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Sib , TCWERHAPS some account of the A founder of the Unitarian Church ui Edinburgh , may be acceptable to your ^ readers ; if you think soi , you will insert the following brief menkoir of Mr . Purvis . In a manuscript journal of the earlier part of his life , he says * " 1 was * bora in Identown , ia > ^ erwicfcfihure , September 23 , 1734 * of honest and creditable parents , my fa-
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ther beiijg a shepherd /* His mind had at au eayly period been deeply impressed wiuk religious seatimeafcs * His piety , his ^ ir ^ rerenee for whatever he betievecb to be thje will < & $ God > his toaxiety to be acquainted wltfcifc , and his scrupulous , submission ft © itsi direet
tions were remarkafote ^ erven white he was a boy . Tims bis « ardour in the pursuit of knowledge gave to his iraiHi aa habitual turn for free iaiquiry ^ and that undeviaiting regard for truth , which shone so conspicuously in his conduct through , Kfe . He was taught to read and write , and understand
something of arithmetic , by his parents at home . He was only one quarter of a-year at school . His father dfed in 1 / 54 . In 1756 , he bound himself an apprentice to the wright business , with his uncle , in Dunse . He was brought up in the Church of Scotland , but from reading the books of the Seceders , he " discovered that the revolution
settleuaent was erroneous in doctrine and government , " and , after examining the arguments of the different classes of Seeeders , he thought that a party who had separated from the Canneronians , or Reformed Presbytery , was the most scr iptural . He therefore joined theaa , of which : he gives the following
account : —»• " In the year 1755 , about the 1 st of December , I made application to some of the society of Dissenters in Chiraside , " a village in Berwickshire , " whereupon I was admitted to the
society , who gave me the following queries to answer , What was my judgment anent the Trinity ? The covenant of works and of grace , ' various others , in all twelve . Mr . Purves does not state what answers he
gave to these queries , but only that the society were satisfied with them . This society formed one of a number of distinct bodies , united on the pr inciple of the universal headship of Christ . They met every first day of the week for mutual edification , ^ but had not at this time any stated minist&t
among them . " That same spring / says he , " I read Dr . Wakltrt © iasertation on the Logos , orWord , by wMch I came to understand something « rf the pre-existence of the human soul * of Christ , and considered , thoit those terms which imply derivation or dependence , as son , &c ., which by many are applied to the divine nature of
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tuagM * 'ww * Ws BH > fei . and he wTOte a life of Jews Ohriat ,, tod did uofc mi nutely ex ^ W » e > or jwopose to examine , ancieBt hiifttomsand records J erf families b ^ v ^^ a Abraham an < . the deluge . PHILAI . ETHES .
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Bimnswick Square , Sir , January 18 , 1820 . WILL you permit nae to request to be uiformed , whether the secoiad pai ? t of Mr . Welibeloved's Devotional Exercises fctf Yaung Persons If
is forthcoming or n ^* not , I would beg lea # e to suggest the expediency of suck a publication . The first part , published in 1801 , has been found to be admirably adapted for youth at school , conveying a clear idea to the aadfid of the nature and efficacy of
prayeF -y a duty aiatd privilege of too much importance not to be early instilled into the mind . It is not every oae who has the power of expressing clearly , or in a devout manner , his feelings mid supplications to a throne of mercy ; and this , no doubt , in some measure has been one reason for the too
little regard paicl to thait sacred ordinance . If some such work ( as I take it for granted the second part of Mr . W . ' s book was intended to be ) were to majie its appearance ., I do really think that its influence would be highly beneficial . It ; might lead individuals to be more watchful and more sincere in that duty
than the cold , formal addresses generally taken from the Book of Common Prayer , which , though very good , are act exactly adapted for the peculiar situation in which young persons may be placed . It is not for me to say what would best suifc the circumstances
of youth , from the age of 15 to 20 or 25 : the admirable writer of the first part has proved himself to be sufficiently competent to undertake another work of the . same nature . G . S . Jun .
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Jfellbeloved ' s Devotional Exermsv $ * - <~ Memmr of the late Mr . Purves . 77
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1820, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2485/page/13/
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