Voted, To receive the Society in the towns of Hatley, Compton and Ascot, Lower Canada, into fellowship with this Association.

Adjourned till Wednesday morning, 8 o'clock, prayer by Br. Wm. Morse.

Wednesday morning.--Met according to adjournment. Prayer by Br. Loveland.

Voted, To receive the Society in Calais into fellowship.

PUBLIC SERVICE, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Introductory prayer-Br. Loveland.

Sermon-Br. Thomas Browning, from Romans xii. 1, 2.— "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God."

Concluding prayer-Br. J. Moore.

AFTERNOON service.

Introductory prayer-Br. John E. Palmer.

Sermon---Br. Wm. Morse, from Matthew xi. 28, 29 30.---“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest unto your souls; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Concluding prayer---Br. T. Browning.

EVENING SERVICE.

Introductory prayer-Br. Wm. Morse.

Sermon--Br. S. Č. Loveland, from 1 Timothy iv. 9, 10."This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially those that believe."

Concluding prayer--Br. J. Moore.

Attended to the reports of brethren appointed to visit the several societies in connexion with this Association, and found them satisfactory.

Voted, To receive the church and society in Plymouth into fellowship with this Association.

Appointed visiters of the ministering brethren to the several societies in this Association, as follows: Barnard, K. Haven; Bethel, K. Haven; Barre, J. E. Palmer; Burke, G. W. Brooks; Bolton, A. Kinsman; Calais, S. C. Loveland; Cavendish, S. C. Loveland; Chester, S. C. Loveland; Crafts

bury, T. Browning; Crown Point, A. Kinsman; Compton, J. E. Palmer; Danville, J. E. Palmer; Hancock, K. Haven; Hartland, R. Bartlett; Londonderry, R. Bartlett; Montpelier, J. E. Palmer; Northfield, J. E. Palmer; Pawlet, A. Kinsman; Plainfield, S. C. Loveland; Plymouth, S. C. Loveland; Queensbury, A. Kinsman; Richmond, J. E. Palmer; Rockingham, S. C. Loveland; Reading, S. C. Loveland; Rochester, K. Haven; Shoreham, K. Haven; Shrewsbury, S. C. Loveland; St. Johnsbury, J. E. Palmer; Strafford, J. E. Palmer; Townshend, S. C. Loveland; Waterford, T. Browning; Weston, S. C. Loveland; Wardsborough, S. C. Loveland; West-Windsor, S. C. Loveland; Wells, A. Kinsman; Whiting, K. Haven; Wil liamstown, J. E. Palmer.

After uniting with Br. Browning in prayer, adjourned till 8 o'clock, Thursday morning.

Thursday morning.-Met according to adjournment, and opened by uniting in prayer with Br. Moore.

The committee on ordination and letters of fellowship reported in favor of granting a letter of fellowship to Br. John Moore.

Appointed Brs. Nathaniel Hazeltine, J. Browning, and J. Moore, a select committee to take into consideration the request of Br. George W. Brooks, and report thereon. The above committee reported in favor of Br. Brooks, and he was accordingly received into fellowship with this Association.

PUBLIC EXERCISES, THURSDAY MORNING.

Introductory prayer-Br. S. C. Loveland.

Sermon-Br. J. E. Palmer, from 2 Peter, i. 5, 6, 7. "And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."

Concluding prayer-Br. G. W. Brooks.

AFTERNOON SERVICE.

Introductory prayer-Br. J. E. Palmer.

Sermon-Br. Wm. Morse, from 1 John ii. 1, 2. "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." Concluding prayer by Br. S. C. Loveland.

Appointed Br. Palmer to publish the proceedings of this Association, accompanied with a circular from Br. Wm. Morse. Received by contribution from the congregation $8 23

cents, to defray the expense of publishing the proceedings of this Association.

Closed the labors of the session by prayer from Br. John E. Palmer, and an address to the brethren from Br. Loveland, and adjourned to meet at Barre, Vermont, the first Wednesday and Thursday in October, 1826.

GENERAL EPISTLE.

To believers in the unbounded grace and impartial love of God: Having, as we humbly trust, enjoyed in an unusual' degree, the smiles of our heavenly Father, in our late anniversary meeting, we feel that it becomes us as children exercising filial love and gratitude, to acknowledge that we have richly experienced the divine goodness, and sincerely desire that others may thereby be led to rejoice, reposing in God unlimited confidence for the ultimate salvation of their own, and the souls of all men.

Under the auspices of heaven, we were favored with weather uncommonly fine for the season, and from the harmony which reigned in the hearts of those who listened to hear the word of life dispensed, we could not forbear soaring aloft, as it were, on the pinions of faith, and feeling that by prelibation, we were the partakers of unsullied joy, of delight and transport in the kingdom of our blessed Redeemer. The tear of sympathy trickling from the eye of the fathers in Israel, whose snowy locks witnessed their near approach to an exchange of worlds---the candor and attention of those who were less advanced in life, and the lively interest manifested by the youth of the congregation, bore united testimony, that the germs of immortality are perpetually rising in the hu

man soul.

We were besought by the mercies of God---by the attendant joys of a religious life---by boundless trust in God as the Savior of all men---by a faith which worketh by love and purifieth the heart, together with all the charities of the gospel. -and by the grand object of the Savior's mission, the universal emancipation of the world from sin, to rejoice in that grace of God that bringeth salvation unto all men.

Believing, with the Apostle of the Gentiles, that a firm conviction of this glorious truth is constantly and daily "teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Savior Jesus Christ, who

gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

Our warmed affections, and our gladdened hearts cheerfully embraced the kindred family of man, as the objects of God's impartial grace---the subjects of his eternal, universal, and changeless love.

To say we do not wish others to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, a complete Savior of the world, would be virtually saying, we wish not others the happiness which we enjoy in believing what we esteem the truth of God. Our anxiety for the spread of the doctrine of the final holiness and felicity of all moral intelligences, is exactly proportionate to our desire that truth should triumph over error, or to our choice whether happiness or misery prevail among the human species.

In the advancement of our views on this subject, we besitate not to say, that wherever this doctrine is believed in the sincerity of the heart, its fruits are made manifest by well ordered lives and godly conversation, showing, in some good degree, an attachment to virtue, piety, and holiness.

If there are those who profess the same faith, and do not adorn the christian character, but who on the contrary, bring upon themselves and their brethren reproach and disgrace, if such be the fact, we can only lament, in common with our brethren of different denominations, (to all of whom the same truth will apply) that such is the case, while we endeavor to turn them from the error of their ways, by convincing them that the way of the transgressor is hard, that the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness, while the path of virtue conducts to solid peace.

By turning our eyes on the past, we feel encouraged to persevere in the promotion of that cause, which has for its object, the salvation of the world, and for its support, the promises and oath of Almighty God, the testimony of all his holy prophets ever since the world began, of Jesus Christ himself, and bis faithful Apostles, and the united wishes of every pious and benevolent heart in creation.

Only half a century ago the glad tidings of salvation for all men, were first heralded on these American shores; the irradiating beams of this heaven-born truth were a light to the path of thousands, through the instrumentality of an individual, who left home and friends, crossed the boisterous ocean, and like a bold soldier of the cross of Christ, fearlessly stemmed an apparently overwhelming torrent of opposition.

At the present day no less than one hundred and forty are engaged, in these United States, in the promulgation of the doctrine of universal grace and salvation. Much good, however, my brethren, remains to be done, and may every individual professing this doctrine, walk circumspectly, at all times, endeavoring to cultivate in their hearts the fruits of the Divine Spirit. May we still enjoy the privilege of cherishing that faith, which, instead of chilling our very souls with the idea, that peradventure a bosom friend, or a beloved child, will endure the frowns of an angry God to all eternity; instead of this, may we be blessed with beholding by an eye of faith, the ransomed of the Lord, the whole purchase possession of Christ, returning and coming to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads.

May our future meetings here on earth be attended with additional satisfaction; may an increase of brotherly love, the enlargement of our present views of God, and his holy will, be perpetually moulding us into his moral image, fitting us for nobler employments, for sublimer enjoyments, and finally for a welcome admission at God's right hand, in the happy regions of glory and immortality, where the midnight darkness of error shall have been succeeded by the light of one unbounded day, when ALL shall be encircled, as it were, in the RAINBOW of JEHOVAH'S MERCY!

Per order,

WILLIAM MORSE.

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UNIVERSALISTS RESPECTABLE IN VERMONT.

may be gratifying to some of our readers to know that the Universalists, who have so long been kept in the back ground, and who have scarcely been recognized as a christian denomination, especially by those who term themselves orthodox, have this, and the preceding year, been honored and respected by the Legislature of Vermont. It will be recollected that the Editor of the Repository was chosen to preach the Election Sermon this service he attended, and preached a discourse from these words, "For we are also his offspring." Acts xvii. 28. We are informed that the meeting-house in Montpelier was never known to be so crowded on such an occasion. Hundreds departed and went away because

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