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from the feeling ( for God forbid that any man should be guilty of entertaining " such a thought ) that the bible can be amended—it is not from the feeling that the word of God , fts he gave it , is unfit for popular use—that extracts have been recommended—but it is because government are of opinion , that a joint education of Protestants and Roman Catholics , would be of essential benefit
to the country at large , and that by no other means than selections can such a system be carried into effect . This alone is the reason why selections have been introduced , and against this no valid objections have yet been urged . The truth is , the opponents of the present system cannot adduce any arguments against the measure , without cutting at themselves , as they have always been in the habit of giving
extracts for the instruction of the Irish poor . And though they have indignantly disclaimed the charge of party feelings , as influencing their conduct on the present subject , still I must contend , that an analysis of their objections will at once prove their disclaimer to be false , and tend to convict them of directly encouraging that very system , the present supporters of which they s © bitterly denounce . But the government have little to fear
from the bigotted hostility of such men , so long as they endeavour to merit the support and gain the affection and confidence of the nation at large , by a liberal and enlig htened policy—by impartiality and even-handed justice- — Ttos Tyriusqne mihi nnllo diserimine ayetur ~ -mxi $ t be their motto , if they sincerely wish to pacify Ireland—if they truly desire to study and promote the peace , the interests , and the real welfare of a noble and
generousminded , but misguided people . Too long has Ireland been the scene of the deadliest political discord and religious animositytoo long has she nourished within her bosom men who have betrayed her dearest interests , and deluged their country with blood , to advance their own selfish ends , and to support and uphold the ascendency of party ; and too truly may the words of the poet be applied to her-
—Qtti gorges But quce flumina lugubris Ignari belli ? Quod mare DauniaD Non decoloravere caedes ? Quse caret ora cruore nostro ?' I trust , however , that such times will soon be matter of history rather than experience—that a brighter era is rapidly
approaching , and that the moral darkness which has for centuries overspread and benighted the minds of my countrymen , will speedily be dispelled—that . the bright sun of her glory may soon burst forth in unclouded majesty , and the heavenly beams , of that religion which breathes only charity and love , warm and irradiate the hearts and minds pf . a people , over whom ignorance a , nd superstition have held such lengthened and resistless sway . JU > n 4 on , April 20 th , 1802 .
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3 t 4 Irish Scriptural Education *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/26/
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