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    MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS.

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    the R « v - Mr . I ) avies , who presented to the library many scarce and useful volumes ; that of the Rev . Thomas | tpwe , which stands at the head of a long list of valuable books ; that of the Rev . Dr . Harris , who bequeathed 1959 volumes y that of the Rev . Mr . Archer , who bequeathed 473 volumes ; that of the R ^ ev . Mr . Sheldon , who bequeathed 314 volumes ; that of Mr . Wast field , who bequeathed a valuable collection of books ; that of Thomas Hollis , Esq . which often occurs in the book of benefactions , under the title of an unknowp hand ; and those of Dr . Horsrnan , the Rev . Mr . Calamy , the Rev . Dr . Evans , the Rev . Dr . Lardner , Mr . Neal , the Rev . Mr . Walburgh , the Rev . Mr . Low man ,

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    Sir , June 22 , 1816 . 1 H AVE been , I dare say , by no means singular in entertaining some curiosity respecting the religious opinions of the author of Sandford and Merlon , whose talents , so wisely

    afta benevolently employed , during his comparatively short term of life , would * have done credit t 6 any mode of faith which he might have adopted . This curiosity was lately revived , by a circutnstance which occurred in a course of very miscellaneous reading . I made what inquiries were in my power , and now offer you the result .

    There are two biographies of Mr . Day . One , his friend Mr . Keir ' s Account , published in 1791 , the other , by . pr . Kj ppis , in the Biograptiia

    Britonwea , Vol . V . 1793 , p . 21 . From , both it appears that he " entered as a ^^ tleman ^ oramoi ^ er at Corpus Chris ti Wlefre , OxfonJ , at the age of sixteen . Hfc must then liave subscribed the ™ - - ~ - - - r ^ - ~^ p- w— w —^^~ m _ -w - ^ ^— - ^ m ¦

    tturty-nine article ^ , probably consideiln such a subscription as a mere torjn . J 3 e took no degrees at Oxford , Wttlis described fey Jtyr- Keir as pro-Wng for "the mam object of his lc « aemical pursuits , the discovery of m truths , which he investigated Ste JB $ W $ < f > # i *? # 3 95 p * m Qf metapJiyBical re * ^ Ifc ii ri * /* \» ~ ¦ ' * ' * ' ¦ 1 . uSijyLsw ^ f i ^ ibtitoffii SMW ^ tSw " waw ? - i % ~

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    may , I suspect , sometimes have given occasion to a doubt whether he were a Christian . It is to be regretted that the only hint on this subject which Dt . Kippis affords , is where he refers , with nigh approbation , to the first volume of Sandford and Merton *

    for " some observations concerning the excellency of the Christian religion as adapted to the instruction and comfort of the poor , in a conversation between Mr . Merton , sen . and the tutor . " This can hardly be considered as decisive , for Rousseau himself .

    who panegyrised Jesus Christ , in his letter to the Archbishop of Paris , would not have scrupled such a compliment to Christianity ^ M r . Keir has , I think , settled the question , for had Mr . Day been an unbeliever in the Christian

    revelation , he could not have imitated too many unbeliever * , who scrupled no Christian pretensions to serve their interest , but would have proved himself an honest Deist . Yet Mr . Keir describing " with wl * at veneration the people in Mr . DaV ' s

    neighbourhood beheld him , " adds , " he conversed much with them in a familiar style adapted to their capacities , and confirmed fhem in 'their respective

    duties . Being at a considerable dit- ' taricc from tne paxisli' fchurc ^ i where he resided in Sfrrry . ana finding that many of , hit neighbours were thereby ' prevented from auending the acrrici to hi . ¥ o ^ , e ; w h ? r ? he rrad f tkftti to

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    J \ tr . Day ' s Religious Opinions . 381

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    MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS .

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    the Rev . Dr . Benson , William Mount , Esq ., the Rev . Mr . Lindsay , and Thomas Brand Hollis , Esq . We eould with pleasure enrich our list by the insertion of names of many Living benefactors , who will be honoured by posterity , were we not checked by the recollection of the beautiful and classical apology which Dr . Jortin makes for not panegyrizing his patron Archbishop Herring , then alive , " that it was a custom nmongst the ancients not to sacrifice to heroes till after sunset . " In the records of our gratitude those names are faithfully preserved ; and far , very far distant DC the period , when the trust shall have to offer the tribute of praise to their memory 1

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/9/