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. SfH ? >¦ yHnmry ^ 4 ^ i £ l 7 i f * % < ftr think It is not taking tpx > I ^ i % 8 fc-a' < libmy Wittreeoset of men ^ ta ^ rVcctof ^ sedte , o fbvuery great im > - p tfH&ti& # to ^ the weftare of society , will yo # $ * & « & the goodness to give the following observations T a place in the jfcea&sitortt p ¦ ¦ ¦ f . o b AN OBSERVER . . j-. _ , i-
Ha ^ VW c * awc * ke from the slumber ih Wh'fcb we kd ** £ > lain for more than half a centoty , oh looking around we H ^ W b £ en alarmed at tji e depredations which' hiiVe Been committed upop our bf d
rank-s by ^ tjem-ie * - irfearent casts ; a ^ n ld ; an knated by- the virtuous energy of th £ GlfiAthptans ' -rof gospei truth in ttee rritetrtfpottsp W have attempted in rinfecWtotrytc * ratty oar forces , and by eVery honourable and virtuous means td ^ engage the 'kingdom , atl large in a
serious examination : of the doctrines which have been pissing current aUriongst us &ince ihe . period of the refoH ^^ iti ^ fi ^ We have the satisfaction (d # * 48 *! ovtitfg that our exertions ha v ^ e . r * o * fbeen-iii vaernythat Unitarianisra hfl ^ tspread ar » d ^ is > . stilt going on to
spi * ea < J ' f attd therbis a promise in the pf 4 * seftC slatfeahxi appearance of things < f $ a stall ^ rea ^ ET ^ iiarisest w : hiph God wiH g ^ ve to duv labours j for truth ext ^ rlds i tself on every side as it advances , attd every accession of strength that i § Acquires is an ; assurance of a double and threefold vigour which it will gain at tjienekt stage .
'yiider tte » e p leasing views of fmtority ^^ w © ' ») ook with a considerable aftfttifely ^ taEf every means by Virhich Scripture truth is taught , and ane much more alive to the influence of eafeh Off'Ch « £ m than were , mir ancestors
fifltf years- ago ; - ¦ Wkh * most ^ concern we ^ idoit ixy tror : public t ^ tclkers , the most itaj ^ ortant of ail our ai ea « s , ^ at * tcl ar ^ ait « ious that tb ^ y should be as fre $ ; frwn imperfection las ppssible , ^ rf -ppcftoded . witb all those facilities and : ensrgiefio that / can render their labours' the ^ ai ost effective . And I
trust ibat if rthese ab 8 eivation& ablHild fell irrto the hands of . anyctfrthe ^ young Uteh "who « re 110 W cisirig up to become public teachers ; cor intapjkho hartcb of those who have recently engaged in fchi'Woi-k of ^ e dninistry amongst us , " they will believe that 1 am not wanting uiT 4 iiifch respetet \ b « th fg * tb £ mselrefi and for the very able instructors
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of whose ksscmft ? tbfgr , ; ^^ v ^ ^ ijj oyeij , tfee ^ rfvlNBM ^ y Iwifc irjat it * S ni ^ r | w ^ h tpoft ^ a few remarks , qq a subject , . ^ t which ther © ap ^ ea ^ s to be a general can ^ plamt- ^ ,.- « , 11 i& we |\} r known that the class of
religionists which has > b ^ en wilfiitg to be know ^ i by the nat ^ e of Rational Dfesefi ^ ers , > hare endeavoured U > sup ^ poTt their pretensious to the charajpter ^ b y despising altog < jther the infttiqace ef the passionsy b y . disapproving -. of all roeaas of public instruction which savotirs i ^ the-kas t of methodism au 4
of proseiy tisui , and by enclosing thems ^ Iye ^ i ^ ithin jyo otj ^ e r fences | han than those of plain logical add Scrip-* uml proofs of the goodness , of tbieir cawse . This plan of cool calculat ix ^ n was not likely to have an influence tipon the mass of the people ^ thete ^
lore not only bava ^ th e mass of ' xi ^ people been indifferent to the arguitieofcs of these- men of reason , J ^ ut Aeir ; own advocates and Irien d ^ , havp f < £ ** nd the regions they luhabited sq y £ r $ unanimatfng and ch > llyv th ^ | % ^ y have fo rsaken the-nv for th ^ -, more 7
lively services oft , heift > r | thodo 3 t or the K > or ^ p rofi ^ abk opes q ( Xfrp pi ^^ sgrk © flh ^^ atjo ^ l-faith- i ^ pwr , a | fbf iugK I flatter myself . t ^ at ^ a Tferj ^; giS&r ^ rtt view of the object isf ct ^ risjpeqMn the miiid ^ of tjle yqi ^ ng ^ nrfnistcfs who arfe « ow educating amongst us . jpt \ iear that the mode of instruction is npt altered in o ^ ir colleges , an ^ that
they are still educaTing men who will sb ^ ine on ^ ia the path s of logi cal accuracy ; who , completely absorbed in : the jrules and practice of rhetoric , will neglect , perhaps ihink lightly ol ^ the more effectual and sure way cq tfrte heart of the multitude , b y tliCjgraces of elocution a fid the influence of
m&rmer . Never may the preac ^ eri of Unitarianism become the loose arid darelefis demagogues , who try jo *^ tear a passion to rags , " that trjejf rnav ** split the < ears of the groundlings . ** Bat , they have a part to act which requires that they also should * ' suit the action to the words , the ' words to
the action , " -anfl shew all t ^ at native ease and lively energy in ftn ^ de / ence Qf gospel truth , which ptpers ' sr ^ ewTn supporting one assumed •> character after another , in order ^ ha ^ ^ iey fit lfa amuse and instjruct % h % gentfeel au ^ 4 ience of a theatrq . It it gfrtainly * m * % * kt'Qfiii& wt »
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Observaliomrm ^ rcti ^ i < A < ^^ Preu ^^^ <^ mU n&akfnstitutio tls . &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/23/
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