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 of narrowness and illiberality. You will regain the affection and confidence of brethren who have been alienated by what (to them) has seemed like sectarian exclusiveness. You will place yourselves on a high and impregnable platform, and win the favorable regard of the best men and women in all the denominations. And by coming into more fraternal relations with other Christians, you will, we doubt not, open new channels of usefulness and new avenues for the descent of the Divine Spirit, and many souls may be thereby blessed.

The foregoing Memorial, which was presented to the General Convention by Otis Clapp, was kindly received by that body and referred to a committee of three (one of whom was President of the Convention) to be reported on at the next session. The committee's report on the Memorial was presented to the Convention the following year (1881); but no action seems to have been taken upon it beyond its acceptance by that body, and consent to its being printed with the Convention's Journal of Proceedings. The report expressed no sympathy with the spirit or purpose of the Memorial, recommended no change in the Convention's attitude toward other Christians, and failed to recommend the granting of Memorialists' request.