation into the realms of truth exposed the audacious investigator to the charge of disloyalty to the standards, and made a man unworthy of the confidence or even fellowship of his more orthodox brethren. This is not ancient history, but sober facts occurring within a score of years and closing on last Thursday with the practically unanimous adoption of the committee report on creed revision in our General Assembly in New York citv. The highest court of our chireh, composed of men who argued and voted against such a thing. gulped down revision with a relish which seemed to indieite that it was not such an unpleasant dose. after all. “Tt as in no spirit of triumph over a prostrate foe that I allude to these things, but simply because I cannot repress my joy that the mists have cleared away, and that a brighter day has dawned upon the,chureh. It is to me an especial cause for rejoicing that I can siand up in the pulpit and offer salvation without any mental reservation, and without any stipulation that the one to whom the offer is extended must first of all be one of that select number who had been chosen from all eternity to be the object of God’s sovereign compassion simply for ‘His mere good pleasure.’ . .. “T am glad besides that the ambiguous declaration about ‘elect infants dying in infancy’ being saved—(as though it was possible for any other than infants to die in infancy) — while a very painful silence is allowed to hang around the fate of other babes that breathe and gasp, and die ere they had made acquaintance with joy or sorrow, sin or goodness—is now to be explained as teaching, what a formidable party in the Westminster Assembly opposed with such persistence that they forced the Assembly to place this ambiguous statement in the Confession (that they believed in the damnation of un-elect infants) that God’s election embraces all that die in infancy in His purposes of grace. I am glad of that... . “Henceforth may we not hope that men will preach God, not as He would be if they could have had their way about it, and not acting as they would have done if they had been in His place, but. as He has revealed Himself in his Word and providence, a God of infinite mercy and love, who is not willing that any should perish, but who would have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth?’ Rev. L. P. Crawford, of Pasadena, Cal., says in the California press:— “When I was ordained there were three things that I would not subscribe to. To these three points I said ‘No. The first. was this, in Chapter III: ““By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death!’ “T said: ‘Ll can’t go it—I’N have to be made over’ “Dr. Adams asked me: ‘Is there anything else, young man” “Yes, sir, there is.’ I said. ‘If where it speaks of elect infants, it is to be implied that there are infants that are not elect, then I don’t believe it? “‘Anything else, young brother” asked Dr. Adams, and I remember it as well as if it was yesterday. “Yes.” YT said. ‘If it is meant that I am to be held responsihle for Adam’s sins, in the sense that I can be punishable for them, then I don’t believe it.’ “Well, my dear brother.” said Dr. Adams, ‘There are a good many of us in the same fix;’ and they licensed me. “Now, these three points that I refused to subseribe to are the principal ones taken up in the revision,” We are glad that the General Assembly hag given these brave men their Jibertv at last: tho we confess we would have admired them still more if they had been courageous enough to have promptly and vigorously obeyed the voices of their consciences;—if they had refused to lend one mite of [3032]

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