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    tipes , m ^ j ^^^ . There are s ^ j ^ cjts enow on wln ^ h vej ^ ^ l ^ fii ^ s ^ ^ Jid especially if we belong * ^ che " class of the majority of your readers , ' " must make it a maft ^ t < jf " corisctertee to

    prdfess opinions which are at variance with t &^& e of ^ e m ^ a ^ it y of our countrymen . But I would r & tb & f Ke for lesseningthai * intfrtatiing ^ kte number of unimportant differences amongst Gtoistians . ' L * ' ¦ - ¦ . . .

    - Ydur correspondentis * I doubt rioe > eofi ^ ct m his assertion * that there is n < vcommand to be found ik the New Test ^ nent for the ob * servance of Christnnas ^ day * Bui

    lei i » e # sk , is this any proof that a religious service on that particular day 5 if properly conducted ^ is unlawful ? On the sabbath , we

    agsemble for th & purpose of pub . lie worshi p ^ and many are of opinion that it is expedient to go twi & er ioihe House of God on that < iay : ; but wh ^ e will your corres * pondent find a direct command to us to asseiiifele l ^ vic ^ or even once i

    Accordi ng * therefore ^ to the spirit of his argument , h ^ ought to go all the lertg ^ hs of the late learned and amiable Gilbert Wakefield , and say tha . trpublic worship is an unchristian practice .

    At what precise peridd of the Christian church th-e anniversary of the birth of Christ began to be celebrated , and at what exact time of the year the nativity really happened , I ^ hall $ ot stop to exaj naine , became they have nothing

    to do with the soki object ef my present inquiry , which is merely this ; whether if in any case it be found expedient to keep up a religious service o & Christinas dny 9 it be Dpi lawful to do so ? ¦ ¦ ¦ ? r \* - \ ] ir . w ¦ ¦ - ¦

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    But your correspondent says , ^ The wserv ^ h ce 6 f _ sttch a day tery mtxic ^ tofdefs 6 n the tites of

    Pagari worship , arid is littemr inconsistent with the simplicity of tbes gospel ^ 4 He also intimates that occasion is taken from it to incxilgM ® frrf ^ e otts ideas respecting the person of Christ . I am

    free to admi t tfc & ti the > observance < rf Christmas : hasoftei \ beeei very m ^ cb abused ; a * id that cijccuiastanee certeiniy ^ ates my regard for it . But it is straining ; the . ^ rgument loo far tQ ? ii ^ fer from h ^ vce

    that a rational ami e ^ iyif ^ use of the day mimAe ^^ li ^< correspondent think ? ift # i thajti - vinity ^ f Gkrisfe is particulariy brought ftwa ^ lroftihe | e CMpcasions , - , ui ^ the oj ^ Q ( ibX ' : c ^ i ^ cib€ 8

    and chapels , it seems the iwore aecefiSOTy , if he disapproves of that doctrine , that h & too shou ld t > e at his post to 4 ecl $ x & M & | Peasons against it * Ast t <> ftte J ^ ea

    that celebrating a nativityjpft ^ ih ^ se d ay $ Jb ^ t likely to lead tps ^ ny thing bordering on the ritefsol pagan wprsJbip , nothing sui ^ ljft but a warm imagination

    suggested such &> fear . W ^^ oele * bra ^ te the birtli-day of pogls , a . nd statesmen ^ ^ ind pbilosophprs . Shall the respect thajt * s pa ^ l ^ tq t $ eir memory bethought too great for that of tl > e : Sa ^ tpur o £ m aiik i | i d ? Consider biai as . a ^ m % W ^ ^

    y 01 * please ^ s » / r ^? ^ uj JjMible man ^ etill : j ^ n must ^ Uow tliat he was a distinguished ^ a ^ actor . But I ^ do txot wi s ^ |^ ^^ r Jar-* h eir inio t ^ , subje ^ jb ^^ a ^ i ^ ady , I tlurjk ,. s ^ idl ^ oijgh to 8 h ew ^ thiU wiW 9 ^ fevP ^ PI '

    tiaa */ ivhQ fcft Y ^ iiitt ^ ltfl ^ £ mble « on f€ bx »« Uiafe ^^^]^ po ^ « i hearing ^ ^^| i « a ?^ 4 ! Sff # ^

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    Q 46 Oft the Observance of ^ Qhfisi ^ t as ^ y .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1708/page/26/