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named is tim Jvurjutf 4 e *^ I > $ bafai a paper towte | ?^ a wlio understands such mattery would attach the smallest credit , ii * . gtpy , case where Protestantism m& ? liberty ^ could be a&persed , * or bigotryvand intolerance aided : and the prejudices and slavery
of the ^ oivtinent ^ j newspapers generally are ? too , welikntown to alla > ¥ af our reteing * jiponthenu I have ; good reason tor believing that the statements which thejr gavei $ n $ which wef& re published in pur ^ London papers ^ # f the fanaticism aad prehension tp su * pernatural gifts of Madame Krudener
( to whom M . E . was for a time in the capacity of chaplain ) were grossly untrue . A friend of mine , who was in Switzerland at or near the same time with that lady , and who is far from being an enthusiast , assured me that the current &torie& $ v § re fabrications , and that their sole occasion was a
warm-hearted / zealous , active piety and benevolence , which was occasionally manifested in e ^ traordiii &ry and , perhaps , indiscreet methods . A very small measure of the inost rational zeal in the infinite concerns of reliionis sufficient to stam is sumcient stam
g , p a person gion , 10 p a person an enthusiast , in the opinion of many who would admire a far more iippassioned enthusiast for nm § ic , the drama , or the dance . —* M > < 3 * further
charges this Gen . eve . se student Ayitli inserting , without acknowledgment , a passage from Massillon , in the pamphlet which he published on the Divinity of Jesus Christ . I saw than ; pamphlet in 1817 or 18 lg , but have
not now access to it . If the author was guilty of the plagiarism , he deserves all the rebuke which M . C . has given him : and , in sucji a case as this , it is hardly supposable that the charge could be made without foundation .
II . Robert ffoddane , Esq ., of Edinburgh . M . C . charges this gentleman with ' * inviting some students and ministers to his house , —occupying their minds with the mysterious points ot the Christian religion , —inoculating them with his own exclusive and
intolerant spirit ,- * -insisting strongly o « the contempt with which reason ought to be regarded , —waging- war = indiscreetly against good works , "~ rso that they were " spoken of with disdain- ^ and treated in a licentious jnswwer *" Mr . H . is a man of family , fortune and talents , who has , for many yfc&rs ,
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ducted himself , tvith 3 genem ^ i ^ rarely ; equalled , " to th ^ ^ sl lien ^ p lent purposes tiiajt cfaQje entertained by ^ a human . lpak ^ lL . 'SChfejfs , are few persons who ar ^ m ore ^ dclict ^ dto c $ ot reasoning ; or who Iiave inor » correct or
v ^ ays more cppsistent practice oo , th ^ subject , % w |] l- ^ ot aay of tnlexatienshM of thc ^ ' entire rights of reft ^ ^ iowf Merty ' * Ab ^ d ^| propjf th ^ i lie does not ^^^^ T ^^'^ p % , j ^ i ploys ^ t ^ ^ f ^|| es ^ r ^ ttc ^ m ^^ argument , ^ C miteM
(^ pu ^ j , scrupulous a ^ q lagtc ? d , wijl ppT pear "to any on ^ m ^ q ^ itl r ^ ad i \\§ t ^ oyk oti tjne Evifengg qnd ^ eKo 0 ff of pipine RaveUtion ^ % ^ ypls- Jfon ] S 16 » Qn the drst Qpjehing of this
work , my eye has been caught by a passage which I transcribe , because it furnishes a fair indication of the authors mental habits . He , has been speaking of the unhappy prevalence of unexamined assumptions and conclusions drawn without sufficient evidence , in the matters of religion .
cc In everv other concern of human life , the folly anjl danger of such £ plan would l ^ e ^ t onc ^ e ipanife $ t . Eai ger inquiry ^ in proportion to the importance of the object , would be made without 4 ^ Jay . to ^ now \ yliethfr afiy bs
thing lik ^ ce | -t ^ intjrjpofil ^ p bt ain ^ i ^ or at lea ^ t to a ^ certiainVtn ^ ^> e ^ t pro ^ babilities . And it is cot to ^ be supposed that such a body of evidence ^ Christianity presents , \ yauld be lightly set aside , or overlooked . But the man
who makes up his mind , in regard to his future condition / on thp above principles , stakes Ms all against tha £ evidence . Fof if ( the Bjl ^ e ^ be not a JBctiqi ) , although l ^ e may gmn the whole world , he will l . QjBe liis pwn soul .
"Nor are there many su , ch > \ yjio c $ n plead that they have Pf iidany adequate attention to this eyidencje . Soi # e difficulty in the system of , Cl > risti 9 . mty strikes their minds , wjiich , > vithout ; ^ t thorough examination , appears pf
sufficient weight to excuse fb ejin from further inquiry on a object ko wjiich they find themselves yery much disii ^ olinecf . Or they liaye ra&Wy co ^ clu ^ ecjl th ^ t , if tj ^ Christian r ^ ligio ^ }> a ^ ; in reality ome from Gpd , its $ r # &k xnpsj hw ^ beea supported by pylfansv § q pWr
as to r < e < juire no tbjrpiable i / i it& e ^ anunation . Yet this wo u ) < J b ^ iQontrtary to almost ev , ej ; y thtog wi ^ h whicb we &r # acquainted . Kiv > w | edge pf $ &qs&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/19/
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