efforts will only tend to satisfy the people, that he cannot sustain the affirmative of the proposition, nor make it apparent by any process of reasoning, that Jesus is the supreme and eternal God.

Mr. M'Calla then arose, and began his reply thus:I shall not attempt to answer the quotations, or what may be considered the arguments, of this blasphemer ; but although I do not attend to them, I hope none will consider them unanswerable.

Mr. M'Calla then proceeded to give another proof of Christ's supreme deity, from the fact that divine homage was paid to him. In his remarks, he commented on the following passage: "Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, or maketh flesh his arm." Here he observed: It is idolatry to worship any being but the supreme and eternal God, and yet the angels of heaven are commanded to " worship the Son." Therefore, the Son must be the supreme and eternal God. Moreover, when the devil tempted Christ to fall down and worship him, he said, "Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. But the scriptures command the worship of Jesus Christ, and therefore he must be the supreme and eternal God.

CONCLUSION OF THE DEBATE.

Whilst Mr. M'Calla thus reasoned, Mr. Clough smiled, and Mr. M'Calla stopped in his discourse, and wished the Board of Moderators to remove Mr. Clough from the pulpit; "because," he said, "he did not wish a man stuck up there, to laugh in his face."

Mr. Badger then arose, and addressed the president as follows:-Sir, there is nothing in our rules of discus. sion, that directs any man to sit, or stand, or in what part of this house he should take his station."

Mr. M'Calla observed: "I perceive this man is de

termined not to obey the Board of Moderators. I understood last evening these men had formed a plot to break up this debate."

Mr. Badger continued his address to the president : "Mr. M'Calla has preferred a charge against us, of laying a plot to break up this debate. It is far from our

wish that it should terminate abruptly, for we have sacrificed our appointments, and prepared for a long session; and rather than the debate should stop, before there is a proper understanding of this subject, as soon as Mr. M'Calla and Mr. Lane have got through, we are ready to meet every Trinitarian clergyman on the ground. I demand his author." This demand was considered by the Board, not a question in order.

Mr. Clough then demanded his right to speak in his own defence, inasmuch as his name had been publicly used. But the president very respectfully invited him to come down and address the Board. Accordingly he came down, and addressed the president as follows: "Sir, I confess I did smile, and I confess I could not help it; for when the gentleman said, Jesus Christ must be the supreme God, because he refused to bow down and worship the devil, his reasoning appeared so ridiculous, and utterly contemptible, that I could not keep the muscles of my face straight. I had taken my station in the pulpit, for the purpose, if Mr. M'Calla referred to the original scriptures, to render Mr. Lane some assistance on that referrence, according to the provision of the 10th article of the Rules. But I have not been called to render that assistance, and as Mr. Lane is evidently an overmatch for his opponent, he does not need my assistance.

The board then decided that Mr. M'Calla should proceed. Mr. M'Calla commenced, by reading the challenge given him by Mr. Clough, and observed: “I did accept this challenge, but the conduct of Mr. Clough today, has put it out of my power to meet him." At which Mr. Clough exclaimed, "Coward!!"

When order was restored, Mr. McCalla proceeded to make some confused remarks, and exhort his brethren to pray for Unitarians as poor deluded creatures!! Then,

after a short ejaculatory prayer to the Holy Trinity, he closed before his time had expired, saying, "I relinquish the debate for the present.' Mr. Lane then attempted to speak, but Mr. Wiggins objected, saying, "Mr. M'Calla has not given up the debate." The president then asked this question, "Mr. M'Calla, do you give up the debate?" Mr. M'Calla replied, "I do relinquish it for ever!" The president then observed, "that according to the rules of discussion, Mr. Lane had a right to proceed until he was satisfied:" and an adjournment was announced until 10 o'clock the next day.

The audience which had paid the most profound attention for four days, now burst into one general shout of triumph! This general shout was, "the great Mr. M'Calla, from Philadelphia, is completely defeated! Even the ladies on the left, were clapping their hands, repeating in softer notes, "the great Mr. M'Calla is beat!!!" A gentleman in the congregation exclaimed, "The great Mr. M'Calla, the champion of the Trinitarians, is completely vanquished by a boy, and is afraid to meet a man!!!"

As Mr. M'Calla came down from the pulpit, a gentleman met him, who observed, "Now, Mr. M'Calla, I can give you my hand, and advise you never to come to this place again!!" And when Mr. M'Calla and his friends got out of doors, their ears were greeted with the unwelcome exultations of the people, calling one to another, "Trinitarianism is down!"

Mr. Lane came down from the pulpit, and while shaking hands with his numerous friends, observed, "Let God have all the glory." Mr. Thompson then raised a hymn, which was sung with rapture, and we departed in peace.

END OF THE FOURTH DAY.

FIFTH DAY.

Having met, agreeably to adjournment, on the morning of Saturday, Mr. Lane opened the meeting, and observed that, as his opponent had relinquished the debate, he had no desire to prosecute the argument, but would merely recapitulate a few particulars. He said he had proved, by incontrovertible evidence, that there exists only one independent and Eternal God, the Father; and that this God exists in one person. That Jesus Christ is the proper and only-begotten Son of this One Eternal God, but he had equally shown, that this Son cannot be coeval with the Father, nor identically the same being as his Father. He said his opponent had admitted that the supreme God was not the Son of any other God; that he was never born, nor sent to do the will of another; that he did not suffer; that he was not dead and buried. Now my opponent admits all this, and the scriptures, in the most unqualified language, affirm all this concerning Jesus Christ. I have further proved, that whatever authority Jesus possessed, he received it all from his Father; and that he uniformly acknowledged his dependance on his Father for all things. Hence we are irresistibly led to the conclusion, that Jesus could not be the unoriginated, independent, and eternal God.

Mr. Lane then proceeded to notice the grounds on which he could fellowship Trinitarians. Both the Trinitarians and Christians believed and worshipped the same God, only they differed in opinion as to the mode of his existence both believed in Jesus Christ, only they dif fered as to his rank; the one supposing him to be the supreme God, the other regarding him as the Son of God. They both believed that the mission of Christ had the same definite object in view, the salvation of mankind; but they differed as to the manner in which this great end shall be accomplished. They both believed that man was in a state of moral starvation, and on the brink of ruin; and that a glorious Messenger from heaven

had visited our ruined world, bearing the glad tidings of salvation. In all this, Trinitarians and the Christians

were agreed.

To illustrate this statement, he used the following comparison-Let us suppose that we are all in a state of starvation, surrounded by an enemy, and reduced to the last extremity. Without some extraordinary interposition, we must all inevitably perish. Whilst in these alarming circumstances, let us suppose that an ample supply of provisions is forwarded from Washington. Our ears are saluted with the joyful report of plenty—a festival is announced-and we are all invited to share in the rich repast. But a question arises: Who has furnished these provisions? One says the President came in disguise, and in person administered to our necessities. Another says not so. He who procured these provisions, is the Son of the President. A third exclaims, you have both mistaken; the provisions indeed came to us as the benevolent expression of the fatherly care of the President; but he who brought them to us was neither the President, nor his son, but the officer of state, who holds the next rank to the President. Now, notwithstanding this diversity of opinion, they all agree that the provisions are good, and the President affectionate and beneficent. Therefore there should be no dispute, nor should any thing prevent their social intercourse and fellowship at the board of plenty.

Mr. Lane then observed, that as he did not anticipate the abrupt departure of his opponent, but had expected the debate to continue for several days, he had, agreeably to the request of his opponent, furnished on a written paper, a number of arguments in opposition to the doctrine affirmed in the proposition which had been adopted for discussion, which he would now read