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party , 3 * s they value * ifce iavsur of God , i » whose presence the vow tvas made , truly to adhere to it . "—Pp . 285 , 286 . We concur with the preacher in his advice with regard to religious education :
" Religious instruction , as it is of the highest importance , it is the duty of both parents to Impart . The nature of this , as far as doctrines are concerned , must be determined by those notions of Christianity which the parents themselves entertain . If I were called upon for my
advice , I would say , ' Let it be such as a child of tolerable capacity may easily understand / Every thing necessary to the happiness of the present , or a future life , we may depend upon it , is to be
foxrad in the plain , practical morality of the gospel- If there are any unexplained mysteries in the New Testament , the belief of them is impossible , and , of course , cannot be necessary to salvation . I do not think that children should be
taught to read from the Bible . The first acquisition of knowledge is always difficult and painful , and there is considerable danger that a dislike may be conceived to this best of books , from the circumstance of the difficulties which attended their
nr $ t acquaintance with it . Add to which , I 4 ° think it is treating the Bible with ^ proper reverence , to make , it a common school-book . Selections from it , of which there are many to be met with , are much better adapted for this purpose . "—Pp . 298 , 299 .
The mutual duties of masters and apprentices are not often urged from the pulpit , and , therefore , we extract the following judicious counsels : " It is the duty of masters to fulfil with punctuality , every engagement into which they enter with their servants : to
p ^ y m their wages as they become due : and if they make any promises , scrupulously to adhere to them . The case of apprentices comes under this head . During their apprenticeships they are servants ; &nd though not menial servants , yet their masters may require ,
and have a right to expect from them , many things which are not , and cannot be specified in the indentures which subsist between them . It is a master ' s positive duty , fully to teach his apprentice the trade or calling , which he himself
exercises ; and to explain to him , cleafrly and kindly , whatever art or mystery may be tonnected with it ; so that it may not be his fault if , in future life , the apprentice does not folly understand his business .
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•** &t A& * he duty and interest of * the apprentice , to behave respectfully to ^ master , ^ and every branch of his family . readily to perform the various little serl vices-required from him , and to take i ^ utmost care of his master ' s property with much of which . he must oftea ^ entrusted . He is not to divulge any secrets connected with his business ; if he hears his master spoken ill of , it & his duty to defend him as far as he justly can . An apprentice , while he continues such , should be considered and treated as a child , as well as a servant ; and then ne win , if he is good himself , feel towards his master a filial regard /'—Pp 321 , 322 .
Sea :. XXII ., * o which we leave before alluded , is a faithful description and a candid assertion of Uaitarianism . in the preacher ' s t > jwmon , " all are Unitarians who believe that tbe Father is the only object of religious worship . ** ( P . 250 . ) He avows ( p . 3 £ 5 ) hisffis .
belief of t ] be Miraculous Conception . He speaks p lainly upon this and © tlter doctrinal points , in order to be under * stood , because , he sa ) re ( p . 362 ) , he thinks it one of the highest duties of a Christian minister to let Ms hearers know clearly what it is he believes
himself , and what , he thinks , it is of importance for them to believe . Towards the end of the Sertnon , which appears to have been preached to young persons , he remarks very truly and seasonably ,
"It is one of the greatest glories of Unitarianism , that it can afford to be charitable to all whom we believe to be sincere . While some of our Christian brethren think it their duty to curse our
opinions , and to denounce damnation upon us for embracing them , v ^ e can smile , with pity , on the narrowness of their notions , and look forward , vfah pleasure , to meeting them in those blessed abodes where our mutual mistakes will
be cleared up , and where , we are , per * suaded , they will then be glad to see us . " —P . 364 . The last Sempn ^ ^ Volume was preached om occasion of the death of thfe late Princess . Charlotte , and , in
sound sense , patriotic spirit , and Christian pathos , is inferior to few of t ^ Discourses that were < fe $ vte ^ ed in honour of th&t ever-to-be ^ la ^ hted personage , whose , loss succ $ OTiig , events have made us f $ 8 i t ^ ie tiqd « i bitterty .
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t 4 & Review—Butcfter * Sermmsj ^ r t&e > tfse ty &wmiies .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/38/
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