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a i * alih < Joinpd $£ « I ot three great difistoa i in oaeof wWich Prelacy is tkvovited b £ law atrd approved in practice by-an Ep is ^ coparian -people ; while , in another , it is protected , indeed , by law , but abjured in practice by a nation of sectaries , Catholic ; and Presbyterian ; and , in a third ,
it . is abhorred alike bylaw and i | i practice ,, repudiated by the whole institutions , scorned and detested by the whole inhabitants . His Majesty , almost at the time in which I am speaking , is about to make a progress through the Northern provinces of this island , accompanied by certain of his chosen counsellors , a
portion of tiieu who enjoy unenvied , and in an equal degree , the admiration of other countries and the wonder of their ownand there the Prince will see much loyalty , great learning , some splendour , the remains of an ancient monarchy , and of the institutions which made it flourish .
But o » e thing he will not see . Strange as it hiay seem , and to many who hear me incredible , from one end of the country to the other he will see no such thing as a bishop ; ( loud laughter ;) not Such a thing is to be found from the Tweed to John o'G roar ' s : not a mit ^ e ; no , nor so much as a minor canon , or even a rural
dean— -and m all the land not one single curate—so entirely rude and barbarous are they in Scotland—in such outer darkness do they sit , that they support no cathedral ^ maintain no pluralists , suffer nb
non-residence ; nay , the poor benighted creatures are ignorant even of tithes . Not a sheaf , or a lamb , or a pig , or the value of a plough-penny , do the hapless mortals render from year ' s end to year's end ! Piteous as their lot is , what
makes ik infinitely more touching , is to witness ^|^ return of good for evil In the demeanour ' pf this wretched race . Under all this cruel neglect of their spiritual concerns , they are actually the most loyal , contented , moral and religious
people any where , perhaps , to be found in tnc world . Let us hope ( many indeed there are , not afar off , who will with unfeigned devotion pray ) , that his Majesty ttlay return # afe from the dangers of Ms excursion j-ntosuch a country ; an
excursion m 6 st perilous to a certain portion of the £ fiurch , should his royal mind be infected with a taste for cheap establishments ,, a working Clergy ? and a piooa con®&tion ! But cVittipassion for our brethren } nthe Nbrth Has drawn me aside frppi nW purpose , \ Vhifch was
tnere-* t \ t 9 tstiAtiA you how preposterous it Is i > i ^ a ^ oiimry Qf > vHich the ecclesiastical poJTOj ^ jrV ^ d iipbn pl&us s 6 discordant , aml ^ e /)^| £ ous tenets tWmsei res ate s «» v ^ Qtflsl" tdi reqiiire &uy very measured * t > £ pree $ 6 h 6 fr nleiiV oMnfips upori cutea-Idtts Of chcifiSh jjcH-ettnneht . AM if
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there 1 i 4 tofpm 6 ftitigtind , & > l « 8 * * Ample licence ougfet nfem ^ peci ^ fly tv > fce admitted m hamftftig sticri iriatter ?! I say without fees 4 tatfbifi ^ i ^^ fa this v £ r / fit . sWerp \ i ^? rBe ' re in the * 19 fch century , you live * rn « er tk Palatine Prltffcey the liora of Durham ; where the eridemkn ^ tit of the hierarchy , 1 tnaty riot call it enormous * but I trust I shfeH bepei * niittied without offence to term it splendid ; wliere the « stablishment , I dare riot Whisper proves
grinding to th ^ people , but I w 81 rather say is ian incalculable , an in ^ crmable blessing—only it is prodigiously large ; showered down in a prqfuisiOn ^ oto ^ what overpowering ; and laying the inhabit tants ; under a load of Obligation ' overwhelming by its weight . It is in Durham where the Church is endowed with a
splendour and a power , unknown in Monkish times and Polish countries , and the clergy swarto in every corner , an * it were the Patrimony of St . Peters-it U here where all manner of conflicts are at each tnoment inevitable between the people and the priests , that I feel myself warranted on their behalf , and for their
protection—for the sake of the Establishment , and as the discreet advocate of that Church arid that Clergy—for the defence df their ^ ery ex istence—to demand the most unrestrained discussicrn of their title and tbefr actitj ^ s under it . For them in this age to screen their codduct ffetn intfestigatldn , is to stand selfcorivicted : to shrink from the dtecassioii
of their title , is to confess a flaw ; he must be the most shallow , the most blind of mortals , Who does ^ t at orj ee percei \^ e that if that title is protected only by the string arm of the law , it becomes not worth the parchment on which It is engrossed , or the wax that dangles to it for
a seal . I have hitherto all along assumed , that there is notbltfg inipure in-tftepractice under the system ; i ana admitting that every persdn engaged in Its admrnis ^ tratkm does ^ eVery one act wjiich h § oug ^ t , and which the laW expects hlba t& < fa V * am supposing that tip to this ftStrr htft one u « worthy * nie ^ aber Has entered " vrifhfn its trnle ; I atto eVen tofc ^ unite * ihkt Up to
this' n ^ bnte * it '* &t 4 M&&f W 6 ^ ftirtifviauals h ^ s s ^ jpe ^ fteydnd * 0 ftifltt lirie of his saeted fijtifylmii , or ^ f ^ n tlpe slightest oflfenbe or ^ n ^ V « iide t * a 6 V human befn ^; I ato tatftn ^ it > tf 6 * graSmd tfcat tfeey all act thet > artx ) f gQod sbepherds ^ making the ttelfafre of tHe ^ pdck their irsreaiearid oWiy occa ^ loiiafly bethftiUfn ff them of id ire 1 zWe
shefelrift ^ iM $ Mtfprei tool lintti rf ^ it & 6 Wth * vi ' tKe mkc&ftibmgftin encumbrance , or tb eradicate fflfcdse . ¥ f , hdwever , those obejrtirWhs be ^ ocbri ^ tent titoi km fl ^ ek a ^ tiia % ' W ^ s < ult ^ r tbe k « i r * e—If'th ^' she ^ lfe ^ ds ifre * o bbiberigu ^ M&mitow * & &k& * mi ¥ i & * tfffVaP 1-
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69 fe Rm ^^ Frhil ^ f J . A \ fFmkmiff ® ' * £ ^ W Vfo $ f .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 698, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/42/
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