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* Beautifully as the Christian scheme is unfolded , in all its parts and proportions , by that apostle ( he is speaking- of St . Paul ) in his writings , its principles , it is to be feared , are yet far from being understood by a large majority of the Christian world . The . spirit ct
Judaism still haunts some of the most ardent * and most sincere professors of Christianity , and assumes a form which , if we were not surrounded on all sides by institutions professedly Christian , would sometimes almost lead us to doubt whether the true light of the gospel had yet beamed upon us ; and till this spirit . is laid , it is in vain to expect that the religion of Jesus will flourish in its simplicity and power . '
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Blasphemy , what ts , and on whom chargeable ; a Discourse . By Edward Higginson , Jun . Hull . Stephenson . A temperate and well-timed rebuke of calumnious bigotry . We . have met with Mr . Higginson before in the same work , and while we regret that the vineyard in which he labours abounds , as would appear , in briars and thorns , we rejoice that He labours to improve the soil as a labourer that needeth not to be ashamed .
The discourse was occasioned by an allegation of blasphemy , made by a dignitary of the establishment , from the pulpit of a church in Hull . Had all who are set for the defence of the gospel been equally prompt with Mr . Higginson , to repel unjust charges , they would not be so frequently made as they have been and are ; the bigot would have been taught caution , if not charity— -the public mind would have been , more than it is , disabused of misconceptions , which have originated mostly iu priestcraft , and the name of Unitarianism have been
regarded with at least somewhat more of that honour , than it now has , which is merited by a system that teaches , in apostolic purity , the unity and essential goodness of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . We would suggest to the writer to supply some London bookseller with copies of his Discourse ; and to insert in the title of future publications the name of a London , publisher . We see not why his influence should be limited to Hull and its vicinity ,.
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of Unitarian Christians y in Public Worship and in the Private Culture of the Religious Affections , Bristol . This Collection , for which we learn from the preface that we are chiefly indebted to the judgment of the Rev . Dr . Carpenter , is a valuable addition to the Hymn Books already in use amongst Unitarians . With one feature of it we are particularly pleased , —it is * founded on two former Collections ( the Exeter and the Lewin ' s Mead ) , but the editor
has made it an object to restore , wherever practicable * the original readings of hymns which had been altered . It has been our misfortune rarely to meet with alterations that we did not regard as deteriorations . The productions of a poet can seldom be mended by any hand but his own ; especially in a hymn , where it may be presumed there is a unity of sentiment which dictates the choice of almost every word employed In so short a composition . In the great majority of instances which- we have noticed , and that even in the best Collections yet published , a « lear and tangible reason may be assigned fpr preferring the author ' s
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3 o 3 Critical Notice * . H —Blasphemy . Collection of ymnsj
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 352, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/64/
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