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    diew what is the true meaning , of the apostolic language * Some persons may perhaps unwillingly alter the opinion they have hitherto cherished qf the authority upon which this rite rests ; but truth , however unpalatable ? will in the end be preferred to error * Before i conclude , I cannot but

    remark upoo what appears to me an inconsistency in the members of our Unitarian churches * Unitarians claim to be observing and reflecting Christians . How is it , then , that when a

    rite so simple , decent and impressive , and resting upon such high authority , Is about to foe celebrated , the majority take their departure as though they had no interest in it ? Whv other

    bodies of Christians , who for want of a better term , are called " orthodox , " habitually Bieglect this institution of the Christian religion , is obvious to every one who has escaped from the

    fold of orthodoxy ; but that . Unitarians should retain this part of the old leaven , is , to use the mildest phrase ? inconsistent with their profession « Much do I wish that the state off

    public opinion would allow Christian ministers to make this a continued part of the public service—offering to no individual of the congregation , by the interruption of the service , an opportunity to departo Let the ministers of our congregations reflect upon the favourable opportunity afforded to them to lead their churches

    auto the knowledge and practice of all . that is truly Christian , by the freedom they , and they alone of all Christian ministers in this countxyp enjoy for conducting their public discussions towards such truths and in such manner as they deem most useful * . T . G .

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    Sin , Nov . 7 , 1817 . COULD not help being struck I by the forcible remark of your CorrespondentT . [ XII . 5933 ] respecting the remarkable absence of "facts " to disprove the prevailing impression , d that there is nothing in Unitarianism vqieulated to turn the idolater from hi $ error ^

    For a considerable time past , I have been deeply attentive to the progress of the various conversionary efforts of the advocates of this persju ^ sibn ^ £ home ; and from minute obs ^ rv ^ i jQ ai

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    of the result of those effoftB ^ l can-not but conceive I am warranted in . tho conclusion ,, that there is some radical deficiency in the Socinian views * . of the gospel to enable them to " convert sinners from the error of their ways ™

    The easy access with which the snore popular doctrines of redemption seem invariably to gain the hearts apd rivet the attachment of the lower classes of society * , ( to whom in fact missionary labours are demoted *) Is surely a striking proof , in its contrast to the want of such success in the

    other case , that no inferior motives to conversion either at home or abroad ^ of the unreclaimed sinner in our own © or of the ignorant idolater in a Heathen land , will ever be productive of any material or permanent success .

    And the cause * I conceive , of this contrast is obvious . The system of the gospel , as a whole * appears so inexplicable , there seems such a want of consistent explanation of its part $ without the grounding main-spring of the atonement 9 that I can never

    imagine the "" possibility of any such powerful multitudes being brought to conr version by a system excluding this principle , which the influence of the Christian doctrijse enforced with it * has been found so eminently and extensively successful in producing . To convert sinners without a Saviour * - *

    ( rwrr />—Salutijer—resto& ^ r—&eeip $ a hopeless effort * Entertaining these views , and I da so from very sincere conviction anci on most serious and deliberate investigation of the * uhject , 1 would respectfully submit to those who $$ > sanguine ! y anticipate the $ ucces ^ of

    missionary labours , conducted op Socinian views , whether the tone of the public mind with respect to these sentiments does not argue the strong improbability of such success ; and & \ $ q whether the very partial « $ fects that have yet resulted from thes 0 effort } may not he argued as a pretty cfecisiya confirmation of the-principle a . § $ wne&

    in this letter ^ . viz- practical . me 0 r cacy of ( what , are called ) Ufiiterian doctrines for the puipo ^ es of conversion ? - SIPPiLiEXo : ;¦ I \ . £ >• In .-sjp ^ k iii ^ . $$ I J ^ Y £ , $ 9 #£ m this ^ tter 9 of the ; r ^ g iQ ^ s ^ e ^ . ^ lr m ¦ "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/32/