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of pigeons was used as fuel , others as a manure . Linnaeus first pointed out that the roots of OrnitJiogalum , or Star of Bethlehem , being the common food of the poor in Palestine to this
day , must have been the article in question ; the name of ornithogalum , ( bird's milk , ) which had puzzled all etymologists , applying to the streaks of green and white in its flower , which thus resembles the dung of birds .
There is a celebrated text , of great beauty , to which I have ventured to apply a botanical elucidation . Our Saviour says to his disciples , Matt . vi . 28 , " Consider the lilies of the field
how they grow . " This is commonly supposed to apply either to the white lily or the tulip , neither of which is wild in Palestine . It is natural to
presume the Divine Teacher , according to his usual custom , called the attention of his hearers to some object at hand ; and as the fields of the Levant are overrun with the
Amaryllis lutea , whose golden liliaceous flowers , in autumn , afford one of the most brilliant and gorgeous objects in nature , the expression of ** Solomon , in all his glory , ' not being ' arrayed like one of these , " is peculiarly appropriate . I consider the feeling with
which this was expressed as the highest honour ever done to the study of plants ; and if my botanical conjecture be right , we learn a chronological fact , respecting the season of the year when the sermon on the Mount was delivered .
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Unitarian Chapel in Essex-Streef , where I have a strong persuasion that Dr , Tennant first introduced me , At
least I know that he repeatedly expressed there the warmest admiration of Mr . Lindsey , comparing him to the old Reformers , and declaring his remarks on certain points to be unanswerable . 1 knew also that my friend was much acquainted with Di \
Priestley , and with Mr . Wood , an eminent Dissenting clergyman at Leeds , whom I had heard lament , that he had in vain tried to persuade Dr , Tennant ' s mother , to put him earlier in the way of good classical instruction . By these circumstances I might well be led into error . I have much
more precise authority for here asserting that Dr . Tennant ' s religious opinions did not subsequently approximate more to those of the Church , nor was this any secret .
He was but too open and sincere . Of one thing I am sure , that , he never meant to act dishonourably . Having been brought up to the Church , and having no design of disturbing its ordinances , whatever were his
theoretical speculations , he might think subscription justifiable 5 nor is it for us to judge his conscience or that of any man . How harsh , therefore , is Mr . Monk ' s ** severe reflection upon his character , " so readily forthcoming :,
upon the supposition of my being correct I I deeply regret having been unintentionally the cause of this dis cussion , but I cannot take any blame to myself for my mistake ; especially as I have known tnanv similar
instances , both of subscribing Dissenters and of helerdox subscribers . The latter I have always found most ready to exclaim in public , unawares , perhaps , against such conformity .
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On Mr . Robinson s * History of Bapturn * * ( Continued from p . 241 . ) Sir , SO ME time since the writer of these letters apologized for his much talking : he now makes an apology for his long silence . With the occasion of it the Editor was made
acquainted : and it may be proper just to hint here , that it proceeded from business quite unforeseen , and altogc-
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& 0 S On Mr . Robinsons " History of Baptism "
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Account of the late Dr . Tennant , Professor of Chemistry in the University ° f Cam bridge . [ From Sir J . E . Smith ' s Defence of the Church and Universities of England ^ Qc . _ -Pp . 38—40 .
PASS on to what concerns my I long-valued friend , the late Dr . Tfnwant , an honour to science and mankind . Professor Monk corrects me , for having spoken of this eminent character as a Dissenter . 1 hope the following statement will clear me ^ of
wilful misrepresentation . Dr . Tennant and myself were much acquainted during our residence at Edinburgh . We frequently met also in ^ London , between the years 1783 and 1796 , and more than once at Mr . Lindsey ' s
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1819, page 608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1777/page/20/
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