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' Where they tUat be vyise shalLshine as the brijfhttfess of the ^ nnamenty and they that tufrf many to righteousness as the stars Fdr ever and ever . ' " TO WHICH HIS GRACE RETURNED THE tfOIiliOWlNG ANJSJVER :
" Pertmt me to assure you , that T am very much flattered by your kind congratulations oii the commencement of my connexion with the province of Munster .
* Coti 3 Cientiously attached to the Established Church , I cannot but feel a particular gratification in the candid approval of those , who as conscientiously dissent from it .
" In this our imperfect state of being , it is impossible for us to think all alike . Our minds take various bents from education , habits and numerous external r as well a $ internal causes , not &hyays subject to our eohtroul : so that it seems almost as
unreasonable to quarrel with each other for the differences in our opinions , as for the ( Jitfererice in our statures , coinplexionsjind features . " Amid the din of parties an <\ the ebullition of sectarian zeal : —of that
zeal , I mean , which would appropriate the cfc&racter of God ' s elect to one denomination of . Christians alone ; it is pleasing to witness the . avowal of more liberal principles . We are not all members of the Church of England , but we are all members of the Church
of Christ ; and I cannot but rejoice to find that the Ministers and Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Cork , participate with me in what appears to their , minxls , as , well as to rny own , the genuine feelings of Christian charity and bettevoJeriee . " Signed , ¦ ¦« R . CASHEL , "
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Account o / jSlias Hickes , an American Quaker Preachers 22 ft
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Sir , Apvil 6 , 1823 . 1 LATELY-received frjpm a nauchesteenled correspondent some interesting particulars ; respecting Elias Hiekes , of \ Long Island , ¦ near New York , who has long , been , ata * still is ,
a celelxrated , preacher ia the Society of Fjriends . He has / ho ^ very I am credibly * informed , t for i the 4 iber&lity of his deutinxeiits ^ met With * cons iderable o ^ po ^ itiaaf \ 5 - frofti ; fc / ew formal * bigots »? amongst his brethren fdr several years < ptot $ hMfyp r hi » ve !«« c * u « eia him " of pt ^ aching ^ H ^ iGtA Barhard ' s doc * tr ine . "
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Some months * ago the Meeting , of which he is a member / nevertheless gave him a certificate of full- unity with his laboiTrsfas a minister ^ unorder to his paying * a religious visit to the large meetings of Friends at
Philadelphia . In the performance of this duty , I Understand , < fe a very insidious attempt was made by one of his most inveterate : opposers to prejudice Friends there against him ; but tltat it fell in the right place , viz * on its disingenuous and unmanly author . "
I am not acquainted with the precise difference in opinion on the doetrines in question ; but your readers may see Cwith your permission ) by the following general description of the effect of this visit , and the disposition of certain ecclesiastics among the Friends to cettsure and silence the
preacher , that it occasioned no slight degree of agitation among them . A letter from Philadelphia , of a late date , says , €€ The ancient and venerable Elias Hickes has paid us a visit in gospel love ; he has kindled a fire in our midst , and it continues to burn oni
the altars of the hearts of many , especially the youth of both sexes . ; Maay able testimonies have been borne in his behalf in our public papers $ he has stood forth in our meetings , like the scholar or * Gamaliel and boldly declared the whole cofatosel of God .
The two-edged sword ofistruth cannot be borne by pharisaical professors . Eleven elders out of fifteen , and about nine ministers , of the same grade , strove to destroy his mission , silence him and send him home . But he ^ like a bold champion in the cause of truth ^ sounded the ram ' s horn in our
bonders , and the walls of our carnal Jericho trembled to their base 1 Anti \ thousands flocked to hear the gospfel preached in primitive simplicity . s A convention was . held every 24 Equrs , of ecclesiastics , during his stay amongst
us . * ' Ten delegates , sanctioned by the Pontiff J-- E—r— - ' , addressed a letter to him , Xwhich I have ntft seen , ) * on tjie ; subject of his heterodox doctrines ; ' ana he answered it in , the
ability which * God * gave ,-proving all their ticeusations to be ^ false , and founded ou bigotry and pr ^^ 4 ice . ' * Heh ^ as cleared his shirts , fmd le ft us ( q . reflect upon his testitnonies . But blander , that thcms ^ nd-tonffued
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/37/
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