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vant 6 f God , and th ^ song of the Lam b , saying > Great and marvellous are thy works , Lord God Almighty ; just ami true are thy ways , O thou King of saints ! " i . „ ¦ The prevalence of vocal and instrumental music among devout worshipers in these latter ages , is a well known fact . The Catholics , however gross their abuses of religion in other respects , are too well aware of the imposing air it sheds on their splendid ceremonies to omit it on any occasion . The Church of England boasts of its imparting a solemnity to their worship . Refined and sublimated , it has been
rendered ( especially once a year at St . Paul ' s , in a festival for the sons of the clergy ) powerfully subservient to the purposes of charity . Nor has the union of vocal and instrumental music been altogether neglected by the Protestant Dissenters . It hath increased
and is increasing , especially ( witness Bristol , Bath , Canterbury , &c . ) among the Unitarians . The Methodists also , a larg £ . and flourishing body , pay it ev ^ rwt&ifention in their power . John ^ Vespk ^^ tan whona few knew human natuMtt ^ lr ) took no small pains in its culH ^ Lp ^ ii , . Mis followers are singing mdiTMi % , noon and night . The members of his family have distinguished themselves by extending and improving the pleasures of harmony . Music has had its part in collecting together that vast body of people , and will not fail to contribute to its
prosperity . There is one class of religionists whom it would be injustice to pass over on this occasion , remarkable for their attachment to vocal and instrumental music in the worship of their Supreme Being , I mean the Moravians . It even forms a part of the education of their children . They are often pointed out for their quiet , peaceable , humble demeanour , promoted , as is supposed , by their love of sacred harmony ! The mildness of their tempers j a » d the suavity of their manners , parity derived from this sourq e , have imparted to their missionar y labours a more than usual sijecess in almost eyejy paxt , <> f the world . And now , Christian brethren , I hope &ST * % . WProv ^ ent Introuucea ttus naorning ^ y your spirit and u /^ v . ktp thjgi pfewmg part of pur w *» lup niw . ua , pur devotion . Not
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for idle and insignificant purposes do we assemble every Sabbath m the house of God . The infraction communicated by the sermon is meant to inform the understanding ; and the prayers offered up vivify the graces of our Christian profession , whilst the
melodious exercises of piety are adapted to soften the mind , to wear down , asperities , to rouse the sluggish apathy of the soul , to animate in the discharge of duty , to accelerate our progress , in virtue , and finally , to sublimate the imagination , as well as prepare the heart for the participation of " Joys at God ' s right hand , and of pleasures that are for evermore 1 "
I conclude with the well-known lines of our favourite poet , Thompson : Having called on the various parts of creation to praise , the Lord , be turns to . , and exclaims ,
Ye chief , for whom the whole creation smiles , Afeonce the head , the heart and tongue of all , Crown the great hymn . In swarming cities vast
Assembled men to the deep organ join The long-resounding voice ; oft breaking clear , At solemn pauses , through the swelling base—And , as each mingling flame increases each , In one united ardour rise to heaven . For , " God is King of all the earth . Sing ye praises with understanding / 5 J . EVANS .
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Sir , March 4 , 1820 . IN apology to Mr . Belsham , pp . 87 >] only , give me leave to reply , that " the Christianity" about which I am said to have made sa miich " pother /' is no other than the Christianity about which he has , most beneficially for its interests , made certainly so much more
" pother , " that of the " Bible Only , " as exclusive of Nicene and Athanasian Creeds , and the omne gwu $ hoc of unscripturaUy expressed , rf ngt unscriptural ttieplogy . This , ^ nd # 4 s alone , is his friend ' s und ^ scriba ^ k Christianity , and he , in iup Jifra * "
defies" any one to descrjfop & tyijer or a better . It speaks , indeed JWp&Wt , of t ; he complex nor yet of " the siniple humanity" of Chn ^ tj / lpr it ' < , * 4 a |> t s its creed to Scrt&ture l ^ uage / ' noj " Scripture language to its cwed *
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Mr . Clarke on "( Bible-Only-Christianity > ' 151
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/23/
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