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    cover , the snare , which was laid for her ; in short , she beholds the persecoition , the animosities , the ' numberless evils that await her , if ever the spirit which directs the machinations we now witness should become triumphant .

    ' ? We could not be sensible of the peril which menaced us without turning to you , our honoured pastors , and acknowledging with more perfect conviction the entire conformity of your instructions , of your consolations and of your example with the doctrine

    and the spirit of our Divine Master . "We qntreat you then , respected pastors , in the first place , to dismiss from your minds any anxiety respecting the effect that might have been produced on your flock , either as to their faith or the sentiments with

    which they regard their instructors , by the misrepresentations and calumi \ ies lately propagated amongst us ; and secondly , we entreat you never tp depart from that system of wisdom , eharitjr and firmness which you have hitherto pursued , and for which we now offer you our most sincere and grateful acknowledgments .

    " Our fervent prayers ascend to the Almighty for the success of your ministry ana for your happiness even in this life , &c . &c . " Geneva , Sept . 9 , 1818 . " The signatures follow . '

    No . III . " To the Rev . Pastors of the Church of Gfeneva . * . * . Gentlemen and much-honoured PastorsJ

    t "The timbers of your church would npt ^ have considered the daring attacks pn you . in reeent publications deserving of their notice , if they had regarded merely the impotence of the

    hands by which you are assailed , or the power of truth by which you are defended ; but their indignation is aroused by this unexpected renewal of the efforts of hypocrisy , by those cries of fanaticism which strike terror

    jjito the heart of true piety , by the fire-brands of discord hurled into the Uosom of religious peace . D > e voted to the duties of four office , and surrounded with our love and veneration , be pleased , respected pastors , to re-

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    gard with calofi ni ^ fir btft finely to repel , those airfk ^ ttS 6 ^ tinue by your pist ^ c ^ l cares and your affecting sermons , to lead us > as you have ever done / in the path of reliction and virtue , aad to shew us the

    purity of your doctrine by the holiness of your lives ; tlms > you will unceasingly instruct < and iiBprove- those who are under your care , and who are worthy of pastors like yourselves" Gfeneva , Sept . \ 7 ?) & \ & " - ' - ' / No . IV . r . ¦•' --

    " The Theological Students to the Pastors . " From the moment the Theological Students were made acquainted with the fresh assaults on the venerable pastors , they were animated by the most powerful sentiment of indignation . . Convinced that adversaries

    like yours deserved to be passed by in-silence , and assured that you were perfectly acquainted with the sentiments of the students towards you , they resolved to take no active

    measures on this occasion ; but having learned that : their conduct < has .. by sorne been misrepresented , they now offer this expression of their attachment , and at the same time declare

    that they are animated by the same spirit which actuates you , being persuaded that the principle of the Reformation is full and entire liberty of examination and judgment . Having before their eyes the example of . wisdom , firmness , kindness and charity ,

    given by you to all the Reformed Church , they will walk in the path which your instructions and your conduct point out as the way of truth . ; and they implore the Almighty to pour his choicest blessings on your ministry , and on their studies . i

    €€ Be pleased , Gentlemen , to accept these , feeble expressions of . the ^ sentiments of the Theological Students ; who will ever remain your respectful , &c . —Sept . 1818 . In the name of all the rest , €€ Le Priteur . "

    At the same period the Evangelical Churches of Swi tzerland , almost unanimously , addressed letters to the clergy amply denoting their affection and confidence . [ To be continued . ]

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    JO The fate Theological Controversies at G&neva ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/10/