previously elected? Could both be true simultaneously?[55] Whatever these revival observers may have been asking themselves, or others, these modifying tendencies did pose serious questions regarding the stability of the former orthodoxy. Within fifty years, Wayland reported that belief in the universal atonement of Christ “prevails almost universally” in New England and men that differ on the subject usually remain amicable, and “it is found that when their hearts are warmed with the love of God