DOCTRINE; SKETCHES, BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY, OF
AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN BOTH IN FAVOR OF
AND AGAINST IT; WITH SELECTIONS FROM
THEIR WRITINGS, AND

NOTES, HISTORICAL, EXPLANATORY AND ILLUSTRATIVE

BY THOMAS WHITTEMORE,

Pastor of the First Universalist Society in Cambridge, Mass., from 1822 to 1831; Editor
of the "Trumpet and Universalist Magazine," from 1828 to the present time;
author of the "Notes and Illustrations of the Parables;" the "Plain
Guide to Universalism;" "Commentary on the Revelation of St.
John the Divine;"" Memoir of Rev. Walter Balfour;" "Life of
Rev. Hosea Ballou, with Accounts of his Writings," &c.

Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1860,

BY THOMAS WHITTEMORE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

Printed by
BAZIN AND CHANDLER,

37 Cornhill

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REV. THOMAS J. SAWYER, D. D.

DEAR BROTHER,

To you, more than to any other man, am I indebted for aid in the preparation of the Modern History of Universalism. Very soon after you entered the ministry, you began to show a strong interest in the matter; and from that time until the present, you have been more or less engaged in promoting it. In the German department, your labors have been very valuable, and, in fact, they have been so in all departments. Universalists of the United States owe you a large debt of honor and gratitude.

The

For these reasons, among others, my excellent friend, I take the liberty to dedicate this work to you. It is but a feeble testimony of my regard, but it is the best I can render. The effects of your labors will be seen in it all along.

May the Lord bless you and keep you; may he make his face to shine upon and be gracious unto you; may he lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace, Amen.

THOMAS WHITTEMORE.