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Upon political subjects * Mr . feekbam scarcely enters . He praises th £ Jubilee Form of Prayer , a for the general propriety of the sentiments , and the simplicity of the language ; " and he says , that u in this devout thanksgiving
and prayer , e , very good subject jnust cordially unite : for it is hardly to be conceived that an individual can exist in the country , who does not venerate the personal character and virtues of the king . "
Our opinion concerning the Jubilee-prayer is on record ; but while we think that in point of sense and composition it is mean .
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in the lowest degree * we are willing to allow that it is more Moderate and charitable than might have been expected from the oe * casion * It appears to advantage compared with the war-breathing Jewish service . *
With Mr . Belsham ' s concluding sentiment we so far agree , also , a $ , to think that 4 < personal virtues" are always respectable ; that the 6 * personal virtues 7 ' of
kings are , for more reasons than one , of peculiar value ; and that it is next to impossible for any one acquainted with the personal vi r * tues of the present king not to ve * nerate them
-2 . The Jubilee a Source of Religious Improvement ; a Sermon preached ^ at Wjorship Street Finsbury Square ¦ , Wednesday , Oct . 25 , 1809 . By John Evans , M . A . 8 vo . pp . 36 + Shefc . wood and Co *
Mr , Evans ' s text * which was advertised in the public prints along with the Sermon , led us to expect that the preacher had
discovered ^ by a strong prophetic eye , a long series of great and decisive victories to be achieved by his majesty ' s arms ; and we amus - ed and cheered ourselves with the
prospect of the complete subjection of the Emperor Napoleon , and the universal ascendency of British military wisdom and prowess . * ** ' fiE MUST REIGN TIJLI *
HE HAT ** PUT ALL ENEMIES VNDER , HIS FEET . " !! But the sermon itself dispels all our illusions , for we no sooner read the
flattering text , than we meet with this discouraging comment : ** Of no earthly potentate can this 4 eclaration be pronounced with any degree of tri | th qv certainty S > - <~ * Vide p . 641 .
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Review . - — Jubilee Sermons * — Evans * * 687
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Why then , we are ready to ask , was it selected for . an occasion which respected only an earthly potentate ? why , particularly , advertised without the comment , when it must have been foreseen
that every reader would understand the great personage pointed to in the word& to be 64 George the Third '' ? ' Mr . Evans ' s loyalty is clearly displayed in the introduction of the discourse , though we suspect that a courtier would conclude
from certain qualified expressions , that Jtiis loyalty is not of that tfiouough-paced sort which would be most acceptable to the iiistitutors of the Jubilee . His Majesty ? pleases and astonishes Mr , Evans both as a man and a monarch : aft attendant on tbe king ' s , person could hot have described his per *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/37/
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