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dren come to school neat and clean , without those gaudy decorations so common among other children in this part of the world . Several have died in the course of the year ; some of the eldest of them very happy ; the praises
of God dwelt on their lips throughout their afflictions . " " The mission at Dominica is in a state of prosperity ; true religion is apparently taking a deeper hold on the hearts of the members of the society , and extending its influence among others . " These
quotations might be multiplied , but those already produced may be sufficient to shew , that Negro improvement is not a thing to be despaired of , nor the attempt to effect it one which ought to be postponed to an unknown and distant day . EUELPIS .
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67 & Dr . Malcom ' s Account of the Pre&bytericms in tkf North of Ireland .
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Islington , Sir , November 11 , 1822 . HAVE sent you the inclosed which I I have recently received from a respectable Presbyterian . Minister in the North of Ireland . The 14 th
edition of the Sketch" having been just published , with its usual impression of five thousand copies , it is not likely that another edition will be soon published . I therefore send you this
communication for the Repository , desirous of giving a speedy and permanent publicity to every document which may be deemed conducive to the spread of truth , and to the triumph of evangelical charity .
JOHN EVANS . Newryy Sir , October 18 , 1822 . It may appear singular , that a person wholly unknown to you should
address you from a distant part of the kingdom . I trust , however , the subject of this letter will render it unnecessary to offer any apology ; especially as I am satisfied of your anxiety to render your Sketch as perfect as possible .
I have read your book with satisfaction , and have recommended it to my friends . It is calculated to do good , by removing prejudices and abating hostility unionist Christians . abating hostility amongst Christians .
Your account of the Scotch Presbyterians and English Dissenters , is , I dare say , correct . But you are not probably aware thut there exists in
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the north of Ireland a body of Presbyterians * amounting to about half a million , quite distinct , aa to church government , froin any sect or society mentioned in your book . Their history is given in * ' An Historical Essay
on the Loyalty of Presbyterians , ' * written above one hundred years ago , by Dr . James Kirkpatrick , of Belfast . A sketch of their principles is also set forth in an Appendix to an edition of Towgood ' s Letters , published in Newry and Belfast , in 1816 . Now , so
considerable a body is well worthy of notice in your Sketch . Lest you should not be able to procure either of the above-named publications , I may here give you a brief account of the body of which I speak . B Rv encouragement from the crown . y encouragement from the crown
, a great number of Scotch Presbyterians came over to Ireland , in the beginning of the seventeenth century , and settled chiefly in the province of Ulster . Their ministers accompanied them , and formed themselves into a
Presbytery , which met at Antrim , Belfast , Bangor and other places . The first congregation that was settled , was that of the Rev . Mr . Bryer , of Broad-Island , in 1611 . For nearly a century a considerable union subsisted between the mother church and the
colony . The same church government by sessions , presbyteries and synods , and the same standards of orthodoxy were used in both . However , in process of time , the Presbyterian Church of Ireland became quite independent of the Scottish Establishment ; and
for many years a peculiar and exclusive jurisdiction has prevailed in it . Government is still conducted by sessions , presbyteries and synods ; but with less strictness and more congregational liberty than in the parent church . The Westminster Confession
of Faith is still supposed to be the standard of faith , &c , but is not used as such by the great majority of presbyteries , and is not known at all in very many congregations . Liberty is now granted to all presbyteries and
congregations to use it or not ; and candidates for the ministry are licensed and ordained in auch forms as presbyteries see cause . Hence the prevailing custom is to use no human written standard . Young men are examined by presbyteries touching their acquaintance with languages , science ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/22/
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