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"Albury is the place where the Twelve are hidden from the world, and the work of intercession which they carry out is one which attracts not the observation of men"
Strange to notice that when I read such familiar words, I immediately feel the attractive spell again. What am I to make of this? Is it true humility, not doing more than God commanded, or a cunningly devised theory.

still, apostle Drummond was honest enough to say in 1850 "Instead of zeal growing warmer it waxes colder, and it becomes us not to live in a region of delusion and call it piety, but to recognize truth & to guide our steps in its light."

The apostles were a long way from being able to act as a college; yet the degree of provisionality which necessarily characterized their activity was often overlooked, not only by members, but also by ministers in their propagation of the movement’s distinctive witness and their appeal to others to accept it.

Copinger made a rare admission when he recorded that their meeting on 12 January 1846, which discussed liturgical developments, was marked by ‘great divergencies of opinion and want of mutual confidence.’