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rooters of the Bill , and with a smile of contempt , that no law of such a , description has ever entered into their thoughts 2 JBut , . is not completely withdrawing the means of instruction from the children of the present day ,
the most effectual , nay , the only method of secur ing- the ignorance of the rising generation ? if it is urged that no bar is placed by the Act before the tloors of schools for girls , which are , or may be , opened in every town and village throughout the kingdom—let it
be well considered , that the proposed Bill rests upon such a degree of additional parish tawation , as , it is pretty generally agreed , will come on " like an armed man , " and speedily batter down all those institutions for the
instruction of the poor which depend upon voluntary contribution . This , indeed , appears to be one main design of the measure , and it must be allowed to be fitly framed for effecting its worthy purpose . I hope and trust that Mr . B . will find the British Parliament unsuited
to his purpose , —unwilling to assist him in putting an extinguisher upon that light , the rays of which are gradually and gloriously extending themselves to the remotest and darkest corners of the earth . Shall I go on to say , that there is a great and powerful Prince to whom his services would be
most acceptable ? The magnanimous Emperor of Austria would rejoice in so acute and able an assistant in the execution of his plan , of preserving quiet and order throughout the globe , by spreading thick darkness over its
surface . The experiment is now commencing in his dominions , and as these are extended by the inroads of his armed myrmidons , the blessings of ignorance may doubtless be expected in the same proportion to extend themselves * Could our barrister ( as
this is allowed to be an age of wonders ) start from the English House of Commons , darkening the sun-beams as he passed along , and meet him half way , —vvhat honours and what rewards might he not confidently look for I
But as , if his Bill should fail , all hope of such mighty co-operation must fall to the ground ; the great object which both appear to have in view , would , perhaps , be best promoted by the present expatriation of one whose excellent talents , when so applied , " his
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thankless country" may well desire to lose . Anxiously hoping that a Bill so inimical to the best interests of the human race will never be adopted by a British Parliament , I remain , Sir , your constant reader , MARY HUGHES .
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The first Two Chapters of Luk& proved a Forgery from Luke himself AS the spurious Gospels have lately been the subject of discussion , it may not be improper to state some facts concerning them which are unknown even to the learned . I affirm , then , that the book known as the
Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus , and that of Mary , is the composition of men who were really enemies of Christ , and who wished to subvert Christianity by identifying it with Heathenism- — - that it was extant soon after the first promulgation of Christianity—that it was one effectual means in the hafcds
of Providence to call forth the genuine Gospels—^ that the book was kflfowi * to Matthew , Mark , Ltfke and John , tvho , without naming it , hare brought forward well-attested facts to set it asid ^ as false—that , nevertheless , about fke beginning of the second eetffury , tke
contents of the Gospel of the Mfancy were inserted , after certain modifications , in the Gospel of Matthew , when the contents of the Gospel of Mary were at the same time prfefixetel to t&at
of Luke—and , finally ,, that atfter fhis daring and impiotis forgery , the origin nal of the said Spurious Gospel vtefcs kept a profound secret for three hun * dred years , when Jerome had thfe hardihood to translate it from the Hebrew
and place it before the ptiblie as tRe genuine composition of Matthew . Even a summary view of the evidences necessary to substantiate these assertions would form a volume . It is , therefore ,
requisite in this and the following papers , to confine my attention to a few leading points which I eonceite to be most interesting to the readers of the Repository .
Luke insinuates , that the attempts of many to circulate false Gospels was the motive which induced him to publish his own . He states with solemn ' accuracy the point in the history of Christ at which he determined to b ^ g in his Gospel , and that was av&Ow , from
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Dr . J . Jones on the first Two Chapters of Luke . 277
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/21/
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