114 TENETS OF THE CHILDREN OF PEACE. 



In necessity^ the Son of God hath justified them ; he hath 

 taken away their selfish and proud heart, and given them a 

 generous one, equally wishing salvation to all the world, divi 

 ding their crumbs equally to those that stand in need. This 

 is the glory of God, and power of religion. Where is the 

 priest s office here ? The Son of God saw it would come to 

 an end, when the hearers were preached or converted into the 

 practice of the text. 



&quot; We have built a house to sacrifice to God, feed the hun 

 gry, and clothe the naked. Any stranger may come in and 

 sacrifice with us, without giving us money or price. It is for 

 the various purposes of God s glory, the end of doctrine, and 

 the perfection of the world. We are not perfect; but the 

 system adopted by us is justified of God in Scripture, and 

 draws the soul near unto God and Christ. It is beyond all 

 creeds and sectarian plans, and is with us the end of craft. 

 We lament the divisions of the world, and the pride of the 

 people, the superiority professed by priests, and the tribute 

 paid to them. Therefore, in adopting this plan, we expect 

 to employ them no more. 



&quot; DAVID WILLSOIST. 



&quot; We now commence a building of a different structure, 

 and for a different purpose from the other. We hold that doc 

 trine is good for the soul, as the physician is for the sick ; but 

 the above-written purpose is the end, when the soul is resto 

 red from selfish delights and purposes, and prefers the will of 

 God before his own, he is as the patient healed. But this 

 doth not constitute him to be an idle creature the rest of his 

 days. What shall he do? Do as the sick man healed of 

 God; devote his strength to praise, vocal and instrumental, 

 that the harp of David, and the hymn sung by the apostles, 

 may be united together. He shall not be idle with his hands, 

 nor still with his feet ; he shall not be redeemed from hearing 

 the widow cry, or her offspring mourn ; his eyes shall not be 

 closed from seeing the hungry naked soul ; he will take his 

 burden upon him, and lighten his grief; he shall till the field, 

 or improve the mechanic s shop, and the widow and the father 

 less shall rejoice in the works of his hands ; and his soul shall 



