I  speak  within  the  limit  of  my  own  experience  when  I  say
that  persons  have  been  known  and  heard  to  express  the  lan-
guage of  bitter  condemnation  respecting  Unitarianism,  who
when  examined  and  calmly  required  to  draw  out  verbally
the  meaning  of  their  own  conceptions,  have  been  proved  to
be  holding  all  the  time,  unconsciously,  the  very  doctrine  of
Sabellianism.  And  this  doctrine  is  condemned  by  the
Church  as  distinctly  as  that  of  Unitarianism.  Therefore  let
us  learn  from  all  this  a  large  and  catholic  charity.  There
are  in  almost  every  congregation,  themselves  not  knowing
it,  Trinitarians  ^vho  are  practically  Tri-theists,  worshipping
three  Gods;  and  Sabellians,  or  worshippers  of  one  person
under  three  different  manifestations.  To  know  God  so  that
we  may  be  said  intellectually  to  appreciate  Plim,  is  blessed:
to  be  unable  to  do  so  is  a  misfortune.  Be  content  with  your
own  blessedness,  in  comparison  with  others'  misfortunes.
Do  not  give  to  that  misfortune  the  additional  sting  of  illib-
eral and  unchristian  vituperation.
The  next  observation  we  have  to  lay  down  for  ourselves
is,  that  we  should  examine  this  doctrine  in  the  spirit  of  mod-
esty.    There  are  those  who  are  inclined  to  sneer  at  the  Trin-


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466  The  Trmity.
