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u » 6 n it , Shy that you c ^ not tflorily God * h 6 nour your Saviour , or benefit mankind toore effectually , than by maki ng such efforts , during the few days or year * that you have to spend in thts world . Recollect what - Mordecai , the good subject and servant of God said , on a wteigiity concern * to
Queen Esther , * If them altogether boldest ttiy peace at this time , then shall there enlargement and deliverance * { from , in this case , an imperfect translation of thef Holy Scriptures ) ' arise ( to the British nation ) * from another pWe / Esther m 14 .
* We learn from the Sixteenth Re-Sort of the British and Foreign Bible ttfeieiy , 1820 , p . 64 , that Br . Tingstadius , one Of the bishops of Swedes , who is also one of the first Hebrew scholars of the present day , and who has long been employed in preparing a New Translation of the Swed&h
Bible , could not be persuaded by Dr . Henderson to form a Bible Society in bis diocese , as it would give to the Old Swedish Translation such an extensive circulation , as would obstruct the progress of the Kern Suelv rational check * put to the tvoundless increase of the copies of
corrupt translations of the Holy Scriptures , are both laudable and necessary , and-wHi in th& end do more for the glory of God , the credit of our holy renglbn , and the good of mankind , than the well-meant , but too hasty efforts of man y of their imprudent brethren . I bear them record
that they have a zeal for God , but in this respect , it is not according to fcound knowledge J . OSEPH JEVANS .
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Sir , BEG to assure your interesting I correspondent , Mr . Cboper , [ XVII . 7 ^ 1 , ] that when I sent you the paper , [ XVII . 677 ^] on which lie has animadverted , nothing could , be farther from my intention than to say any thing *
that could wound his feelings , much lejas question his veracity . I was truly sdny to observe , in his concluding * sentence , something which almost imp lied that I had done so $ but let me express a hope , that he will shew tti&t he does not retain ally offence wheref none was intocftted ; by speedily completing the series of m * Interesting *
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communlca ^ ons . least , ' let him consider , thfctvit \ vill be unjust to punish ^ all your an ^ ffending readers for my fault alone , ffce feet is , I will acknowledge , that mot being wry fomiliar with We ^ 4 ndian matters , I
was not 8 uffi (^ # «» Hie alert to iaqwee , * iiiether the tAiklrefi , stated to ^ e in -the schools , were m * fae st # te of slavery or not . I rather took it for granted that they were ; whereas , I see by re-consulting the Report that the contrary is generally the case . But while 1 concede thus much , I
must 8 till contend that , even with respect to the Slave * , both children and adults , the Methodist Report fimmhes evidence that philanthropic endeavours are not in vam . Mr . C appeal to admit , what indeed is very evident from numerous parts of $ faei £ eport , that the Wesleian Missionaries have
considerable numbers of the Slave population submitted to tficir religions instructions , and that with the goodwill of the Piahters . I have « fr ^ ady quoted , in my former letter , their testimonies to tlie improvetaent in ria ^ -
rals « nd piety , which the Negroes manifest in many instances . TWi&&se I wilt add one more : ¦ it comes iVom the island of St . Eustatius . Mr . French says ; " I have' on this islatid ^ four places , in each of vvhichrl preach once in the
course of the weelc . The last of these was opetied under the following peculiar cffcum&tances , A Slave belonging to a person on this island had tfun away from his master , and become a raostTjatorious robber , and having got others to join him , he was appointed
their captain . He resided with them in the mountains fourteen months ^ but at last was taken and put into confinement . His natuster expostulated with him on his conduct , but the Slave replied , that no one had eared for his religious concerns , and therefore he had been ignorant and wicked . The master applied to me , and I told him
that if he would suflfer me to preach to his Negroes , it wouid have him a great deal of trouble * I went to the rubber , conversed with him , and left him apparently ^ orry for his past wickedness , and purposing to act very dtfferehtly in future . ¦ * Fk& master
offered me a large warehotiefe for wiorship , ami ' ha » dfiee-fitt ^ d ^ it itt > forthat purpose : I preach in it to all liistNe-
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J 00 Christum insirmetitin 4 f Negroes .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/36/
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