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diametrically opposed to the truths of the gospel . Mr . E ., however , expresses himself as being highly pleased with the liberality displayed by Mr . Fielding throughout the conversation , is to add his
^ nd desirous testimony to the respectful apd gentlemanly deportment which characterized his conduct on the occasion . The following is a copy of the Protest : ¦
To the Rev . Mr . Fielding . Sir , You having expressed your utter inability conscientiously to comply with our request , by omitting or altering any part
of the matrimonial service ordained by the Established Church , as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer , we feel it necessary , to the relief of our consciences , to protest against the doctrines which it contains .
We regret that in a country peculiarly distinguished for religious toleration , a service should be insisted upon by the Established Church which , in order to enter the Marriage state , must be submitted to by those persons who disbe-¦
lieve its doctrines , and which is therefore attended with a violation of their religious principles and the dictates of conscience . Surely a ceremony involving in it such painful consequences , calls aloud for reformation . As Unitarian Christians , we therefore most solemnly protest against the
service : Because we are thereby called upon , not only tacitly to acquiesce , but to profess a belief in the doctrine of a Trinity of persons in the Godhead , which is a dogma ( as we believe ) totally unfounded upon the Scriptures , unwarranted by reason , and expressly contradicted by both natural and revealed religion .
Because we are compelled to submit to the performance of a service which is in direct ^ opposition to those views of Christianity which we have derived from the gospel of Jeans Christ , unshackled by the creeds of fallible men , or the decisions of venal councils .
Because we conceive , that if such a ceremony were submitted to by us in silence , it would be a dereliction from our duty as worshipers of one God the Father , and as faithful disciples of his Son Jesus Christ .
Because we coucejve , that in the performance of so important and solemn a servfce as that of matrimony , every expression ought to be omitted which im-
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poses a violence wpan ' the consciences of the parties concerted . ( Signed ) PETER ECKEBSLEY . ELIZABETH PE ^ DLETON . The protest originally went further m objecting- to the introductory part of the service , as being * ( to a mind
correctly formed ) offensive to the feelings of delicacy . But as the minister intimated his intention of omitting that part of the service , the protest against it would be unnecessary , aad was therefore by his wish expunged . F . BOARDMAN .
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On the Booh of Genesis . From Professor Eichhorn ' s Introduc tion to the Study of the Old Testa nient , Vol . II .
§ 416 , a . The Book of Genesis was compiled from Ancient Scriptural Records . f XHE accounts contained in the JL book of Genesis carry us back to the very cradle of the whole human race , and refer to events which occurred partly several thousand , and
partly several hundred years prior to the time of Moses , of which , therefore , ( admitting him to be the author of this book , ) Moses cannot speak as an eye-witness , but merely as an historian . Whence , then , may it be asked , did he gather the materials for his work ? Was he favoured with an
immediate revelation from the Deity ? Is his narrative grounded on the records of antiquity , or is it an invention of his own brain ? Ought the critic and historian to condemn him as an artful impostor ; or to applaud him as a writer of the most unbounded
veracity ? Are his relations nothing but a series of amusing tales invented to portray the childhood of mankind in fascinating colours , for the success of which he trusted to the ignorance of his contemporaries ? Or are they such as exhibit , in undeniable characters , ' the stamp of authenticity and truth ?
The book of Genesis no whef e contains even the most distant allusion to support the assertion that its conten ts are the immediate revelations of , the Deity . Hence , as no pereriiptoky avnrhg s < j > exists to silence inquiry , every one is
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48 & Eichhom'b Amount of the Book of G&ri&sis
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 488, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/32/
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