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    , ^ KjEdinhnrpfcf ' Sift , August 11 , 1818 . REFERRIN G t <> the Note in the Improved Version upon Matthew iii . 1 , Which is of the following tenor , " Tfce gofcpel of th £ Ebionites or Hebrew ^ which did not contain the

    account of the miraculous conception of Jesus , began in this frianner , * It came to pass in the days of Herod , the King of Judea , that John came in Jordato and advert

    baptizing ;'" - ing also to what is said on the same subject by Luke iii . 1 , u Nowm the fifteenth year of the reigti of Tiberius , &c , the word of God came to John ,

    &c . ; there appears to me a very great inconsistency between these two accounts of t ^ ie sam e even t , the one placing the date of the occurrence at least twefity-eight years , if not thirty , prior to the period assigned to it by the oth £ r .

    It would be beneficial if , through the fiiedium of the Repository , an explanation of this difficulty could be obtained , in order to remove doubts concerning the validity of the testimony derived from the Ebionite gospel , whinh naturally arise on the perusal of the above Note * A : B .

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    besides which I can think of . The remarks of your Sussex Correspondent appear to me detrimental to this grand cause . If this idea be

    groundless , I shall be glad to be shewn my error . Not that I imagine him to be intentionally unfriendly to the general education of the poor ; I merely allude to the tendency I ascribe to the plan he advocates .

    The writer in the paper I allude to , ( which to my regret is out of rtif present reach , ) after making mention of the schopl that attracted his atten * tion from the inscription in front of it , statei , I think , that Mr . Clarke , who

    he supposes is an Anti-trinitariau , gives up the children on Sundays to be instructed very probably by zea ^ lous Calvinists in their religious tenets , and by so doing , manifests Ittkewaritiness in the cause of

    Uttitarianisin . Having had the advantage of Mr . Clarke ' s kind and hearty co-operation ift an attempt to realize a plan for the establishment of schools , the funda * - mental principle of which Was , to provide elementary and moral instruction for all who needed it within our

    reach , and to guard against any restrictions having a tendency to lessen or impede tweir most extended usefulness , 1 do not hesitate to say , that , in my estimation , such a scheme is very preferable to the exclusive svstem of your Sussex writer .

    I assume that it is a disgrace to this country that all its inhabitants , without exception , are not taught to read ; that to impart the means of knowledge as extensively as possible to those who are at present destitute of it , is the bounden duty of ev « ry

    person who feels the importance of reason , and who knows that it is the introduction to greater happiness and enjoyment , than any that can be attained in a state of brutal ignorance . But , Sir , I restrain my pen from pursuing this idea . Your readers

    are , I am confident , generally agreed in the expediency of rooting out moral ignorance from the land as much as possible , and in the wish thHftt ail their fellow -creatures might enjoy not only the kindly fruits of the earth , but that cultivation of mind

    which may be fit afod proper for rational beings . The only question I would propose

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    JBbionite Gospel *~ -Mr . Silver an Schools for All . & 45

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    Hammersmith * Silt , Feb . 14 , 1819-WAS very glad to find , on taking I up th ^ last number of the Monthly Repository , that Mr . J , T . Clarke had takfeii notice [ p . 39 ] of an objection made by a Chichester C ** e-

    spondeut of yours [ XIII . 749 ] , against a scliool patronized by him in some part of the eountry , Suffolk , I believe . But as I perceive Mr . Clarke has merely stated the difference of opinion between himself and the writer in question , without adding any thing to what he had previously

    written in explanation of his plan ; and thinking the point at issue of consequence , I wish to offer some remarks respecting it . My desire to do so arises from the belief which I have long entertained , that to impart elementary knowledge to those poor children whb are destitute of the

    means of attaining it , universally , that is > without anysort of party restriction , would do morse gctod to the community at large , aud to the indigent in particular , than any single meaaure VO £ . XIV . }¦ % JL

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/33/