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% \ vb ' dialect of freedom , the fountain hm& af ' iiterfciut ^ aM ih ^ key of sei-6 uce . The learned and philosophic haver always been enraptured with ' its praises , and those irtg-euious men , Who have proposed ah artificial ,
philosophical lang-li ^ e , should have considered that in the Greek they had one already prepared , infinitely more perfect and beautiful than afty they could hope to devise . As far as Christianity extends , this tongue will bfc revered and studied ; as far as science is diffused , its nomenclature Will be naturalized ;
wherever thfe muses wander , they Will bear it with them as their native tongue ^ and its inimitable bards will be read witli delight . The lapse of ages , sweeping less perfect dialects from the earth , will add new honours td this :
in short , if true religion and civilization are destined to encircle the globe , and maintain a permanent sway , the knowledge of this sdcred and incomparable tongue will , do so likewise : it will be the universal . language of enlightened education .
To Unitarians a good acquaintance with Greek is peculiarly desirable , as it is connected so closely with the defence of their peculiar tenets . So much is this apprehended to be the
case , that I have actually heard the study of Greek disapproved of , as leading to Unitarianism , while that of Hebrew was commended as having a contrary tendency . This Cabbalistic antipathy is riot , I believe , without some foundation . To some
knowledge of this tongue , I can trace my own first persuasion that Unitarianism was truth , and my pf-esent satisfaction in this belief is not a little derived from the same source . My case , I
presume , may not be singular . Moreover , an extensive cultivation of this language' amoljg us would also have this advance , that it would qualify many for 1 superintending ' education , and thus would be favourable to the
ex tension of our ; I sen timed ts among the risinJEt ge ^ ernOf ion * v ' '' - ^ To watds <^ Yryfo £ the proposed plan into ex ^ mtlo ^ ^ far as it 6 ^ 11 meet with appiro ^ foti , it i ^^ l 4 lAp ^ mt J tm ^ ce $ &apy > f&& £ ^^ acq ^ iaitiQffWi ©^ k ^ e 88 e&tial pair
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it np tin worthy purstait to ad 4 this interesting branch of knowledge - to those they have already acquired , a task which I have known several ladies undertake with much ultimate satisfaction ; that where circumstances admit of it , some knowledge of the
Greek Testament should be riven to the most meritorious and intelligent children in our Sunday-schools ; add , lastly , tbat in every congregation ^ such as like the plan should form an Hellenistic association , f 6 r oari ^ iiig ^ ii into effect among themselves . The economy of such an association would be simple atid obvious $ but I cannot
now go into detail . Such i Sir , is the proposal which , though marked by a little singularity , I have ventured to lay before you * readers , deeming it not mi worthy of their Serious attention . * E / ca $ -o $ ra eavrip hoKsirra TrpaTT&a . HELLEN 1 STES .
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The Divinity of Christ adopted bg the Pagan Philosophers as an art * ful device to set aside the truth of Christianity ,
IN my last paper ( pp . 33—38 ) I shewed that the Pagans , to account for the miracles of Christ , supposed him to be a God ; I will now shewthat they adopted the supposition of his divimtv to set idthe laims of
ase c his Gospel . The Heathen philosophers thought themselves called upon only to account for the miracles of Christ , and for 14 s appearance after death . If he were . a demon or God .
the phenomena required no investigation beyond his personal nature . They might say he performed the works ascribed to him by virtue of his own power ; he survived death by virtue of his own nature . This was sufficient :
farther inquiry would bq unnecessary or a mere matter of curiosity . < 5 h the other hand , if the dictate of . Pananism were discarded , and Jesus considered , as ^ he ? appeared to be , a mete utaa ^ ia order to accomxt for his it
ihir ^ clesi wa » then rtecefes ^ ry to i ^ ceive \ ii& doctrMe , aid the recorda <; ontaMWfl ^ it ; ^ } And here they would view M&iilield forth ^ a divine tetfc ^ car coining from i Gtodp ^ e viOr ^ liWffl ^ wArt mmstmx ^ ithe ^* 6 jjw ; vvith ttg % ofet itnportan ^ intorntlation to niritridn
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The J ? h ^ niiy of Christ adopted by ike Piigafi Philosopher * . 2 tt ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/15/
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