Excerpt from An Apology for Apostolic Order and Its Advocates, Occasioned by the Strictures and Denunciations of the Christian's Magazine: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Rev. John M. Mason, D. D., The Editor of That Work It Is the first dictate Of 3astice, to give an accused per so t and candid hearing before Judgment is The impartial pursuit of truth cannot with an examination of only one side Of a disputed question. And they who will place themselves for a moment in the situation of the indi vidual whom that Magazine denounces as holding opinions of deep-toned horror, will at once feel it a sacred duty to admit him to repel the accusation. They are required so to do by that law of supreme ob ligation, DO unto others as ye would that they should do unto you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.