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feeling , Dr . Knox in one part of the discourse , pours contempt upon tli at species of benevolence ^ which builds on statistical eco - nomy , and political calculation /' —He remarks that he would term the new Chapel , if it wanted a name , and if the name which he would give it had not been prostituted , the Temple of Theophilan - thropism : '' and his lively fancy sees a " white banner waving over
the portal of the edifice , ( turning now from the house of God to the house of the poorj ) with a ' n inscription , as it claims , in letters of gold . To our Father in
heaveu sacred ; to our brother on earth , ( both the unfortunate and the guilty ) a refuge and a reform . " The sermon both opens and concludes with an animated
address to heaven . The concluding prayer we willingly extract , and heartily adopt . / * May the Most High , who delights
in mercy , and in merciful men , look down with peculiar favour , on this house , and grant that it may be perpetual ; dedicated for ever , as it is opened , for the first time , this day , to charity and to
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prayer . May he pour down the secret influence of his loving spirit on tile appointed teachers , causing' the instructions to he afforded from this place , to diffuse universal philanthropy ampngthe sons of men , in every clime , and of every colour , persuading them to love one anether , as Christ has loved us , to
conciliate , to pacify , to relent , to forgive ; and to say to the sword , in the wcr < Js of the prophet Jeremiah , « O thou sword * how long will it be ere thou art quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard , rest and be still . * May the example of this .
institution > and the doctrines taught from this pulpit , proceed auspiciously fro-m age to age , to convince the world that all men , however divided by oceans , ought to be Philanthropists ; that man , born of woman , who hath but short time to
live , and is full of misery , was not formed to be the enemy of man , but the brother , the friend , the protectoT , the guardian , and the guide ; May the prayers , together with the alms now offered , and to be for ever offered * from this sanctuary , ascend to heaven as incense ; and while they bring down blesssings on the institutors , blessings on
the worshippers , and blessings on the poor objects of their charity , open the gates of that celestial mansion , where shall be no more misery to relieve , and where Philanthropy shall be completely gratified , in finding all moral , and all natural evil cease , under the eternal reign of the supreme Lover of Men , Jesus Christ , our Saviour and Redeemer /* Amen and Amen .
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Dr . Maltly ' s Commencement Sermon . 99
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Art , V * A Sermon preached before the University of Cambridge , June 59 , 1806 ; being Commencement Sunday '• By Edward Mai / tby , D , D . 4 to , pp . 19 . 2 s . Cadcll and Davies . 1806 .
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This discourse is worthy of the judicious author of Illustrations of the Christian Religion ;' it is rational , and impressive . The text John ix . 4 . is not chosen as a motto merely , but is clearly explained , and ably enforced , in the progress of the sermon ^ Dr . ]\ laltby shews , c ( First , that to every individual is allotted the performance of his peculiar
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work or employment . Secondly , that a distinct and proper season is assigned to > each individual for his work . And a thirdly , he insists on the fatal error committed by those who fail to improve the opportunities they enjoy of gaining die knowledge , and discharging the duticfc suited to their respective stations , These points Dr . M . discusses with much ingenuity of illustra * tion , and strength of argument . The following observations , on
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/43/
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