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ti 4 Wi . That he chose these verses , as peculiarly appropriate to the subject on "which Jui hacfjust lectured , which was the 11 th ciiapter of the / lets , from thte beginning to the 19 th verse : —the passage to which h « bad come in the course of his regular lecture through that book . In this passage , the apostle Peter states to the other
apostles , bis account of the first instance in which a heathen had been admitted by baptism Snto the Church of Christ , and whose admission had been sanctioned by his being- made to share in the influences of the divine spirit . That considering- this instance as tbe prelude of the full admission of all heathen nations , to the
privileges and blessing's of the gospel , be regarded the passage which was sung-, and winch is the versification of a prophecy , intimating that important and rejoicingevent , as peculiarly suitable to tbe subject of tbe lecture , and in harmony with those pious sentiments which the contemplation of it ought to excite in every Christian
congregation . That it was not without feelings of tbe deepest indignation , mingled ( with no small degree of contempt , that the Declarant heard yesterday from Mr . Andrew Alexander , that his choice of that passage on that occasion had been so perversely and absurdly misrepresented , as to be regarded as an application of
language , referring to the Blessed Saviour of the world , to Buonaparte , whom he had long ie ^ ai ded with sentiments of the deepest abhorrence and detestation , not only as the disturber of the peace and happiness of nations , but as the greatest enemy to tbe civil and political liberties of mankind . That the Declarant considers the
Tery suspicion of his being capable of such 8 Uabominable and blasphemous perversion of the solemn language of scripture , as an fajnry of a very deep nature : an injury committed not only against himself , as a
minster of the gospel , but also against the University of which he is a member : whose character must severely sufler in tbe esti-OStion of mankind , if it were possible to iSWgine that they employed aa their chap-W , oose who could lie capable of auch to ftnpftrdonaltJft atrocity .
Interrogated , Declares tbtfit yesterday , afcout two o ' clock ^ Mr . Alexander inform * 4 fcun , that he bad tfeat day been exttewed verbally aa to what had taken place * tlteehapel ou Sunday . That Mr . Alex-** < ter again called upott the Declarant in j * 0 evening ' , an . 4 informed him that he
W received a message to attend and be Hfrufcej ^ amiued . Mr . Alexander appealed JMt vtry uneasy on the subject . That **• ttaelarant told bina most certainly to 'J '** -ke had been desired , and to answer ^ tt mtifttioiis ; that might be put t »< him— - — * W Ml : tfai » ht > < fod « fc « mto be truth . ( Sifimdi ) . JAttB » MYt »» . B . HuumMtr :
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The representation inserted in the above rrfinute is as follows : Glasgow College , 3 d April , 1815 . My Lord , The Faculty of Glasgow College presume that your Lordship is not unacquainted vvith a piecog-nition which was taken here last week , respecting * the conduct of divine service in the College Chapel , or *
Sunday , the 26 th March . From that transaction , it appears that Mr . Afylne , Professor of Moral Philosophy , who as College Chaplain officiated on that d&y ? has been suspected , pi obabfy accused , of crimes of a very heinous nature ; of Sedition , if not of High Treason ; of a profane abuse of the most solemn duties of religion of a blasphemous perversion of Holy
Scripture ; for that in his prayers , and particularly in the Psalms which lie appointed to be snug , he expressed his exultation it * the successful progress of Buonaparte to the French capital ; an event tbe intelligence of which bad reached Glasgow oh the morning- of that day ; and that he had impiously applied to Buonaparte , language solely appropriated by revelation to tls « s Saviour of the world .
The Faculty rejoice in the confident assurance , that these allegations are totaliy false and groundless ; and so they are petsuaded your lordship will find them to be from the declarations of those who have been examined . Yet still the facts that such suspicions had been entertained by the law officers of tbe country , that such accusations had been laid before thena ,
and that certain measures had in consequence been taken , cannot fail to produce on the public mind , effects highly injurious not only to the individual immediately concerned , but to the / interests also and reputation of a University which hitherto has held a respectable place in general estimation . What couiidence can
hereafter be placed in a body of men , who could not only employ as their chaplain a man capable of such atrocities , but who could permit that man to remain among them undisturbed , unchallenged , unnoticed , after the notorious and public commission of them for four full dajs , and until the chief magistrate of the ct . unty had cotne from a ciialance for their
investigation ? The . Faculty feel themseUes tailed upoii by the most imperious motives , by the consideration of every thing that they owe to their interest , to their leputamii , to their Usefulness , to search to the bottom thi »
alanniig mattei . Ai , d suiely they do not presume too far either < n your lord-, ship ' s connection with and uienitship for the {' hi-ietsiry , or on y < nr v . e'U known zeal arid integrity in the discharge ut ' your official duties as Ms majesty \ advojeate ; Wfcen thfcy' Mysore tBemetver that you will
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precmimy * M * ff # inti Professor yftne , on the Charge of Sedition . 403
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1815, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1762/page/3/
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