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God; the same mediator and teacher; the same
duty; the same love; the same eternal hope. The
various churches are various families, who, having
emanated from the same Father, are advancing
toward eternal mansions in the House of the
Eternal Father. Every one has his separate mission
to accomplish in the kingdom of mind. God has
given different gifts of understanding, and thence
different forms of comprehension and expression
of truth. By this means, truth in its many sidedness
is a gainer. And the full discussion even of
the highest subjects, which takes place in the
different churches of this country, as well as in the
pages of their public organ (for every one of the
more considerable religious sects has its own
publication, which diffuses its doctrines as well as the
transactions of its body) are of infinite importance
for the development of the religious mind of the
people. Besides, it must tend to an increasingly
clear knowledge of the essential points of
resemblance in all Christian communities, to the
knowledge of the positive in Christianity, and must
prepare the way by degrees for a church universal
in character and with a oneness of view even in
dogmas.
The two great divisions of the Church in the
United States appear to be those of the Trinitarian
and Unitarian. The Unitarians arose in
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