CONVERSATIONS, IN WHICH THE SALVATION OF ALL MANKIND IS CLEARLY EXHIBITED ARE FAIRLY STATED AND FULLY ANSWERED. BY RUSSELL STREETER. Understandest thou what thou readest? How can I, except some man should Second Edition. WOODSTOCK: PUBLISHED BY NADIUM HASKELL 1835. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, BY RUSSELL STREETER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Vermont. POWER PRESS: PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. THE ready sale of the first edition of these CONVERSATIONS, the general approval of the work by the Universalist Public, and the continued demand for the same in all sections of the country, encourage the Author to issue this revised and enlarged edition. He has availed himself of the remarks of all, friends and foes, and made such erasures and additions, as judgment dictated; and trusts that the alterations will greatly enhance the value of the work. He acknowledges his indebtedness to certain brethren, who have offered some judicious suggestions in regard to the style and phraseology of some parts of the book, which have been serviceable. A serious hope is indulged, that all colloquial and obnoxious phrases, are expunged, and that this edition will merit and receive the undivided approbation of our editorial and ministering brethren, throughout the country. The Indexes of subjects, and of scripture Texts, have been added by the advice of discriminating friends, and will doubtless be found very convenient to inquisitive readers. The following extract from the Preface to the first edition, will apply equally well to this: The work will sufficiently explain itself to those who read it with candor; and to those who do not, no explanation is due. As it embraces, in a condensed form, the conversations I have had with preachers and laymen of various persuasions, in eight States of the Union, in which I have travelled and preached, not only my numerous friends and brethren, but many others, into whose hands the book may fall, will |