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Show 342 TEAVELS AND ADVENTUEES LN THE FAE WEST. was inculcated in days of old by the apostles of Jesus Christ ? It was the m'ain object for which the Holy Spirit was given, that they might all grow up in union, in fellowship, in co-operation, in holiness in the Lord. .No man who has read the New Testament, will say this is NEW, when we say that the great object of the Gospel is, that we may all become one in Christ Jesus-one in knowledge, and in the love and practice of the peaceable things of God. Is it anything hew ? No. Well, it is a part of what the world calls " MOEMONISM ; " and I would to God it was more perfected among this people than it is. If any one of these principles in practice, should pre-, vail over the whole world, it would be nothing new; but the world only hold this last as a theory ; as to the practice of it, they are strangers. We have examined five or six general principles, called " Mormonism," and found nothing new in them. " But," says one, " I heard you had got a new Bible; that is certainly an innovation." But stop; suppose, on inquiry, you become as much surprised and disappointed as many have who have asked for a " Mormon Bible," and when we have presented them with one, behold it is King James' translation of the Scriptures, the standard we read, containing the covenants, predictions, and hopes of the ancients, and the doctrines of Jesus Christ, just as we believe them, and hope for their fulfillment. Is that anything new ? "Well, if you have not a new Bible, you have certainly got a new book." Is that any thing strange \ Have not other societies got new books ? The Chnrch of England have not only the Scriptures, but the book |