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    POETRY.

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    many Christians of your church , in every age , 1 am persuaded that many corruptions , introduced into the Gttristian religion ' by the Roman Heathens , converted in the fourth and fifth centuries , have been handed down through successive generations , by impressions made in the early part of life , and have taken such

    root in the minds of men , that piety and learning have fallen short « tf eradicating prejudices nourished l ? y church and state , as well as by the vulgar superstition and enthusiasm . ' Were this reply justifiable , I also might be allowed to offer the following answer : ' I find not the doctrine of the Tiinity in the Scriptures ; I

    cannot receive any human creed for divine truth ; but without charging the supporters of this doctrine with impiety or fraud , humbly attribute their misinterpretation of the Scriptures to € early religious impressions . '"—Pp . 6—13 .

    Leaving the body of the work for future notice , together with the first and third articles in the list , we can now only advert to two paragraphs in the conclusion , which are the more interesting as being lately written , and containing the author ^ Ia 3 t recorded

    feelings [ The " Final Appeal" came out in February , and the preface is dated " Calcutta , January 30 , 1823 " ] . One of these is in reply to Dr . Marshman ' s exhortation to him to become a convert to the creed of the Missionaries , which , notwithstanding Rammohun Roy ' s mild manner of answering it , contains in reality a threatening of the loss of salvation , i f he should refuse " I . tender my humble thanks for the

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    Editor ' s kind suggestion , in inviting me to adog > t the doctrine of the Holy Trinity ; but I am sorry to find that I am unable to benefit by this advice . After I have long relinquished every idea of a plurality of Gods , or of the persons of the Godhead , taught under different systems of

    modern Hindooism , 1 cannot conscientiously and consistently embrace one of a similar nature , though greatly refined by the religious reformations of modern times ; since whatever arguments can be adduced against a plurality of Gods strike

    with equal force against the doctrine of a plurality of persons of the Godhead ; and , on'the other hand , whatever excuse may be pleaded in favour of a plurality of persons of the Deity , can be offered with equal propriety in defence of Polytheism . "—P . 378 .

    The other is the final paragraph of the work , and is peculiarly gratifying to us as Englishmen * Such a testimony to the English Government is more sterling praise than is contained in a volume of court addresses .

    •• I now conclude my essay by offering up thanks to the Supreme Disposer of the events of this universe , for having unexpectedly delivered this country from the long-continued tyranny of its former rulers , and placed it under the

    government of the English , a nation , who not only are blessed with the enjoyment of civil and political liberty , but also interest themselves in promoting liberty and social happiness , as well as free inquiry into literary and religious subjects , among those nations to which their influence extends . "—Pp . 378 , 379 . ( To be continued . )

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    Poetry . —Paraphrase of"Lines frdm & Tragedy of Seneca ' s . 479

    Poetry.

    POETRY .

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    PARAPHRASE Of Lines from a Tragedy of Seneca ' s * ' < De Temporum Mutabilitate . " € < Omnia tempus edax depascitur , omnia carpit , Omnia sede movet , nil sinit ease diu . Flumina deficiunt , profuguna mare littora siocat , Subaidunt montes , et juga celsa ruunt . Quid tana parva loquor ? Moles puleherrima cceli Ardebit , flammis toto repente suis . Omnia mars poscit leaf est , non poena , petire , Hie aliquo mundua nullus erit . °

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1823, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1787/page/47/