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blend spcial intercourse with a religious service , without encroaching on the time which our lay friends fiiMl it necessary to appropriate to their secular concerns , is a question that ought to be previously and cautiously considered . An evening lecture would interfere with that " economical and
friendly dinner" which Coadjutor proposes . Such a repast ought not to be omitted , as it would serve , when properly conducted , to aid an intercourse that would be no less profitable than pleasing-. JYtany prejudices would be rexnoved ; and many , errors would be corrected , that tend to
alienate and separate us from one another for want of free , friendly and confidential intercourse . Perhaps if the object proposed were taken into serious consideration , it might be
contrived to have the religious service at an early hour in the morning , or about half an hour after ten o ' clock , and that it might be thus concluded about twelve o ' clock , which would allow our
lay friends sufficient time to be employed in their business ; and then the dinner might . be fixed at four o ' clock , and the society dissolved at an e ^ rly hour in the evening , so that it
might not be later than eight or nine o ' clock . But this is a subject of regulation that would naturally engage attention , if the plan were adopted . Associations of this kind in the
country are less liable to this objection than those that are formed in or near the city of London , the mart of general commerce . However , there are some other impediments to the execution of this plan which are not so easily removed . In the conduct of the religious
service , controversial subjects should , as much as possible , be avoided . But would not there be some difficulty in settling the mode of performing the devotip ^ al part ? In former years extemporary prayer was almost universal among . Dissenters of every description . But we have now printed
liturgies and premeditated written prayers , which are read by the mmiater . — Which of -ttyese modes should be selected ( woul 4 become a- question JJor deliberation . ^\ n intermixture in the s ^ me place , or even in different places , would occasion . confusion . Some would be gratified and . others would be disrupted - and disputes about the
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tjest mqde tp be adopted would be injurious ttjjj $$ harthony of the Societies . Thefi ^ are als o ' qbitte other matters of pradeihtifil consideration which ought to be settled fcefore a course of public leeti ^ jes , designed for comprehending the whole body of Presbyterians , could be . established . The
object in my opinion is highly desirable , and calculated to accomplish the most important and useful purposes . The scheme bo laudably recommended in the letter t ) efore me , rouses my debilitated powers , and deludes me with the notion that I might still be of some
service in co-operating with persons of more vigorous minds and fewer engagements of a public nature . At an earlier period of life , and with greater leisure than I could ever command , I
should have been happy in taking an active part ; but Providence has now reserved for me only the pleasure of witnessing the successful exertions of others ; and I hope no time will be lost in maturing the proposed plan , lest I should not enjoy this satisfaction . OMEGA . b ^ mMBBMMm . ¦
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68 £ Union , cf bojMJLon Prq $ yjerjqn Congregations .
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——^^^» Hackney , Sir , November 7 , 1822 . REALLY did not imagine that I any arguments contained . in my letter upon the duties of jurymen , could have been misconstrued bv " A
Christian Liberal" [ p . 599 ] into " special pleading , a recommendation of evasive verdicts against law and evidence , and a license inconsistent with the solemn obligation of an oath ;" but instead of quarrelling with these animadversions , I will endeavour to
explain the , object I really had in view , and in so , doing \ I am not without hope of cop vicing your correspondent that , with a right understanding- of the Christian principles which ought to actuate a Christian jury , he would not have so misunderstood me .
It will appear to him , I think , upon reconsideration , that he has imputed to the law that , which is chiefly attributable to . the neglect pr , iflcorupetency of juries : he will disco . ver that the
law under winch a publisher is chafed with ( Jisseminatitig obnoxious options , has provided for the protection of every honest man , by requiring , as a duty : from the jury , an investigation
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/24/
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