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    hvonjled&e * ***** connected with their tZ mluckle dopes * With signal Dropriety therefore , the first of the discourses in this volume , is " on R eligious Conversation" ( Mai . iii . 16 ) . Ti . ^ nrpac her investigates " the causes

    which may be supposed to occasion ^ an extraordinary reserve , and apparent want of interest , with respect to topics of religion . These causes he discovers in a false delicacy , in too great an appetite for the good oninkm of the world , and in " a certain

    fastidiousness , which persons of taste and cultivation indulge , to a degree which indisposes them for bearing a part in any but the most studied and learned arguments" on such themes . In mentioning the chief motives which ouirht to induce those " that

    fear the Lord , to speak often one to another , " he observes , that to step out of the line of common custom , in this instance , would at once save us from the temptation of conforming to other customs , of which conscience still more decidedly disapproves ; that

    hy communicating" our sentiments to those around us , we should gain additional strength of * principle ; and that it is our high duty to promote the interest of religion in the mind of others : " Every one has a sphere , within which he is as much bound to be a preacher of righteousness and a minister of the word of God , as the highest prelate in the land . Friends should cement their friendship hy mutually imparting their Ropes and fears , their admonitions and

    encouragements , respecting these their most momentous concerns . Masters should reward and secure the fidelity of their servants , by setting before them the service which they themselves owe to their « Master who is in heaven . ' Above

    all , parents should spread before their children the treasures of divine truth ; and , whilst they are at pains to adorn their minds with the useful branches of nuinan learning , should not forget the superior value of religious wisdom .

    " if the interests- of religion be left to the stated services of the pulpit , and the "" seconded labours of the public ministers of religion , they will be very impec-~~~ ——— — . ^_^—j——i— , — , —— . — . — * Mott . Rep . XVM . in . t Mr . H . T ., in pp . 5 , 6 , states ( this PW of his design with more accuracy , J * neu he says , « mSLlsy c ^ ges nmy conn , Y "to Pmt * e * the peculiarity 4 n question . .

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    fectly secured . It is not the splendour of cathedra ] pomp—it is the Bible in the cottage of the labourer , it is the prayer that ascends from the bosom of a Christian family—that proves the prevalence of religion . In the beautiful scheme of the gospel , Christians universally are < a chosen generation , a royal priesthood ^ to offer up spiritual sacrifices , acceptable to God by Jesus Christ / Thus every believer ir > Christ is virtually in holier orders than any that can be given by the power of earthly authorities /* * * * *

    « To be silent on the things that relate to salvation and immortality , when there are so many ignorant , sinful , despairing , faithless men around you , is , as if you were in a ship , which had long sailed in unknown regions of the sea ^ and which , after having been tossed about by storms , driven from its course

    by winds 5 rocked by swelling waves , and shattered by continued tempests , at length approached its haven , and you , being on the mast , saw the fair summits of a green and fertile land , and forbore to tell your discovery , to cheer the feeble heart-sick mariners below . " —

    Pp . 12—14 . The second discourse is , " on the Love of God , ' * [ love to God , ] from Mark xii . 29 9 30 . We have perused many valuable sermons on this first and great commandment , and listened to not a £ ew of the same character :

    we have met with none , however , in which the mutual connexion . Of an enlightened belief in the unity of the Supreme Being , and strength of love to him is so well unfolded , or some of those circumstances which are

    either favourable , or , on the other hand , adverse , to our attainment of this noble and most excellent disposition , are so perspicuously and concisely stated . In the third sermon the preacher treats of e * Trust in God , " from Psa . xxxvii . 23—25 . His introductory

    remarks on the spectacle of a cheerful old age , which the text presents , are highly appropriate : aa # he then describes the basis of j ^ ioiis confidence , and malkes a uaeful application of his . subject .

    " God" is considered in No . IV . as * the fifooa Manfr Support under Afflictions .: » ( 2 Tim . VA& . The foltowiqg { WgEmge evi 8 entf £ gfejices at a , —m —__ w ¦ ¦»¦ ' » . « . ' ¦ > y . »¦¦¦¦ * ¦» f * We are © £ opinion that this passage declares the aposrilefe enlightened and unwavering faich da Je $ U 9 ^ Christ .

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    Review . —Sermdns by the late Rev . Henry Turner . 471

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1823, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1787/page/39/