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    dqred the ridicule of Aristophanes as more dangerous to him than the charges of his graver accusers ; and he explains the reason of this : pn the minds of the inexperienced youth of Athens , the ribaldry and falsehood of the , comic poet made an impression which neither

    the blameless and beneficent life , nor the sage instructions of tfye philosopher , were able to . efface . Certainly the Infidel scoffers of our days have not the talents and wit of Aristophanes , but that they have not been inefficient architects of mischief , late events have afforded an awful proof .

    If legal animadversion on publications of the kind just alluded to have the effect of giving them wider circulation and readier currency , as possibly may have been the case with Mr . Carlile ' s trial , this consideration is of great importance , and certainly the

    enactment and administration of penal laws , which sometimes have a melancholy tendency to multiply the crimes which they punish , is a matter requiring consummate prudence and skill ; but of the expediency of restraining irreligious publications by all practicable means , I think there can be . no doubt .

    The prevalence of Infidelity in France , and its influence on the political state of that powerful nation , 1 cannot wholly or in great part ascribe to restraints on free inquiry . Previously to the Revolution , the most licentious and unprincipled writings were circulated , read and admired , and doubtless had considerable effect . Had France shared

    more largely in the blessings of the Reformation , and of that freedom of discussion which followed it , it is indeed probable that she would not so soon have parted with religion altogether .

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    sham , from , the # n 9 $ tf } $ () ,, an 4 Wyujg use of the terms " e ^ $ nji $ , dpjctrines of Christianity f" ie ^ la ^ pl ^ emy ^^ •* iuipiety , " &c . ^ re altogether t ^ Wnswerable . In place of . ^ ncpvintei ^ g them , I > vould wi ^ h % y , \ elude £ h £ m by rel maj-lon ^ tkgit ,. mi ^ very coinmi ^ nity which enjoys , tHe advantages of , a civil wmch enjoys , ttedyaiijbages . pf , a civil

    ^ establishment ptOj ^ st ^ E ^ ty ^ one g ^ eat and coiuitervailiiig disadvantage must attend itJ . . , Hpwe \ fer jncQi ^ p ^ tent the magistrate , may foe to ju |(| ge of theological questions , al ^ decisipns concerning them must finally rest with ^ him ,. quvm penes arbitrium e $ t , et . jus . This is indeed an imfavourable view of the

    subject , but we may turn ojir eyes from it to the consolatory prospect which future ages open . ^ Whoever considers the civil and religious state of society in Europe from the . eighth to the fourteenth century , and compares it with the present , cannot fail to anticipate improvements of indefinite extent . The

    light , constantly and on every side increasing , must in time reach the deepest recesses of regal a * id sacerdotal darkness . In spite of apparent and temporary retrogradatiojis , the march of our species must be forward ; but the easy and natural mistake of

    overrating the progress already made , by prompting , to hasty smd inconsiderate efforts , may have the effect of discouraging and obstructing what they were intended to promote . HYLAS .

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    Birmingham , Sir , m April 30 , 1820 . ON the 18 th instant the interesting ceremony was performed of laying the principal stone in the foundation of the intended Sunday-Schools ,

    hitherto under the patronage of the Society connected with the Ojd Meeting House , Birmingham . Contrasting the original and humble pretensions of the Institution with its ( perhaps ) unexampled success , may stimulate others engaged in the laudable pursuit of public instruction , to follow the example . The year 17 ® 6 . witnessed the

    commencement in this town of schools on the j plan indisputably assigned to the benevolent Raikes , [ See Mon . Repos . VI . 577—585 , 1 and all parties concentrated their efforts under one general arrangement . A few Dissenters having , however , proposed a law authorizing such pf them who might

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/38/