ogether
with all the other doctrines and duties of our holy religion, so
far as may appertain to my office, according to the best light GOD
shall give me, and in opposition, not only to Atheists and
Infidels, but to Jews, Papists, Mahometans, Arians, Pelagians,
Antinomians, Arminians, Socinians, Sabellians, Unitarians, and
Universalists, and to all heresies and errors, ancient and modern,
which may be opposed to the gospel of CHRIST, or hazardous to the
souls of men; that, by my instruction, counsel, and example, I
will endeavor to promote true piety and godliness; that I will
consult the good of this INSTITUTION, and the peace of the
churches of our Lord Jesus Christ on all occasions; and that I
will religiously conform to the constitution and laws of this
SEMINARY, and to the statutes of this foundation."

The foregoing creed is considered a summary of what is commonly called the
ASSEMBLY'S CATECHISM.

The _Westminster Assembly_ met in London, in the reign of Charles I, A. D.
1643. It was a synod of learned divines, assembled by order of parliament,
for the purpose of settling the government, liturgy, and doctrine, of the
church of England.

NEW HAVEN ORTHODOX CREED.

Considerable anxiety existed, a few years since, in regard to the
Orthodoxy of the Rev. Dr. TAYLOR, professor of divinity at Yale College,
at New Haven, in the state of Connecticut. The following letter from Dr.
TAYLOR to the Rev. Dr. HAWES, of Hartford, contains a full exposition of
the religious views of that distinguished theologian:--

YALE COLLEGE, _Feb. 1, 1832._

"Dear Brother:

"I thank you for yours of the 23d ult., in which you express your
approbation of my preaching during the protracted meetings at
Hartford. This expression of fraternal confidence is grateful to
me, not because I ever supposed that we differed in our views of
the great doctrines of the gospel, but because, for some reason or
other, an impression has been made, to some extent, _that I am
unsound in the faith_. This impression, I feel bound to say, in my
own view, is wholly groundless and unauthorized. You think,
however, that 'I owe it to myself, to the institution with which I
am connected, and to the Christian community, to make a frank and
full statement of my views of some of the leading doctrines of the
gospel, and that this cannot fail to re