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* totfox& on the eaadaet of Christians to-Jrt ^ ^ h oth er * For n ewly a quarter of Tceottiry they * who profess , this holy name , fev # . fceea living «» » state * which is the direct opposite , to what the ; name implies * £ Wiy Chiistian * s directed to address bis heavenly Father in a prayer , that his kingdom may come ' but tbis is a kingdom of
peace , and it cannot be conceived that , if { jiis prayer which was repeated so frequently by 80 many millions of tongues , had really come from the heart , the nations of Europe could have lived in the state of warfare , whicb it has beefi our melancholy fate to
experience . We-knpw tbatit has been and j * wged continually , that war has existed from the earliest tunes * and will continue as long as there are men <> n earih . True it bm existed fop too long a period , and will e »» t as long" as t ^ e spirit of the-first
born C « in ; the fir 9 > imirderer , continues to * e the theme of general appiause . But let & be recollected , tiipt ttlis spirit is entirely opposite to the spirit of Christianity : and 9 * real Christianity makes a-progress in the world , the spirit of C ? ain < will ^ ive way to it ,
ftud at last be entirely subdued . In the jupan time it is the , duty . of Christians to oppose it to the utB&ost of their powder , and toilful with satisfaction every attempt to frting men to a just Huowledge and abhorrence : ©! war , and at any rate to .
ends&FOiir to alleviate asmach as possible its horrors . - The events of tke last years shew bow little is to be gain eel by blood : conquerors and conquered qq calculating their respective , gains' and losses , have reason to regret that -the voice of religion had not its < bc effect x > n ftll parties . .. '<•;< r < ?
* Let us hope that tile , r $ ew Christian treaty , < u it is « called , ^ msay feuare < sqmee efr feet The : eyes of Burope inrei turned to < be * flongress of / sovereigns united ou > thi » « ocf * fU » . Nrankmd ha > beea so often dev reived ; by- pit > fessioa »^ that / apprehensions w ^ enkcrtflliiied ^ ha ^ urider cove ^ of religious « tl greater iprowk > may hfe made oa civil liberty . -1 Y ^ whoilthowB wii ^ sther GodL may
wtiiave turqed the hearts of soyereigqs toward * their i * aoplev-and reflect ing -oo tWe aiwiies whic ^ tUey hcw <; occasioned to ench *^ « p , aiid to their < sttbj . eejto , too-often upon ^^ o ^ ua occasions , they may ha Ie 4 to eip-* "H > M * y « t « Ha , wilted * . hail prevent ia fatu » utmcces ^ ary effusion ^) f l > k > oa , The J ^ df hwtory iJrajm ioo ample testimony 7 ° w ev ( Hstrftl 0 xc |^ . tioa-T . , ,, . i ; ^
WW ^ r g ^ ls ^ o tyfae ;;*^^^ : i ^* ^^^ ren ^ wl ^ e ^ wiv *^ , up , us 2 ? ^ WwMty to ij aiqmty , it is an , ei * - ^ uragip ^ thought ; that the time is at hand ew will rendf r Ui « mselvt » up as
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servants x > f holiness- to the perfecting of human life . At any rate it is now the time for all men of . enlightened Jninds and li *» beral dispositions to forward the designs of these sovereigns , and to encourage their undertakings .- As they express their determination to act upon Christian principles , too much care cannot be taken to place those principles before them la their proper light ; and one of the first objects showld
be s-o to regulate the relations of states to eacti other , that they may not hereafter rush heedlessly into war , but take every previous step which prudence dictates and religion reo ^ uUes , before they run into the danger of calling upon themselves or their subjects the Avenger of . blood . .
> ranee appears to be approaching to a more settled state . It has been said of the JBourbons , that they , neither learned any thing nor forgot any thing during the years of their adversity . But whatever might be their state , ^ whether that of dreaming , or dttzing , or attending in som ^ degree to the -changes in their nation , they , canuot avoid
the general rule ; they must submit to circumstances . , They cannot brin ^ the nation to what it was . before the Revolution , and they must accommodate themselves to the change . One great point has . been suhv mitted to by them . The Legion of Honour formed by Buonaparte has been , adopted by t&eui , a « d the consequence is , that the
Battering distinctions of ancient nobility will bcud to the new honours , more suited to the present times . In fact they now find that it is impossible to restore the nobility &nil the clergy to their . ancient privileges .. The minds ojt men are so changed in tfaift respect , that the deference formerly exacted would now appear ridiculous . Bujt it must
be long before the . French can adapt the ^ wr aelves suitably to the new order of ( things . The court now sees that in governing twenty millions of people , used for , twenty-five years to ; a freedom of sentiment , unknown ia Retimes of the . Bourbons , . cannot be
ruled by tbe few that were devoted to their cause . . The old . Royalists may he offended , bat tbe . aec £ &sity ^ o £ the ^ case requires th 4 t m * n in office . sh ^ ii lU be selected fro m other purttes ^ p »» 4 whatever may be d eem ed the cronies of , the Kerplutioiust& , some of them
must pa admitted . into the . management of public affairs , or tbere willjbe no rule at all . By ; 4 eg * eefr party spirit may subside . £ ae ^ i party 3 bould , lorik a little more , to ¦ its town fouits , aj ^ d not to t ^ e . faults af their neigfatn how ? :-: and of all spirit * , tl > at wbk }^ . i ^ 41 ie
mojst dangerous to tha . k ^ ogiy ^ authority to the mUit ^ ry . Ji ^ pyy . w ill Jtt . be for ; all »* - Hum Rnd . lor . aiV »« v ^ reign « , ^ hi rtt iihe . y see thi ^ ^ bject inustwipJ ^ gtit . Asoy « mgn who V * dej ^ m fry n \ ea « ^ of . the ^ jpUit mii ^ is only a slave to the military , and jUoldt Ms Jthronc on ft very precarious tenure .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/63/
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