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LETTERS FROM A FRENCH CORRESPONDENT . No . 2 .
Paris April the 9 th . Several interesting occurrences have taken place last month in bur Protestant church . March the 3 rd ^ Mr . Monod , junior , was appointed * by the Consistory of Paris , fourth pastor of our church . This nomination , by which a minister .. well-known to incline 4 o *
wards methodism , or towards a steady adherence to the old orthodoxy of our French confession of faith , with all its absurd and gloomy articles , is named to so important a station in this country , would seem at first sight to indicate a retrograde spirit among the most eminent Protestants of the capital . However , I am pretty sure that such is not the case . This
nominatidn is owing to the long services rendexed to the churcji by , Mr . Monod , junior , in the functions of adjoint : pastor , and to the opinion defended by the doctrinaire , Mr . Guizot , ( member of the Consistory , deputy , and who must everywhere be a leading man , ) that every religious opinion must have its representative
m a well'organized Protestant"congregation ; that methodism and rationalism must be preached in turns , and that tolerance is the only method of preventing the church from splitting into divers separate and , hostile parties . How far this is possible , or consistent with the real spirit of truth , I will not here discuss . However
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the nomination obtained but a very slight majority . The Consistory , composed Wen of fifteen persons , divided on the question , and there appeared one blank vote , six for Mr . A . Coquerel ,
suffragan pastor of the church , and eight for Mr . Monod , junior , including probably his father ' s vote , Mr . A . Coquerel , an eloquent minister of the moderate and enlightened party , will probably be named pasteur-adjoint . Thus , Mr . Guizot ' s scheme will be
realized . His ideas on the subject are , no doubt , rational and philosophical ; for inasmuch as there is in our congregation a demand for methodism by a minority of the flock , and of rationalism by a majority , it appears perfectly just that each
opinion should have its preacher . This is exactly introducing in church government the doctrine of the juste milku . But it is to my eyes a question , whether it is possible for a church to tolerate every system , even that of intolerance . I must add also
that there is a hope entertained that , by 4 his nominationraM those dissident churches which English methodism and money have formed in Paris , under the denomination of chapels , will come back to our national presbyterian church . In this country we must not too much split and separate . Our government , after many hesk tations , has at last terminated the
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THE UNITARIAN CHRONICLE , AND COMPANION TO THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY , i
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PUBLISHED BY C . FOX , 67 , PATERNOSTER ROW .
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No . IV . ] May , 1832 . [ Price 3 d .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1832, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1811/page/1/
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