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rity , that I never enter a pulpit without a profound sense of my responsibility ; nor do h ever' venture' to address any people , until ¦ I iiave secretly and fervently intreated the protection and guidance of Heaven . I may not have asked with becoming humility and devotion and faith ; but I trust I have asked in sincerity . And if I be yet in error , I
believe God will enlighten my mind : if [ be right , I trust he will grant me fortitude to maintain my integrity , in despite of unmerited obloquy , and " to speak boldly the whole counsel of his will . " For myself , and those who think with me , I feel that I am entitled to claim at least the humble merit of being sincere The world may consider us foofo for not conforming to its maxims and pursuing
its gains > but it would require the malignity of a demon to call us knaves . I believe , though many of my brethren be in error , that simple error is not a condemning sin ; and i siucerely hope , that the great Shepherd may collect his sheep from many folds . If I thought ? that all who differ from rae werti to go down to destruction , I could not enjoy one hour ' s happiness . > ¦ ¦ *
I conclude by entreating you not to enter upon a measure at variance with tiie true principles of your church , and which must eventually end in division and weakness . For myself , I have , as you all know , nothing either to hope or to fear . But " for my friends and brethren ' s sake * I would say , Peace be
withiu your Zion . A nanism has been persecuted , frequently unto blood , for fifteen eeuUiries , which must prove that it cannot be subdued by mere human power , r JL-his , however , is certain , " if it be of men , it will come to nought ; but if it be of God , ye cannot prevail against it . "
Mr . S . Dill now rose to reply to Mr . Montgomery , and had great difficulty in obtaiidug a hearing * He sat down once or twice , in expectation of the agitation occasioned by Mr . M . ' s speech subsiding ; it was in vain ; the storm had passed over the waters , but the heavy dwell still remained . Mr . Dill , however , persevered , and went over Mr ,
Montgomery ' s arguments seriatim ; replying to each in a strain of great energy and much ingenuity . In the concluding part of his reply , he addressed some strong epithets to the clergymen of an opposite belief—such as " Atheists /' •* Mahomedans , " . <¦ , < Inudels , " &c . ; and for , bo doing was called to order . At tiit ? coucluaiou of Ijia addrutis ;
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• Mp . Blbckley ( Monagban ) expressed his ¦ desire that thd declaratory part ! of tike > tndtion ( A « modified ) ¦ should pass , and that the clause requiring signatures should be omitted . Hi * TeaBoris we ' re , that the object of clearing' the Synod 'of the charge of Aiianism would thus be effected , without pointing out to popular odium those persons who could not
conscientiously give their signatures to a declaration such as was now proposed ! He felt no fear of the consequences whether he signed or not ; his flock knew his principles to be orthodox—and he would not allow any Arian minister to preach in his pulpit—but yet he was opposed to a measure which partook so much of a spirit of persecution .
Mr . Hogg ( Armagh ) agreed with the sentiments of the last speaker . Mr . Den ham , Sen ., thought it right that the Synod should pass a declaration , clearing themselves from the charge of Ariauism , but he trusted that body would never adopt such a resolution , which would be a complete fetter on the human mind . He implored his orthodox brethren to bear with their weaker brethren , and not enact a measure which would
pave the way for the introduction of Popery into the Presbyterian Church * Saturday Morning . Mr . Magill ( holding in his hand a copy of the Commissioners Report ) proceeded to rebut the arguments of Mr . Montgomery on the { preceding evening . He commenced by sayings that although Mr . Montgomery had advanced many
arguments against that body a signing a test or declaration of its faith , yet he was prepared to prove that Mr . Montgomery had already signed a Confession of his Faith , in putting his signature to the evidence he had given regarding the religious opinions of this body , ill his
examinations before the Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry . [ Here Mr . Magill read , from the examinations of the Commissioners , Mr . Montgomery ' s evidence . ] That was a public testimony , given before a Commission of the House of Commons . Now , where was the difference between the ministers of this
Synod signing a declaration of their belief , and Mr . Montgomery signing hit ? If there were any difference ^ it was in this—the one declared that Christ was God , and the other that he was not God . In the code also , Mr . Montgomery sanctioned subscription . Mr . Montgomery called on young men to sign , in the books of the Bangor Pre » byteryy their
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 780, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/68/
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