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the purity of the gospel. The instances, however, have 
not been numerous ; and I am gratified to know, that a 
number of young persons, several from the Sunday 
schools, have joined it; and that, though formed by 
sixteen individuals in the spring of 1820, it con¬ 
tained, in the autumn of 1827, nearly five hundred 
members. 
