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under a ahovrer of cinders from Vesuvius , and which is now , since the excavation , 90 perfect , that you walk through the very streets , enter the very houses , read the very
advertisements on the walls , and take ypur seats in the very same theatre that Cicero and Virgil frequented , in the days of Roman greatness . The limit of our travels was Paestum , about 70
miles south of Naples . We went from Salerno by sea , about SO miles ; and afterwards by sea to Amalfi , the loveliest sail I suppose in Europe But as 1 have nearly exhausted all my materials and time and paper , I
must haste to a conclusion . The post for England starts to-morrow morning . We intend to follow a part of the way on Wednesday . Our route is to go by Bologna , Venice , Milan , &c , staying a few days at each place . Adieu . M . C .
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d ' armes , and I have been told , ; that e ^ very canton and country which she reached , afraid of a person so active in stirring up rebellions , had adopted the same measure , and the poor woman was not allowed to rest till she reached Frankfort . .
Mr . Drummond was told that his absence would be acceptable , and that if he did not quickly take himself off , he might run a risk of sharing- the fortunes of his fair coadjutor . Meanwhile , the people of Geneva were a
little troubled ; for although the ferment was removed , yet it left some dregs behind it that were npt so easily cleared out * Three clergymen , imbued with the principles of these people , convened their brethren , and laid the matter under discussion , in
consequence of which , it was necessary to come to some decision . I am glad , however , to tell you , that the judgment of the council does honour to their liberality- It was decreed , th * at
faith in the doctrine of the Trinity , or any other doctrine ^ of any church , was unnecessary , and forms no part of the government of the Church of Geneva ; bat that a belief in the truth of the
holy Scriptures , and a careful study of their contents , with a conformation of the conduct to their dictates , was all that was required of ; clergymen . Thus you see that true religion , unfettered by the interests of men , or
prejudices of education , has at length found a situation in which it may flourish without impediment . Geneva has most gloriously finished the work which she began so happily , and her second reformation will be allowed by all to be as great as her first . *
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374 Letter from Rome concerning Unitarianism at Geneva .
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Extract of a Letter from , a Gentleman in Rome , received by his Friends in Edinburgh . ( See p . 338 ?) 1 HAVE lately been much interested by a controversy carried on at Geneva , between the clergymen there and a Mr . Drummond , assisted
by Madame Krudner , the great German enthusiast and prophetess . These two , during some little residence they made in Switzerland , had observed the great departure of the clergy and the people from the good old doctrines of John Calvin , and formed a scheme
for bringing back the lost sheep to the adoration of the holy Trinity . Their attempt was as bold as it was fruitless . They began by assembling around them all the most ignorant part of the rabble ; and when they thought themselves sufficiently strong , wrote a letter to the Consistory , which
is a matchless piece of impertinence and folly . I need only mention the few first words , in order to give you an idea of the whole . It addresses the whole church as " blasphemers of the name of Jesus . ' * Can any thing
fye imagined more arrogant than this ? Christian meekness and humility are certainty pot very remarkable in it . But the effect of the l ^ ttejr was very different from what its authors ^ xpeqtsd . The lady wa& sent out of ttur to > wn > under the . condjiiqt of g ^ ns
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Sir , March 7 , 1818-AMONG the number of benevolently disposed persons , there are those who consider it praise-worthy to settle a part of the worldly goods , with which they are end owed , for the use of charitable or religious institutions . I have met with individuals who are able , and , I trust , some
* The above account is very interesting from the information which it conveys concerning- the spread of a purer religious system ; it does , however , afford too much ground to . foment ffre un ^ ovi of pivil authority with any body of ecclesiastic . . / jkiPt
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/30/
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