ding the Head,--in holding the great
doctrines of redemption by the blood of Christ, and of
sanctification by the Holy Spirit,--may freely and fraternally
traverse. Modes and forms, the interpretation of passages, and
explanations of particular doctrines, (so long as essential
doctrines are not discarded,) may be discussed without the
interruption of brotherly affection, and without the imputation
and reproach of heresy. One person may hold that all Scripture is
given by the inspiration of _suggestion_; and another that, while
some parts are the fruit of immediate suggestion, others may more
properly be attributed to the inspiration of _superintendence_;
and neither should charge the other with denying the inspiration
of the Scriptures, or with being a heretic, or an infidel. One
person may insist that the passage in 1 John 5:7, is authentic
Scripture, and strong proof of the doctrine of the Trinity; and
another may doubt this, or deny it altogether; and neither should
be charged with intentionally corrupting the Scriptures, or with
being a Unitarian. One person may hold that God executes his
immutable and eternal decrees by a direct efficiency, and another
that he does it by the intervention of motives, and yet one be no
more an Arminian than the other."

ANDOVER ORTHODOX CREED.

Every person appointed or elected a professor in the Theological
Institution at Andover, in the state of Massachusetts, shall, on the day
of his inauguration into office, publicly make and subscribe the following
CREED and DECLARATION:--

Creed.

"I believe that there is one, and but one, living and true GOD;
that the word of GOD, contained in the Scriptures of the Old and
New Testament, is the only perfect rule of faith and practice;
that, agreeably to those Scriptures, GOD is a Spirit, infinite,
eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness,
justice, goodness, and truth; that in the Godhead are three
Persons, the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST; and that those
THREE are ONE GOD, the same in substance, equal in power and
glory; that God created man, after his own image, in knowledge,
righteousness, and holiness; that the glory of GOD is man's chief
end, and the enjoyment of GOD his supreme happiness; that this
enjoyment is derived solely from conformity of heart to the mora