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    if no sentiment t * f resentment shotild be excited ^ one of two consequences must inevitably * fellow ± either-the Society , being 'deprived o £ the hx > pe of further support , and crippled by the loss of its

    pecuniary means , and of many of its most valuable members * would wholly expire , or sink into insignificance : or else the dissenting interest ^ making up for these losses

    by more extensive sacrifices , and an increase of zeal and activity , and availing itself of the assistance of the foreign societies already formed ,, would carry on the Institution in nearly the same manner as before .

    In the first case you would have crushed an establishment whteh has done rtfore- for the diffusion of Chri&tiafity than has been effeetert in the same ^ pace of time in any age since the , Apostolic ; which has in seven- years b £ en

    the means of preaching the Gos - pel in FIFTtUFOUR LANGUAGES . This would indeed be putting but one * of the eyes of Britain The other alternative wouM be to transfer to the b 0 dy of DiSSEtf .

    t £ k $ a 41 * the honour atra influence of whatever * has been done , and whatever may be done , bynn Institution , of which the dawn has been so glorious , 4 > ut which is visi- * bly Tiding into'hrighter daj ^ Shalt it be ffeaid th&t the Dissenters

    anow feavfc ^ a * rri € < i the * Wokb Of Go !) TO E * fe ^ ¥ itAWCHW 'OT * . ]> ER HEAVEN ? oV sht * H the drtmett otf Ek ax a ki > continue to c + aitti the leading palrt hi this important Work ? 'And can the « Gkurck of England stand so secure ufcoh 'fc nalfrrow and e ^ ct txfrive jk > - » licy , ' ^ e te 1 by Bratt * tviiird ttaf * BtESetwGS ^ ak 0 UN * fi * ra t itk 1 JBAYERS OF AJLI , PEOPLE , NATIONS . AND LANGUAGES ?

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    The evils of either alternative seem to me equally fatal and if \ evitaWe * 1 am far from undervaluing the efforts of the Sp ^ cl ^ ty FOR PROMOTING CHRF&TlAIf Knowledoe . I am an old menu

    her ofthat Society , and am heartily disposed to lend any assistance in my power to its useful pj ^ ns ^ Btit how Jittle , either that or ^ ny other society now existing , would be competent to supply the place of the Bible Society , the

    experience of above a century has shewn . Even supposing ( what I think impossible ) that i ( might be made ^ in some considerable degree , to answer the same purposes , I see superior advantages iji ; the present constitution of the Bible Sqcle- »

    t y . The CQ + operation of Gh , u bcjp : men and DrsSRNTERsi / t reltgwy # matter& t so far us tiiey can conscientionsly cb * operat $ , seems to me one of the most efficncipvis means *> f lessening both the politi c

    cat and religious evils -of dissent * It dispels prejudices , promotes candour and good will , and must prepare the mind for the reception of that truth which every one perceives t 6 be no les $ the object 6 t those who differ from him than

    his own . From such a commu-. nication , the Church of Englandhas nothing to fear , and eyery thing to hcfrpe ; as hdlding ( fn our judgments At least ) that middle lint of truth ia which atl opposite opinions have a natural tendency ' t ^ coincide . Artd ' is tttait truth

    more Ukefy to be acknowledged ^ and embraced by minds embittered by mtituai jealousy and aversion , * of by J stiich tts hitve been previodsly Softened by conciliation ? The- existence of disseht wtM

    per-haps be inseparable from religious freedom , so long as the mind of man is liable to error : but it is

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    Intelligence .-T-MrvVamiitarVs Letter 1 t > Dr . Marsh . 1 < $ T

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/61/