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silent operation of the press ; M . Cheneviere , one of the most respectable of the professors and pastors of Geneva , writes thus .- —* I am glad , sir , that you have seen my Theological Essays , I have long wished to break the silence which has been so long kept by the men of our party , who are here prodigiously fearful , I was assured that I should meet with insult on alt sides ,
because I know well the class of Methodists , I have not been deceived . I rejoice that they have nothing but abuse to reply to my reasonings ; I am not discouraged ; the fourth essay proves it ; it is the beginning of the second volume , and I reckon that there will be three of them . ' Were it not that we have in England so great an abundance of excellent theological publications ,
I should think it desirable to publish in our own language these plain and well-written exposures of primitive Christianity . There is a strong and active party in the Church of Geneva , which , assisted by English money , has also taken deep root in France , usually called Methodists . This party should be distinguished from the English Methodists , and with us would rather bear the name of Evangelical ; they hold high Calvinistic principles . They have met with two distinguished opponents at Geneva , in M . Cheneviere , theological professor , and a young preacher of the name of Pouzait . Three years ago a French gentleman , residing at Rouen , caused to be printed , Passages of the Holy { Scripture which prove the unity of God , and now expresses the hope which is entertained in that city , of one day forming a Unitarian society there . The same hope has been expressed by
an English manufacturer living at Lille , where a service has been for some time conducted in English by a Methodist classleader . Some differences have arisen among the hearers , and a spirit of inquiry is abroad , which induces him to think ' there is an excellent opportunity for making an attempt in favour of Unitarian ism . ' He solicits tracts , and adds , « I feel confident of success , especially among the French ; many of them have
expressed to me their satisfaction at the simplicity and reason- * ableness of our doctrine . One highly respectable gentleman gave me his opinion yesterday , that the majority of the French might soon be turned from Catholicism and infidelity , if Unitarian missionaries could be sent to preach to them . ' Similar information ] has been received from Saint Quentin , where are many Protestants , English and French . In other and distant places also our friends have met with many respectable and influential persons , who have expressed the same thoughts on the present movement of the mind in the kingdom of France . That opinion , therefore , which is held by the Unitarian
ministers in the Genevese and French churches , that it is too soon for the friends of truth to stir in this great duty , cannot be true . It was held too long in England ^ a , nd niuch too long in .
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AH& > Onthe State of Religion in France *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1832, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1806/page/56/
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