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Rh hundred years. It is seen to be logically and intimately connected with the popular doctrines of fore-ordination, election, reprobation, imputed sin and imputed righteousness—clearly of the same family and household as these. Nor is the doctrine one whit more immoral in its tendency, nor more dishonorable to the character of the Divine Being, than is the doctrine of a vicarious atonement, to which, indeed, in some respects, it seems intimately allied. For, says the learned Theophilus Gale:

And now the question comes, Why is it that this doctrine of infant damnation, which once stalked abroad so boldly, and was treated everywhere with such cordial respect and affection, has become so disagreeable and unpopular of late? Why is it that in these latter times it so shrinks from exposure, and anxiously seeks to hide its hideous head? Why is it that this doctrine has become so much more odious to Christians now, than it was one or two centuries ago? Why is it that you no longer hear it mentioned from