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tuary . During Mr . Hughes ' s short stay in this citys he had endeared himself to liis brethren in the faith , by an unassuming piety ^ by a suavity and benignity of disposition , and by a calm and rational annunciation of what he believed to be the truth of
^ God ,-wJaich- \ nlLJe . a ^ e _ AJaatnigjni ^ pression on their minds . Scenes of future usefulness , in the service of his Heavenly "Pattteff * in this city , seemed to be opening for him ; but it has pleased God to call on his brethren and friends to receive with
resignation the disappointment of their hopes of enjoying the benefits of his ministry , and , in the spirit of Christian resignation , to say to Him whose Providence does nothing in vain among the children of men , " Thy will be done /"
2 . —To the Editor of the Montreal Herald . Sir ,- ^ -I do not wish to trouble your readers with a long story : but if I stretch my communications to a line or two beyond a short paragraph , the importance of the subject will , I
trust , excuse me . Under the head of 4 Deaths , ' in the Montreal Gazette of the 11 th instant , is a notice of the death of Mr . David Hughes , styled Rev ., formerly Unitarian minister of Yeovil , England , quoted from the ' Courant . ' With reference to this
notice , which says— ' He was . called from the service of his Lord and Master upon earth to the more exalted and glorified realities of His presence in the highest sanctuary , '—* but it has pleased . God to call on his brethren , &c , to receive it with resignation , in the spirit of Christian
resignation , &c . —~ with the deceased I have nothing" to do , but with the inconsistent Christian Trinitarian I have a controversy . The above smooth piece is thrown out as a trap to the unwary , by the cunning correspondent , who would silly insinuate that David Hughes was a Christian , and that alJ wo are bre-
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thren . If Christ is not divine , then he is not the Lord and Master of David Hughes , but of his brethren of human flesh , merely ; to call Christ ; Lord and Master / then would be idolatry in a Unitarian , arid which Christ our Lord forbids . But , Sir , -J- suspect that the Lord and Master
referred to % is not- Christ , or that Christ us not meant by it—it is a covert expression , a snare , atrap ! ' In the spirit of Christian resignation . ' These are roguish expressions designed to gull Christians by . Remember , Christians , that a Unitarian is no more a Christian than an Arian , or a Jew is one . Could not the old
Gazette insert the death of this perhaps excellent member of society ^ without preaching his funeral sermon , and recommending liis creed , without the application of the divine efficacy of Christ ' s satisfaction ? And , perhaps , I would not say thus much by way of argument with that sect ,
-only , to warn Christians against their soul-killing te-nets . And I trust the 4 Herald' will not object to disperse an antidote to the poison of the 4 Courant , ' for the administering of which , the old Gazette , it would appear , has become a voluntary a ^ ent .
Yours , Sir , TRINITARIAN . 3 , —To the Editor of the New Montreal Gazelle . Sir , —I have read with mingled feelings of regret and surprise , in your paper of the IGth , a communication over the signature
Trinitarian , ' containing some remarks on the death of the late Rev . David Hughes , which call for a short ^ notice ; and as you have made the * Herald ' the medium of publicity to these remarks , I hope you will in justice
to the venerable dead , who has thua been treated in a manner that by no means bespeaks a kind or Christianlike spirit , give me a place in your columns for a brief reply .
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264 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 264, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/24/
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