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that Christians could be brought to believe that we are candidates for , not judges of , heaven . In the eloquent language of an anonymous review of the controversy with Dr . Priestley on Matter and Spirit- — " Then farewell the obscure speculation of metaphysics . They
embarrass me no more . The mere philosopher may indulge them if he pleaseth ; and if * he can gain any amusement or any satisfaction from them , I envy him not . He purchaseth it at a rate too dear for me ; and placeth his hopes on what 1 should regard as the most insecure foundation . But do not
think me the enemy of science because I consider it a £ ill applied in the investigation of a subject so much beyond ks reach . Let it operate in its own sphere , and , by a patient research into
those natural objects which iall more immediately under the scrutiny of the senses , enlarge the boundaries of hu-* if man knowledge . I hail her progress , and wish I could add a laurel to her
brow . But let her not presume to trespass on the hallowed enclosures of heaven ' s own immediate messenger . Her feeble taper may light the curious philosophic eye through nature ' s walks .
Jiut it is the full , unclounded sun of the everlasting gospel that can alone , with safety , gui ( ta the doubting mind of man through the paths of religion to the world of immortality . The * k > ve sent from the ark of reason and
philosophy , wanders over a boundless expanse , a dreary waste of unfathomable waters . Fatigued with its fruitless excursions , it returns , but brings no olive branch to me . Thanks be to the immortal Redeemer of the
world , I receive this pledge of peace from a higher region . 1 press it to iny trembling heart ; and inethinks it gains fresh verdure while J bedew it with the mingled tears of gratitude and penitence . " < U .
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Art . XT . —A -Reply try a Review in The Christian ( hiardian , January , 1 S 22 , of " An Apology for the Freedom of the l ' ress }'* fye . By Robert Hall , A . M . With the Review extracted . Hvo ., 2 nd ed ., pp . 18 . Holdsworth . IN our acknowledgements to GorrcspondenU on the Wrapper of the
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last Number we signified &nr intention of inserting In our work the whole of Mr . Halt ' s Letter from the Leicester Chronicle ; but as it has been since published in the form of a pamphlet as above , we deem it an act of fairness to the publisher , to content ourselves with this notice of it , in the shape of
a review . The "Apology" appeared nearl y thirty years ago , and excited , as it deserved , considerable attention . Since that period , Mr . Hall has , until now , abstained from polities in his writings ; or rather has manifested a leaning to
a very different system from that which rirst engaged bis affections and drew out his eloquence . It was for a longtime supposed that he privately disavowed and would have been glad to recall the productions of his youthful enthusiasm on behalf of freedom . If
the rumour were correct , he has undergone a re-conversion and returned to his first love . On this subject , Mr . Hall is entitled to speak for himself : " It certainly is very unusual for a writer to suppress his own publications , '
unless he has recanted the principles they contain . To persevere in doing so , naturally exposes him to the suspicion either that he lias renounced his former opinions , or that he is afraid to avow them ; but neither of these situations is -mine .
I have changed no principle , and I feel no fear . Why then . should 1 act in such a manner as must render me perpetually liable to either of these imputations ? For a considerable time , indeed , after loud and repeated importunities , I declined a compliance with the wishes expressed for republieation , from a sincere
reluctance to engage in political controversy . By one party , in the mean while , it was my fortune to be so unequivocally claimed as a convert , and by the other so assailed with reproaches as an apostate , that 1 was convinced by experience there
was no other way of putting an end to the misrepresentations of both , bat to repuMish the original pamphlet . Had I never written it , the same motives which made me reluctant to reprint , might probably have prevented my writing it ; but since , there Ls not a principle in li which I cau conscientiously retract , and my silence lias occasioned numerous misleprosentaxious . and mistakes , the foir and manly part vv ; us doubtless to republish
it . An ingenuous miiul is not less ashamed of receiving praises it is conscious it has not deserved , than indignant at reproaches which are not merited . "—F . 4 .
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182 Review . — HalPs Apel&gn for the Freedom < rf the Press
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1822, page 182, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2510/page/54/
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