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One Volume Of The Monthly Repository Is ...
ened part of the public ,, and on this ground the Editor is willing to rest its merits—namely ,, its being the only periodical publication which is open to free and
IMPARTIAL THEOLOGICAL INQUIRY AND DISCUSSION , ThlS honourable peculiarity it shall never forfeit ; and while it retains this character , no one , surely , can be indifferent to its success , who values truth , and who believes
that Christianity , as a true system of faith , is founded upon reason , and gains by public examination . The rapid increase of the friends of Rational Reli g ion ,, is a
sure pledge that a periodical work which is alone devoted to Free Inquiry will not fail for w & nt of sup- * port .
As there may be some individuals personally unknown to the Editor , who are desirous of serving the Monthly Repository , he begs leave to state , that they may effectually assist it by literary * and theological
communications—the communication in particular of articles of Intelligence and Obituary ; and likewise by favouring it with Advertisements , of which there are manv sorts that would appear with greater
advantage -in this than in any other monthly publication , and which are , it is well known , one of the main supports of periodical works . This latter suggestion would not be hazarded , were any private
interests involved in the Monthly Repository ; but it being taken up and conducted on public principles , that which in any other case delicacy would require the writer of this Preface to forbear , a sense of duty , in
this , emboldens him to state . In proportion to the success of the work will be the ability of the Editor tq make it respectable and satisfactory .