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the sun , ox the air , or like the rain from heaven , it cheers aud ^ blesses all . To the poor , to the many , to collective man , the gospel addresses itself . It is not contained in a book burdened with terms of art , and obscured by logical subtleties . It is not the book of the learned , the scribe , the priest or the elder , but it is every man ' s book , and to its authority every man may appeal , and by its
direction every man walk . Therefore the influence of Christianity is not to be sought for in any particular class or description of men , but in the condition and circumstances of the whole community . And herein will the benefit arising from the influence of the religion of Jesus be abundantly manifest , and herein does it furnish , abundantly , collateral evidence of its divine authority . "—Pp . 386 , 387 .
" With regard to the objection arising from the comparatively small portion of mankind acknowledging the authority of Christianity , I observe , that this fact ought not to furnish an objection against Christianity , any more than that the comparatively small portion of mankind acknowledging the authority of truth in general , should furnish an objection
against any particular truth . Truth , wheresoever it may be found , loses none of its divine character , is neither the less adapted to the circumstances of man , nor the less calculated to secure his improvement and happiness , although it may be , as in fact it is , unheeded and disallowed by the greater portion of the human race . In like manner , the divine nature of
genuine Christianity is not changed , —it is neither the less adapted to the wants and circumstances of man , nor the less calculated to accomplish his improvement and secure his happiness , notwithstanding that the greater portion of mankind hitherto reject its authority . Like truth , of whatsoever kind , it is destined
to make its beneficent progress in the world , although it may , at various times , and under particular circumstances , proceed by comparatively Blow degrees . When , indeed , we consider the effects which Christianity originally producedwhen we consider what a benign influence it exercised over the minds of
numbers even during the times of its greatest corruptions — when we reflect that it formed the characters of those great men who were instrumental in resisting the further spread of these corruptions , and in commencing a reformation which is still in progress ^ -when we consider that it has been the chief means of all those beneficial changes in the inatitutione of a great portion of the human race * that
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have occurred since the era of the Reformation—when we consider what muiti * tudes of every sect and party H is constantly forming to the practice of all righteousness , what may we not anticipate from its influence , when it shall have been restored to its ancient puritywhen it shall have been freed from the
complex and uncharitable doctrines , the contradictory creeds , and the unholy alliances of human origin ? That it will be restored to its original state—that those uncharitable creeds which are yet permitted to disgrace the Christian world , and which counteract the benign operation of the gospel by furnishing spiritual weapons to the bigot , on the one side ,
and objections to the unbeliever , on the other , will be rejected , and only the truth as it is in Jesus , acknowledged—and that the unholy connexion between the church of Christ and the policies of this world will be dissolved , may be confidently looked for , when we consider what reformations have already taken place , and
what a spirit of inquiry has gone forth amongst mankind . Then , and not till then , may men look for the rapid diffusion of the Christian religion , and the fulfilment of the prophetical Scriptures , * The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord , and of hie Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever / " —Pp . 399—401 .
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Critical Notice *> 841
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Art . V . Journey from Buenos Ayres , through the Provinces of dordova , Tucuman and Salta , to Potosi , SfC , undertaken on behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association . By Captain Andrews . 1827 . 2 Vols .
Not being disposed to decide between the rival opinions on the subject of South American Mining held by Capt . Andrews and Captain Head , ( the latter of whom has , if report speak truly , the advantage of reviewing himself in the Quarterly , )
we shall extract a passage marking the effect which the Revolution appears to be rapidly producing on the old ascen * - dancy of the clergy . We wiqh there were , reason to believe that any better system | s likely to take the place of * he old superstition when destroyed .
" Still even the relics of the papa ) edifice and of Spanish tyranny arc » iecretly mouldering , and they fall one after another , without any external signs sufficiently obvious to alarm the observer who would arresi the progress of their destruction . From Cordova the aboli-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 841, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/57/
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