instances, as to become a barrier to communion and a divider of very friends. Our remaining degree of concord will fall a prey to like dissensions, if differences of opinion, on so vital a subject, come to maturity, unperceived, among us. It is a crisis therefore which requires that scriptural views of this important topic should be laid before the churches. Instead of attempting to dispute all errors in regard to the ATONEMENT, or even to show my own views on the whole subject, I mean only to examine