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gious truth must be sought with a seriows mind , with a pure heart , witb humilityy with diligence and patience - y arid that " practical religion must not only Hot be neglected , when we are
engaged m inquiries into the doctrines of the gospel , but that this imprecisely the time when we should exercise the greatest care * to keep alive every religious sentiment * and practise every religious duty /'
The following reflections claim the attention of all who have the care of young persons : tc He would deserve our pity , and not our praise , whose mind should exhibit a mere blank tablet at a period of life when he must have been already called
to the discharge of duties , to the jnst performance of which religious faith is indispensable . It is chimerical to think of teaching , for example , the being of God , and excluding every allusion to the question of the unity or plurality of persons in the Godhead ; or the mission of
Christ , and suppressing all mention of his offices and nature ; nor can any parent be blamed for conducting the religious education of his child according to that system or * opinion which he believes to be evangelical . It is then only that he
orersteps his duty , and raises barriers in the mind of his offspring against the reception of the truth , when he inculcates his own opinions upon him as infallible dogmas * teaches him to shun inquiry as the enemy of faith , and to regard all those who differ from him as men of
corrupt heart and stubborn pride of understancUng . "—Pp . 10 , 11 . Mr . K / s reasoning in another part of his discourse , is extremely pertinent and juBt : " Those who prove all things by subjecting all alike to ridicule , would do better to seek out amidst ihe
extravagancies of human opinions some theme less dear to the feelings , less important to the well-being of men , than religion , on which to exercise their powers . It is evidently the pleasure of the chase , and not the value or * the prize , which attracts them ; and they might display their ingenuity on some other topic * with more nonour to themselves , and less offence to others . Ridicule , which is a dangerous instrument whenever it is applied to subjects of deep
interest , should fee regarded as a forbidden and unhallowed weapon in religious discussion : the bloom of the religious affections is destroyed by it , even if the root of principle remains untouched . Without sobriety and seriousness , we
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have &o reason to expect that we shall fmjd the truth , and still less , that i £ found , it ! wiM meet with those dispositions in our hearts , which are necessary to its beneficial operation . "—Pp . 14 , 15-Equafly seasonable and interesting are the * remarks that we shall next transcribe : " There is , perhaps * some danger afe the present day , that zeal in . the diffusion of our opinions should lessen our care and diligence in forming them ; it is easy to see which of these occupations is the
most animating and attractive . But we are building , on the sand , if we hope permanently to enlarge our numbers ,, while we neglect to found conviction upon cautious and strict examination . "—Pp . 27 , 28 . Extracts , not less creditable to the author , or less gratifying and instructive to oar readers , raight with ease be made . „ We are admonished , however , of the limits of this department of our work . It' was with good reason that the Association of Ministers and the Tract Society ,, before whom Mr . K .
delivered his discourse , requested him to publish it : for it is eminently calculated to subserve the best wishes and interests of Unitarian Christians . N .
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Revieiv . —Butler ' s Charge ta the Clergy of tie Archdeaconry of Derby . 649
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—^^—Art . VIII . —A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry oj Derby , by Samuel Butler y D . D . F . A . S . Src . at his Primary
Visitation , June 21 and 22 , 1821 , and published at their Request . Shrewsbury , printed : sold by Longman , Hurst , Rees , Orme and Brown . London . 4 to . pp . 20 .
IN the body of this Charge Dr . Butler touches on " the principal topics immediately connected with what he may perhaps call the conservatorial part of his office : " he delivers to the clertfy of his archdeaconry judicious
and , occasionally , minute advice concerning the care of ecclesiastical buildings , of cemeteries ami of parsonagehouses . The Introduction sketches , with great felicity , the character of his " lamented predecessor . " *
" Of him /* observes Dr . B ., " I may be allowed to say , that , during my early life at the University , I enjoyed some * Edmund Outrain , D . D . < &c . < Mon . Repas . XVI . 124 , 182 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 549, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/45/
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