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5 pH * l * V . 0 $$ pm& $ to fWBitaria ^ i ^ to ^ gh tfie Beyie « : ^ r m&y uoti feg wq \ im&ted wilU the iact , for we * ean > not suppose him epinbatltig » mere creative of hie own imagination . Unitarians do befieve in divine influence : see Dr , Carpenter on that subject , Unitarians do believe in the divinity or divine mission of Jesus Christ : see
Mr . Belsham , Mr . Aspland , Mfc Yates , Mr . Kenrick and Or . Thomas Reee . Unitarians do believe in the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ , and the means of recovery from sin and its effects : see Mr . Wngiifc , Mr . Wellbeloved , Mr . Keri ^ tish , M& Butcher , Unitarians do not
only believe that the Scriptures have revealed to us the means of salvation , but * that they alone ought to be the rate of our faith and the guide of our conduct . If because we call no man master in matters of religion * we are said to have no creed y if because we deem it better to worship God accord ing to the dictates of our heart , rattier
than obey the traditions and inventions of men ; if for this cause we are lightl y esteemed by others * we will bear witn patience the sneers of the world , and look to him who will judge rigbte * oualy , a » d prepare to give to him an account of our . stewardship . When I first perused the Review I have men *
tioned , I was rejoiced , and resolved to congratulate my brethren oil our being acknowledged to be Christians ; for it is not always pleasant to see ourselves classed with I > eist $ , Infidels and Athe ists . But my joy was damped when 1 read , and re-read the following pas * sage : "The man who believes this
with his heart , believes all the Scrips tares require him to believe in order to salvation ; He may not express himself on the subjept of the Tnmtyj the personality of fee Spirit and other points of confessed importance in our language ; but he holds the head ; he belongs to the true circumcision ,
who ivorship God in spirit , rejoice in Christ Jeaue , and have no confidence in the flesh / ' Though of all" men Unitarians have the least confidence in tW flesh , acknowledging that it is of the qaercy of God that tliey are saved aipjrtitt of themselves ; Vet they diefelaitn feny language of thiir otqti , and" deem » b points of confessed Im-
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the Reviewer igfiepd < h ^ . 3 C £ a- ^ iji lmyo ^ d what Divine wisdom has . disclosed ? Or does the phrase , " our Ian * guage , " mean so ^ me particular cojaiesr sion of feith , soir » e standard of true orthodoxyJ i 11 woutd have Igw $ jcpm did to h&mmv&k an explanation , e # pei was induce
ciall y as hia ^ desi ^ a to the Quakers to jditi the sect that k characterized by its soundness in faith . Per- * haps , the writer only meant tofumi ^ H a specJLnien of the language o | ih ^ i sect , ; in the correctness and divetsHy
of n \ etaphor , and the substitution of sound for sense in the quotatioa of scripture . Jf this were his object , he fe happy in his elucidation of a . person who believes with his hearty holding the head , belonging to the true cirr dtmeMon , womhiping God is spirit , &c . Mr ; Editor , I am a plain mail ,
and ? ts the ^ gospel was designed as a peculiar ! blessing for the poor , I &m anxious that T both , our religiOu ^ ser * vices and our controversial wt ^ itig ^ should be conducted in a language that may only excite to love and good works . - ' i Li . Ev Ev ; V - ^^^ M ^^^ a ¦ ¦ i - - ¦ . ¦ -
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•^ ^^ mmi ^^—— .. . Btist&i , . . ; .: Sm , Fed . ard t lS ^ . ^ Tj ^ ROM the perUsal of a highly re * Mr ^ spectable Quarterly PuUUc ^ fipni entitiea ** The Inquirer / ' I h » pe : \ fcitl } a pecuiiar degree of eatisfaction learns ed the existence of a Convention &f
Delegates from New York , PhiladeU phia and Delaware , whose ^ jpecific obi > jects are " the abolition of ; djwtestic slavery , the protection of free Negroes
illegally detained , and genearsdJ ^ the improvement of the condkioa of the African race tliroughout the United States ; " and that this Convention as * sembfed at Philadelphia on the 2 £ th of October , and dosed the sittings of it ^ "i 7 th » edsion on ? the 29 tsfct qTUo
vember , 1824 . . This intelligence being new arid ifi ^ ieresting to me , I conclude that It ! will be equally so to many of your readers and ^ taat they will sliar ^ In the pl ^ teure which I feel in findiiig itbat the ; mt ports of the Session ai ?^ e aid to be fbr the inOBtpmti o # a Wrfily oncotiritoing
description . ' The coDrtUi tute 4 Socie-1 ^ coiitinuB - to ttdcli to iiieiic buntber me sdtools : for the erfucatidir of Nee
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 97, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/33/
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