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THE TRUE CHURCH

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 11, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 25.

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THE TRUE CHURCH.

By William Ellery Channing

By this church our Saviour did not mean a party, bearing the name of a human leader, distinguished by a form or opinion, and, on the ground of this distinction, denying the name or character of Christians to all but themselves. He means by it the body of his friends and followers, who truly imbibe his Spirit, no matter by what name they are called, in what house they worship, by what peculiarities of mode and opinion they are distinguished, under what sky they live, or what language they speak. These are the true church—men made better, made holy, virtuous, by his religion—men who, hoping in his promises, keep his commandments.—William Ellery Channing.