brought on every subject thereof by his own individual disobedience to the word of life; by which the disobedient shall be separated from God and excluded from that endless life and immortality which is in Christ equally alike free for every man. 10. That the love and friendship of God to man in Christ, is free, universal, unbounded and unchanging; that all enmity is of the devil, and contrary to the nature of God; nor is it possible for any thing to originate in or proceed from the immutable divinity, the unalterable fountain of love, which, in its nature, is inimical, or injurious to man the creature.

11. We firmly believe that the doctrine of an immortal hell, of an immortal devil, and an immortal death is absurd in the extreme, and that Eternity is the habitation of God and upright ones only. See Isa. lvii. 15.

12. That whereas sin, misery, and death, are not founded in or supported by eternal principles are not founded in or supported by the eternal and immutable divinity, they cannot be eternal, of eternal continu

ance, or endless in duration;-but whereas righteousness, happiness, and life, are founded in and supported by pure and immutable divinity, they must of necessity be eternal,of eternal continuance, and endless in duration;-that all immortality is divine and holy, and the gift of God through Jesus Christ to the obedient only. ·

In behalf of the Free Church.

A. MORGAN SARJENT.

NEW-YORK, 12th July, 1811.

Of Slavish and Free Worship. "Constrained or slavish worship is corpo real, inanimate, obscure and gloomy; corporeal, because it is of the body; inanimate, because there is no life in it; obscure, because there is no understanding in it; and gloomy because there is no delight of heaven in it But unconstrained or free worship, when it is genuine, is spiritual, living, lucid, and joyful; spiritual, because there is spirit from the Lord in it; living, because thereis life from he Lord in it: lucid, because there is wisdom

from the Lord in it; and joyful, because there is heaven from the Lord in it." See A. W. No. 137 Constrained or slavish worship, proceeding from fear, may be found with those who are in worship from the fear of infernal torment and its fire; true worship cannot be forced or constrained by this kind of fear, it is excited and constrained by love, and by the fear of losing it; the fear of God in a genuine sense is nothing else. The fear of an immortal hell, of an immortal devil, and of an im. mortal death, and of endless tortures proceeding from a revengeful God, is a fear founded in corruption and falsehood, and of course can produce no good effects.

THE

NEW HYMN-BOOK

FOR THE USE OF THE

FREE CHURCH..

HYMN I. 7's.

Praise to our Father, King, and Redeemer.

HAIL thou great immortal Sire,

Source of ev'ry good we know ;
Hearts enflam'd by sacred fire,
Join in songs thy praise to show.
2 Fount of love, celestial theme;
Spring of life and angel's joy!
Saints with angels chant thy name!
Pleasing notes that never cloy.
3 Sinners sav'd, thy kindness sing:
Grateful hearts will all unite;
Praise to our immortal King,
Praise be echo'd with delight.
4 Souls by Christ and truth made free,
Join to celebrate the day,

Sweet the chorus, " liberty."
Wisdom shews a pleasant way.

5 Hail, sweet day of heav'nly rest,
Love unbosom'd, God unveil'd,
Friendship flows from breast to breast,
Man the heir of promise seal'd.
6 Wafted by seraphic themes,
Soaring upwards into light,
Earthly charmers quit their claims,
We from bondage take our flight.
7 Thus, my soul, from pain retreat,
Carnal pleasures leave behind,
Aim at objects truly great,

Endless riches for the mind.

8 Know, in God there is no cause,
Why all men should not be blest,
Man should bow to righteous laws,
Heav'n is then by him possess'd.

HYMN II. L. M.

The unity of God and his church.
HE unity of God we sing,

1TH

In Christ unveil'd, our heav'nly King i

Co-equal Gods our souls abhor,

Not three, but One, let all adore.

One light, one truth, for great and small; One faith, one love, in Christ for all; God's undefiled is but one,

Her light is the celestial Sun.

3 One cov❜nant is in Zion found, Eternal and divinely sound,

Not made by man, nor form'd by heav'n, Like God himself, not form'd but giv'n.