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Review . —Umtarwns not Infidels . ^ m
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tional servfees * ^ rom thfe we shall quote the following passage of gre&t foTCe aiid eloquence :
<* Assembled around the holy altar of social religion , each returning Sabbath , our solemn sacrifices of prayer and praise are offered up to the * One God the Father , in the name of the one great Mediator between God uud man / Here , we adore his supreme perfection and universal dominion . Here , we celebrate the wonders of his power and love to us , the children of men ; especially in the gift of his Son ; and in All the important benefits comprised in that one precious gift . Here we pour out before him the penitential confessions of our sins ; and , placing all our reliance on his great mercy , through Christ , we supplicate Divine forgiveness . Here we seek , from the stores of heavenly bounty , supplies for all our necessities ; and , above all , as the greatest of all good , we ardently pray for grace , to grow in all the sentiments and hahits of piety and righteousness , and to advance continually in our state o ^ preparation , for that eternal world , which is , by the glorious gospel , thrown open , in full and solemn prospect , before us all .
" Here , also , we prostrate ourselves before the Common Father of all mankind ; and , iu the spirit of universal charity , we commend all our fellow-Christians , without distinction of sect or party , and all our fellow-creatures , without exception of name or nation , to the care and blessing of that Omnipotent Power and Love , which are able to do more and better , than our most benevolent , wishes can express to him or desire for them . Nor , before the throne of the heavenly grace , do we ever forget that nation to which we more immediately belong , and for which , therefore , we are bound to cherish a more ardent concern . No warmer wishes breathe from our hearts than those which we express for the peace and prosperity of our beloved country—for the best interests of the National Church and of all other churches —for the welfare and happiness of all
Orders of men , from the King on the throne , and the high authorities of the State , down t 6 the lowest subject in the ? &na \ And , finally , we , in an especial a * anner , include the sorrowing and the suffering part of our fellow-beings , iu our poor ^ nd imperfect } , but sincere and sympathisiug ^ prayers to the God of mercy * ^ 4 the greaut source , of aU relief and ^ > O 8 ola ^ io n ^~ P . JSU U Agftip ; tj * e suttfects of the public discourses delivered in ' our own and to all our congregations , are , for the most **** * the sinie as In othor Christian so-
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cieties ;^ omprising all the great subject * e > f the bt ^ ing , tlie perfeetions , the pnMw dential and moral government tit' < £$£ ') the duty and the future expectation * tk man ; the divine authority of Chjfst ; fcfe prophetical , moral and religiotrsr HR& courses ; his example , his miracle * , M * sufferings , his death ,- his resttrreetion ; £ is ascension ; his second comings , with great power and glory , to raise the deal * # life , to judge the world in righteousness , and to bestow eternal rewards on aH who are faithfully his * And here I hope to be excused , if I mention that we had , some time ago , delivered by our rohiister , a series of discourses , about twenty In number , On the conduct of Christ during his last eiifferings , as displaying at once the dignity of his character and the divinity of his mission ; which was received , \ believe , with much approbation , by attentive audiences , composed of Christians of all denominations . The publication of these discourses , as well as those on the Books of Scripture , has often been requested ; but the request has not Hitherto prevailed . The usual style of all our preachers is , indeed , rather practical and devotional than controversial ; yet the # are generally careful , and now mbrt than
ever , because a spirit of inquiry is evidently gone forth , to explain to thefr hearer ^ the great leading evi dences , and all the important doctrines , of Christianity ; and to point out whatever notions appear to them to corrupt the purity and obscure the glory of that holy religion . For , certainly , it is not to be concealed or denied , that some ! of the peculiar doctrines of Calvin , of Athanasius , and other human authorities , are either partially 01 * totally denied ; and much of the favourite
phraseology employed by them and by their disciples , being decidedly utiscirij ? - tural , are scrupulously declined , by usv What these doctrines are , and what that language is , will be explained hereafter . Perhaps it may be proper to . complete this account by adding ,, that , the rite of Christian baptism is observed by us as by most other Christians , as well as ^ also , that solemn ceremonial , instituted by our . great Master to perpetuate the thankful remembrance of himself , and of l > is iinportaut services f 0 r the good of mankind , from one generation to another , even to the end of time . *—Pp . 21 , 22 .
The £ th Letter contains an enumeration of ; the well-cteservcKl testimony of the most learned and enxi n ^ nt men in the Church , to the erudition and splendid labours of Unitariatf 3 > isscntcrs . . v * ~ * , * \ ' " At length , after a dreary , stormy
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1821, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2505/page/39/
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