I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist.

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.