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discourse so bold an assertion of religious liberty . This eminent scholar seems to b ^ ve a clear insight into the free constitution of Christianity . He is equally the
enerrfy of superstition and of mtqlerance , and his principal object is the resistance of the inquisitorial spirit and oppressive tendency of Methodism . In his Notes , he declares himself an advocate for
the Catholic claims , subject to the proposed Veto . The publication will , no doubt , be extensively read and make considerable impression , in the upper classes of society ; but what chance lias a five ^ shilling sermon , with learned notes , of reaching that
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Sonnet to Joseph Lancaster * Right onward Lancaster , in that bold track And true , which thou hast chosen , go , my friend , Undaunted , instant , heedless of the pack , T . he pampered curs that on thy steps attend , In snarling insolence . And may ' st thou move , Supported by the still small voice within ,
That spake of duty , truth and Christian love , And bade thee first thy glorious task begin .-For them hast loosed the floodgates on mankind Of ^ a new dawn to hope and feeling dear . And who shall check the swelling stream of mind * - Or curb the tide of knowledge thundering , near ? Blest be thy labours , may their sphere increase ; Aad knowledge travel through the world with Peace , v - J * B- A » Hampstead 9 Jkc , iSll . i
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great mass of people whom the preacher wishes to reclaim ? The instructors of the Methodistsijnderst&nd human nature better than then * opponents : they address the multitude by means of
small , and often gratuitous , nubsmall , and often gratuitous , publications and familiar extempore preaching ; and whilje the Church of England and other rational sects content -themselves with well-written volumes and decently-read
sermons , they must ever wage an unequal war . The people are thfc prize for which all parties gure contending ; , but they wil ) be won by those only that make their ^ suit to their plain understandings and unrefined affections .
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50 Poetry . —Sonnet to Joseph Lancaster .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1812, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1744/page/50/
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