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welfare of Beatifica, in the county of 

 Gaudium, requires that for the present 

 all Christian residents in the place assist 

 the Methodists, the Methodists there hav- 

 ing gotten the strongest foothold. In 

 our judgment, the religious welfare of 

 Gloriana, the rapidly growing shire town 

 of Excelsior County, demands that all 

 shall aid the Presbyterians of the place. 

 And so on. In due time churches of 

 other faiths could be approbated in these 

 same localities. All would be informal, 

 unauthoritative, non-compulsory, the sys- 

 tem acting by moral force and public senti- 

 ment alone. 



What would be the result of such a 

 policy ? Instead of many spindling plants, 

 each town would soon have at least one 

 strong church, with an able ministry, a 

 flourishing Sunday School, good music, 

 and desirable accommodations of every 

 kind. Cold Christians and the worldly 

 would be attracted, unbelief would be 

 matched, and the kingdom of God would 

 grow apace. I am not without hope of 

 living to see this scheme in happy exer- 

 cise over considerable territory. If I die 

 without the sight, some of you will not. 



