To be saved, is to be pardoned, reconciled to God, and sanctified by his Spirit. It is in every important respect the same momentous event to the whole family of man, however diversified in character and condition. The bible discloses but one way of salvation only to all, whether their lot be cast amidst the darkness and impurity of pagan superstition, or amidst the light and refinement of christian communities. They are all, by the same means, delivered from essentially the same moral state. This is a state of ruinous apostacy—of deadness in trespasses and sins; and the means of their deliverance are by grace, through faith, and that not of themselves, it is the gift of God. Man's salvation, then, is by grace alone.

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