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nee& of tiotfcitig . ' { ftev , iii . 17 . Fr . trato . ) ** Geneva statidfe In need of a reformation aacl a reformer scarcely less
than she did in the sixteenth century . Were it to pleasfc the Lord , to whbEti nothing is impossible , to rSise up dnfe or more of the Geriievese pastors ihfcmselfres , who should unite the
excellencies df Rorhaihfe&hdToplady , < bf Newton ^ aM the two Venfts , it * the Church of E n ^ lant !^ 4 i < i % rich , How unspeakable would be tfie iaoercy 1 No terms can express the blessings which We might nope to liehdld . ^ But such an went is peculiarly within the domain
of Diviiie Sovereignty . There seems to be scarcely aiiy opportunity for the operation 6 f hiithiln itieante in t > tder Id promote it . The introduction of a suitable minister , if siich could be fftomd , vvlior wouldHct oix &ta itodfepen - debt plan , appears the more ^ pfractieatete inea ^ iifre . 'But he roust be a man
of rare qualities / He should unite thfe thtfeblbgicil % c 6 titf&cy , tfce sagacity * and tire fitpipss bjPGalvfai , with the stveefcftess of Flavel , and the fervour of "Whitfield . He ihftuFd fce . -h Swiss c ^ r a Frenchman , a scholar and tin orator . He should be prepared to meet land to siiffer ievery kind of opposition ; " and he shcfuld lH&ve all the meekness
t > f wi ^ doin ilot to * arouse tHftnecessary opposition . He should be a man who kas the command of a ready and powerful pettj tls Hvfell as of an eloquent tongue . He ^ duld be a man indefatigable in labour , humble in spirit , mighty In ffie Scriptures , and erni ^ n ^ ntly a main of prayer . O that such a servant of Christ were raised up ! O that ^ Ike € hi istibns of Gieat Britain
may be hbndiired as the instruments of obtMritog Mhd fetidoura ^ ing ^ such a tnan ! " The importance 6 f Geneva is beyond expression great . Its geographical position , the active spirit or ifs people , and its commetcial relatiotis , fit it to l ) e the centre and metropolis of the Protestant world . In a sdiise .
it holds the keys of France , Swit ^ rlaiid &nd Italy . Th (* se countries lie at its gates , tod their inhabitants are continually resorting to it . Were the gospel preached in this city , with clearness , life and fctiergy ;~ were there Bible Societies , Tract Societies , and Missionary Societies , in constant and
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Tfjafdtous oiperirti ^ n j ^—what might we not hope for-1- ^ CJ that the Spirit wei ^ poured from on high t—^ Then would the wilderness become a fruitfuliield . ^
That I may not withhold any thing which might seem to give a foundation of ti-uth to M . C / s assertion , I add that there is in London an association called the Continental Society , established in 1819 ; of which 1 have the honour to be a member , and whose
means of usefulness I wish were increased a thousand fold , fot its resources are wry small . The object of this institution is to encourage and assist ministers of any communion , but of well-attested piety and good
character , in their own respective countries as much as possible , to diffuse what the Society considers to be Scriptural Christianity , by preaching , circulating the Scriptures , and any other suitable
means . I toelieve thkt the Efforts q £ this Society liave been extenpded 4 o « ome parts of Switzerland , and perhaps to Geneva . But ia ^ oiiBdr sense f&f the word could this be xjalled a
-Methodist Society . - Of the circumstances , which M . G . fiays occurred ia 1810 , 1 know nothing . His b # n ^ cdoutit , however , sufficiently charges the Consistory with great Weakness and a foolish disposition to intolerant -meddling . The satne
remark appears to me to be just , with respect to the regulation of 1813 , for preventing sectarianism among the theological students . A surer way could scarcely be devised for awakening and stimulating inquiry , than to comtnand men to travel with their
eyes shut .- ^ -I shall now follow M . C / s statements , with regard to particular
I . M * Empaytaz . This gentleman I have not tne pleasure of personally knowing ; but he is known and respected by friends of mine , who would not , I am persuaded , give their esteem to a questionable character . On the
charge of his violating the injunctions of the Consistory , after he had promised to observe thfemy it would be unfair to judge without hearing his side of the question . M , C . introduces
newspaper statements ^ representing M . Empaytaz as a fanatic and pretended prophqt . I have not the least doubt of those allegations being perfect falsehoods . The only authority
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4 $ 5 Df . J . Pye Smith m Reply to Professor € henevOre ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 466, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/18/
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