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Go you into all the world, proclaim the good news to the whole creation:--he who be- lieveth and is immersed shall be saved; and he, who believeth not shall be condemned.
MESSIAH.
NO. 1.	CINCINNATI, JANUARY 7, 1833.	VOL. 2.

      From the beloved Dr. Richardson, Wellsburgh, Brook county, Va. 'Dear Walter, may mercy and peace be multiplied to you. In your Sept. No., you touched upon one most prevalent error; that 'conscience must dictate in matters of religion,' or that whatever a person thinks right becomes so to him; this is a grand pillar in Methodism, and ought to be shaken. They make a God of conscience, itself merely the creature of education (as is proved by Paley,) let differences and discrepancies be ever so great, the word 'conscience,' heals all. In short, this cabalistical word among them makes even the word of God of none effect.

      The manner in which you have disposed of circumcision is new to me: and the idea that faith has come in the room of flesh, explains every thing. [21]

      I fear zeal here has considerably abated, but thanks be to God, that amid disappointments and general unfaithfulness, we have one at least in whom we can trust;--our rock--our fortress--our deliverer--our strong tower.--One who remaineth faithful and merciful: who cannot deny himself,--the excellent! whose glory is above the Heavens. I am writing a little piece for you, which I hope to send shortly. My love, &c.

[The Evangelist 2 (January 1833): 21-22.]

      Robert Richardson's "Correspondence" was first published in The Evangelist, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 1833. The electronic version of this letter has been produced from the College Press reprint (1980) of The Evangelist, ed. Walter Scott (Cincinnati, OH: Walter Scott, 1833), pp. 21-22. The electronic version has been produced from text scanned by Colvil Smith and formatted by Ernie Stefanik.

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      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

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