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viper , wkich . ouivenonaa all the worms of thte Nile * is still pouring out bitte ? invective a against him , , and strking to blast , his character , " for reputed orthodoxy I suppose , * ' 'to bring hiu * under condemnation' by the Church *
and thus , cause him to be thrust out of the Synagogue . But this is not ia their power , A spirit of inquiry seems to be abroad among us , and the youth appear disposed to search for themselves , and not pin their faith upon pontiffs , cardinals , or their privy
counsellors , Who are nothing but tyrannical , . sectarian bigots ; and r if sanctioned by law , would soon cause a Smithfield smoke to be raised among us . " The letter-writer adds , * ' 1 have been informed , the people who call themselves Friends are about to lay a proposal before their ecclesiastical
court to publish , a new confession of faith to the ^ world , since Elias has jostled their lees , and produced a far-, mentation , which I hopig will purge out all their o } d leaven . I have Jong sighed for a Reformation , If it begin in this city , it will spread far and wide , . All the meetings seem convulsed ! i "
> To give you and your readers some farther idea of the , warmth with which the attempt to obstruct Elias Hickes in the exercise of the sacred rights of conscience and of free discussion has
been met , I send you a copy of some complimentary lines addressed to Elias Hickes during the contest , on hearing him preach a sermon , Dec . 12 th last , at Philadelphia .
** Yes , we saw thee stand before us , Heard the words thy lips impart , Felt that heavenly love was o ' er iis > For each sentience touch'd the heart To the work by heaven appointed , Tiiou the light of truth hast shed , Coming as the Lord ' s anointed , Knowledge of his will * to spread .
As on Sinai ^ S holy mountain Shope the Pvophet ' s face divine , &ffinlgent thus from lieavenly fountain Kays of truth illumined thine . Like sortie angel sent from Jheaven , TV * instruct tire human race , Were thy ogiqotiitions given From iht source of truth and grace
Thpu no nmaught < Joctr ? ue t&udbesf , * Brit ftiafc which waie efrtt received , GoiP » eternal troth thou t * fcaclt £ st ; That hia saints have all believed »
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From tfcat Jiouf % \ & s # * r oi ^ xy ; Shone pn Judah ' s hallow ed ground , When the shepherds sang the story Where the infant King w ? is found , Thro * the gloom ; af darke st $ ges , r Fruth has sboac . wth piercing ray , And the balm that pain assuages
Shed cm hearts that own its sway .. To the light of grace inshining Thro the darkue $$ , of our souls , We must bow with hearts inclining To , his will that ours controuls ^ Thus we tearn by revelation , What the will of God makes known * Thus we bow in adoration ,
Humbly at the Saviour s throne . Need we then the long narration As the means , our heaven to win ? No , the seurqe af our salvation ^ . Is the ligrht of Christ witbiH . By the eternal word ^ of power , Manifest within the mind , Acting m the sitewt bt > yt ,.
On the thoughts of human kind . For thfs holy truth prnfessing , - Long our fathers acrffkr / d aajre , Long contended for the b& $ sittg , Given to the sainls before . Now again th& way thou showest > That the Aposttes ever trod , Heaved reward the £ as thou goest 9 \ On the errand of thy God .
P 6 rsecufions"he * re attend tHee , Whl ^ i the satnts have ^ vei * know n , Bat the Eternal shall defend thee , From the shaft , that hate has thrown And may'st thotr , when hen 6 e retiring , When this toiir of love shall cea ^ e , Feel thy soul-to ® o& aspiring , And enjoy his holy peace /*
From these liaes t think we mky safely infer that the }* e | reay imputed to Eliaa Hick ^ s is not-a dereliction of the distinguishing tenet of the Quakers , in the language oT Bftrcfay , the doctrine of " imoieJiate Divine Revelation . " But in what comfMSrative estimation
Elias Hiek « & , or hiii poetical Eulogist , holds the authentic records of the primitive Qiristian > faddi , * mee revealed to the « aititB ub < ter tspeeml and extraordinary eiroumfc ^ anres , ^ lift wneertaitlv Nor is it-cIcJar to me whether the writer m « ais w& oseribe " adori ^ &rt ^ descri
tion" to th ^ pei ^ Ott wh he bed as < the tefent Kin ^ 6 t to Ws CJod and Fffit ^ er wfroiti " he atfdreBfi ^ d 4 it prayed , wbwi » Ug time of , his sfl *^ it ^ and dfeaWv vm : jW toiid ^ -W *' ' ** only true God . ° '
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230 Acbount of Eluts Htekes * tin America *? Quufier PtyettefofF ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/38/
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