For the .4rkansas .4doocafe. EZEKIEL, IeTEs CHAPTER.
There IS perhaps no portion of the word ofGod, more frequently referred to 6y ma ny preachers of the present day, than the chapter selected as the ground work of the following ooservations--an in my opinion they who most refer to it, do not under- stand the true scope of the passage, for I am unwilling to believe they would wiIfuI- 1y misapply this, or any other portion of the scriptures, for the purpose wrongful ly impressing their own peculiar tenets up- on their bearers.

 The purpose for which this chapter Is so frequently adverted to, is to prove that man has the power saving his own soul.

 l am aware that but few preachers will admit that such an idea IS meant to he i'm pressed on their hearers; on the contrary, many of them contend, that salvation is S' not ofWorSs. lest any man nshould aoast;'' but however strenuously they may in con- versatien, deny the doctrine of salvation by works, in preaching they maintain it, whenever they refer to this chapter. With what other view, they can, with so much warmth, quote this chapter, particularly, the Dist, 27th, Both, and 21st verses, ' can not conceive. Twill now endeavor to show what consider to be the meaning of the chapter.

 The Prophet is addressing the Jews, a chosen and peculiar people, separated from the rest of the human family, and peculiar ly favored of God. To this people Tod de- ilyered hss law, on Mount Sinai, with asv-