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    tand angels , to all eternity . Written by John Lowden , London . Thursday , August the 5 th , 1773 .

    P . S . If you choose to send an answer or the books , direct to John dLowden , at Mr . Burford's , Great Saint Andrew ' s Street , Seven Dials , London .

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    sition which we fcxperfence is xmttitit sal ^ and is founded m sentiments # e trust they are prejudices ) of almost unconquerable strength . No # our danger is just in proportion to the vehemence and universality of these * sentiments . * * * # # *

    w Do we , then , make sufficient a !* lowance for the honest feelings / and fears of our brethren ? For my owj £ part , so far as they are disinterested and affectionate , so far as they regard the honour of religion , I respect tlieiifK And though they were altogether

    groundless apprehensions , the subject ought , in some measure , to sanctify them * I cannot help thinking that ; with some , it is too easy to fling out vague accusations of bigotry , intolerance , uncharitableness , &e . Evil will it be for us , if a good systenb of faitli is made the cover of a bad habit of

    feeling , if we have gained a truth and lost a virtue , if we have become more correct than others , only to be more proud . But some will tell us , perhaps , that they feel none of this exasperation—that they maintain a supreme

    indifference towards the opinion of their opposers ; I do not believe it ! It is not , ( unless we are indifferent to our own opinions , ) it is not in our nature to feel this indifference , and it would be little to our credit if we

    could . Religion is a subject too important to admit of it . Violent opposition to what is believed to-be the truth that God has revealed , is not to be lightly regarded . Besides , it is most unhappily true , that we are all of us more or less affected by this opposition through the relations and intercourse of life . It is here , indeed ^

    that it comes near to us . It is not the distant sound of the controversy that disturbs our peace . It is the chilling distrust and alienation that enters our own dwellings , and , grievous to say , enters them under Che sanction of religion . There is to many an almost daily temptation from this

    source ; and it is a temptation which no smiles nor courtesies can do away . Religion is the subject of all subjects , the all-interesting theme of reflection , the great bond of friendship , the refuge for our sorrows , and the home for our best joys . Now , with those who feel such an interest in religion , it naturally forms the most interesting subject of conversation and of synii-

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    Hints to Unitarians , to ** The Christian Disciple * &MePktiJ ; 3 &

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    Sir , THE following remarks , extracted from the last-published Number of the * ' Christian Disciple , " appear to me so valuable , so sound in the instruction they convey to Christians ,

    and so forcible in style * that I trust you will be tempted to give them a place in the Monthly Repository . I am quite aware that that publication js generally devoted to papers of a

    controversial kind ; but it seems to me that we can well afford to exchange a few pages of its usual contents for the sober and temperate animadversions of our Trans-Atlantic Christian

    brethren . Independent of the strong conviction I feel that these American *< Hints to Unitarians ' are no ill-timed or useless cautions , it is very delightful to trace the progress of religion in

    that part of the world where alone it may be said to have its free course . I hope we are generous enough to exult in its € i glorious liberty "—and candid enough to receive with meekness the hints which our distant friends

    bestow upon us . I regret that the paper from wjiich I extract is too long for publication , ( unabridged , ) in the pages of the Repository . It is well deserving of a reprint and extensive circulation among Unitarians . Q .

    Extract from " Hints to Unitarians . " —Christian Disciple , January and February , 1823 . " It is obvious to remark ,

    iiLthe first place , that the circumstance of that general opposition , which has been alluded to , strongl y exposes Unitarians to unkind and uncharitable feelings . It is too obvious , it may be thought , to need a suggestion . But

    it ought to be remembered that our situation is very peculiar . Other classes of Christians , indeed , have their mutual differences , and the temptation to tmkiiulncss among them is found to be sufficiently strong ; but the oppo-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 39, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/39/