Note 59 — Chapter XXII · THE PRESENT OUTLOOK.
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These significant words of an advocate of Universalism more than two centuries ago are in striking agreement with those of an advanced orthodox thinker of the present time. "It should never be forgotten that in the Biblical philosophy of salvation the life of the individual is bound up with the life of the whole, and reaches its fulness and completion only in the liberty for which the whole creation waits."—"The Orthodox Theology of To-day;" by Rev. Newman Smyth, D. D.
[60] Article in the "Universalist Quarterly," for July, 1882, "The Divine Responsibility," by Rev. C. W. Biddle.
[61] Published opinions of the Professors of Andover Theological Seminary, April 10, 1882.
[62] "Christian Leader."
[63] Rev. A. A. Miner, D. D.
[64] Rom. viii. 38.
[65] Rev. Hosea Ballou, D. D. Reply to Dr. Hawes's Arguments against Universalism. It was nearly a half-century ago that these words were written. And now at this very time there comes this echo of them in confirmation of the truth of the prophecy: "Little by little the pulpit shrinks from the mediæval theology. Ministers first gloss it by new interpretations, then they prudently hold it in suspense, then doubt it, then cast it away." Rev. H. W. Beecher, in "North American Review," July, 1882.
[66] Oration of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop at Yorktown, Va., October 19, 1881.
[67] Rev. F. B. Hornbrooke, in Unitarian Review, August, 1882.
[68] Titus, ii. 11, 12.
[69] 1 John, iv. 19.
[70] James, ii. 14, 26.
[71] Rev. James Pullman, D. D.