a growing faith. My aim is loyalty to my
conscience and God. Where they lead I follow.

In some such way, I imagine, has Mr. Forster, late pastor of the
Congregational chapel, Kentish Town, reasoned. Originally a minister in
Jersey, he was invited to the metropolis about twelve years since. At
that time he was an ardent Calvinist. The investigation which led him to
abandon unconditional election, the final perseverance of the saints, and
the special influence of the Holy Spirit, shattered the whole system of
opinions in which he had been educated, and which he had hitherto
faithfully upheld. Other changes followed. His views of the Trinity
were modified. The consequence was, when a new chapel was built for him,
in Kentish Town, it was agreed that all definition of God, Christ, and
the Holy Spirit, should be avoided, and that the clause, 'This place is
erected for the worship of God, as the Father, through the Son, and by
the Holy Spirit,' should be placed at the head of the deed.

After further investigation, Mr. Forster found that he could not even
subscribe to that--that he had ceased to regard Christ as a mediator at
all--and, consequently, he resigned the charge of a church, which, owing
to his labours, had become flourishing and great. Now his banner bears
the motto of 'Free Inquiry.' He preaches in a handsome chapel in Camden
Town. His church calls itself a Free Church. It promises to be a
successful one. It is well attended, though it has much to contend
against. The orthodox will not forgive Mr. Forster his desertion of
their camp; and the Unitarians, who, in their way, are often as
narrow-minded and dogmatic as the most orthodox themselves, cannot
exactly hold out the right hand of fellowship to a man who professes to
be free--who claims to know no master--whose appeal is to the law and to
the testimony, rather than to the doctrines and opinions of men.

Thus Mr. Forster gravitates, like Mahomet's coffin, between heaven and
earth. Yet his condition is by no means a rare one. That a large number
sympathise with him, the attendance at his chapel is convincing proof.
Coming out from the orthodox, he bears testimony against them. In his
farewell sermon to his Kentish Town congregation he says: 'How little
have the contents of the Bible to do with men's personal belief! How
seldom are men taught to rely on their own powers in the investigation of
the truth! How few are the Christians who sit at t