Thirdly  :  I  do  not,  therefore,  conclude  that  prophecy  authorizes
us  to  look  for  their  eutu'c  suppression,  but  for  their  correction
and  improvement  only. In  what  is  called  "the  latter-day
glory,"  they  will  indeed  see  eye  to  eye,  but  this  will  regard  the
clearer  and  closer  perceptions  of  the  great  objects  of  vision,  and
not  the  minuter  appendages  ;  and  they  will  perfectly  accord,  and


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see  eye  to  eye  in  one  sentiment,  viz.,  "  Let  every  one  be  fully
persuaded  in  his  own  mind."  Judah  and  Ephraim  shall  remain,
so  to  speak,  distinct  tribes ;  but  ''  Ephraim  shall  not  envy  Judah,
and  Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim.^^

The  creatures  figuratively  mentioned  by  the  prophet  Isaiah
will  not  be  transformed  into  each  other,  but  "  the  wolf  also  shall
dwell  with  the  lamb,  and  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the
kid ;  and  the  calf  and  the  young  lion  and  the  fatling  together ;
and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them. And  the  cow  and  the  bear
shall  feed ;  their  young  ones  shall  lie  down  together :  and  the
lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox. And  the  sucking  child  shall  play
on  the  hole  of  the  asp,  and  the  weaned  child  shall  put  his
hand  on  the  cockatrice'  den. They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy
in  all  my  holy  mountain :  for  the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea."

Fourthly. We  may  view  denominations  as  we  do  individual
Christians. None  of  them  are  absolutely  perfect ;  and  none  of
them  are  entirely  defective. Neither  is  possessed,  and  neither  is
destitute,  of  every  truth  and  every  excellency. All  the  members
of  the  body  have  not  the  same  quality,  or  the  same  office,  yet
they  are  alike  parts ;  and  though  they  may  be  compared,  they
are  not  to  be  opposed ;  and  though  one  may  be  more  admired,
another  is  not  to  be  depreciated. 