Excerpt from Century of Universalism in Philadelphia and New-York: With Sketches, of Its History in Reading, Hightstown, Brooklyn, and Elsewhere And it was told the king, saying, Behold the prophet is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host; and they came by night and compassed the city about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host encompassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas! my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not; for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw: And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. - After all the endeavors of one hundred years, we are numerically, in the sense of organization, a small people. We are surrounded by sects differing in name but holding substantially the same anti-Universalist creed; and there is sometimes the dismay and questioning of the young man. Whoso shall have his eyes opened, will understand the assurance of the prophet. I do not claim that all the beneficent changes of a century are attributable to Universalism. 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.