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in the track settlements , at Trenton and kbout it , in Oneida county , gave Mr . Sherman an invitation , first , to preach to them , and afterwards to become their tninister ; that , upon this , the Society at IMansfield gave \ iim a new call \ and that ,
after some hesitation and anxiety , he had agreed to go to Trenton , and was , at the time of writing the pamphlet , actually on his way thither with his family . M ^ . Shernran ^ s tract on the Divine Unity seems to have been ' much read , and "was
answered , in a very angry and abusive manner , by a Mr . Daniel Dow , mrnister of . Thomson , Connecticut , to whose book A . O . F . ' s pamphlet before us is an answer . This pamphlet also is in the American style—personal and intemperate . | t . contains , however , some good Writing and sound reasoning , and
disflays considerable reading and ability . The writer is eviden ' ly warmed into indignation by " the malicious pamphlet " ^ srhich M r . Dow , who might have been expected to have learned courtesy at ^ Thompson , " that pleasant abode of steady habits and orderly manners , " officiously put out against Mr , Sherman a modest and successful 4 ; Preacher of
the Gospel of Jesus in the Wilderness , " 3 neaning \ we suppose , his new station an Oneida county . The introduction to the pamphlet is excellent : it is as 'follows— " When the Rev . John Sher' jnati visited our nei g hbourhood , in the Course of last summer , and preached to tis , for several weeks , the go pel of salutation , numbers of us were struck at
seeing various important doctrines pf pur holy religion pi need before us in a tiew . point' of * view . His unassuming modesty and candour-: —his uncommon , Jp lain , anci rfiervous diction-r—his pure scriptural language —( s £ iking evidences that his heart felt what his li ps professed;—his devout prayers , breathing an ardent love towards his God and
fellow-creature . '—his amiable rnanners and instructive behaviour in the ordinary ¦ Wa its of life , occasioned a wish in the l > osom of every one of us to hear more of thi ^ worthy young nian .-r ^— We were informed by him of hi speculative opitrions re pecting some cardinal points of
our relir ion ; we heard from him that he was opposed by sorne of his brethren ; we -alao heard him preach the docti ine fox " which he had been censured by 6 « trie in his own country 3 and rot-< v | hstsndJn < r •' ( united as we , were in a yroteetant religious society , frpm various
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Christian denominations , to worshi pthe God and Father of our . Lord and Master in charity and pea . ee ) , we ttnammoud y re * solved to call him to be our minister upon the broa"d basis of Je ^ us and his apostles , binding him to the sacred
Scriptures , as the only rule for liis life an 4 doctrine . " Subjoined are the " Artir cles upon which a part of the * United Protestant Religious Society ' have asso- ? ciatedin a church , by the name of'The Reformed Christian Church . ' I . We
aekpowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to contain a revelation of Qod ' s will to mankind , and that they are in matters of religion the only standard of doctrines and rules of practice . —IT . We acknowledge that no other confession , or test of Christian
fellowship and standing in t * he visible church of God , ought to be established , than that which Christ and his apostles made necessary , or on which they received believers in the Gospel , Matt , xvi . 15—17 . Actsviir . 36 , 37 . 1 John iv . 15 . I John v . 1 . —III . Liberty of conscience shall be preserved inviolate .
Every mernber shall be maintained in his right of free inquiry into the doc-r trines of Scripture ; in publishing what he believes the Scriptures to contain ; and in practising according to his underr Standing of his < 3 uty- This liberty shall not be abridged as to his . understanding ^ nd practice , respecting the ceremonies , ordinances , or positive institutions of Christianity . —IV . The government and discip ine shall be according to the direction of our Lord . Matt . xvii . 15 —• 17 . The executive authority of the church shall be vested in the minister , the elders , and deacons ; but if any one suppose that by the church there men- ?
tioned , is intended the brotherhood generaj ' y , he shall have the liberty of referring the cause for adjudication to the body at large . —V . The officers Hf the church , elders and deacons , shall be chosen by ballot , and hol ^ l their office during the pleasure of the church , or choose to decline serving any longer . —* VI . The mode of admission to the
church shall be , that any person wish ing to become a member , shall make l ^ nown his desire to the cpnsistory- ( the ministers , elders , and deacons ) , who shall , if the applicant be a person of good moral character , refer his case foe
decision to the church at large . —VH « The Lord ' s Supper shall be celebrated four times a \ ear , twice in Oldenbar-
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44 * 2 Religions and Liter dry Intelligence \
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/50/
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