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Mr. Bakewell on the State ofMdrals and Religion at Geneva, in Reply to the Letters of Dr, J. Pye Smith.
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9 , Torrlngton Square , Bloomsbury . HAVE read with some surprise I the two letters of Dr . J » Pye Smith , ia the Monthly Repository for
June and July , ( pp . 321 , 404 , ) purporting to be a reply to the letters of M . Chenev&re . The representations given by Dr . S . of the past and , present state of Geneva , appear to me to be in many respects erroneous and even in direct opposition to facts ; and in no part are they more so , than where he confidently asserts that the
moral and religious character of the Genevese has degenerated in proportion to their departure from the orthodox theology of their Forefathers : this assumed degeneracy t > r . - S *
evidently insinuates , is a necessary consequence of an approximation to Unitarianisin . It is but justice to our Genevese brethren to point out the errors in Dr . Smith's statements ¦—¦ — — ¦» - »¦ ¦¦ * ' »^ iWa ^ « k w **¦** m . * . ^^ . v ** « w « ^^ v m ^ m v x ^ m +-m-y m ** mm , vv /
and tlie evidence of an English layman may , perhaps , be more favourably received , than that of the Genevese pastors themselves , in a case where they are the party accused . I resided two whole winters in
Geneva , in the years 1820—1822 , and endeavoured as far as I was able , to obtain a correct view of the state of society and of the religious parties there , and more particularly to ascertain the real state of morals in this little Republic , since it regained its independence in 1815 . The results of
my observations and inquiries are already before the public * I have impartiall y stated what I conceive to be defects in their public worship and the faults of the religious parties in their conduct to each other * In all long controversies , whether of a reli-£ ious or temporal nature , it rarely , Perhaps never , happens , that both
* Travels m the Tarentaise and vtknous parts of t ] he Grecian and Pennine AJps , and in Switzerland and Auveigne . ^ vols .
Mr. Bakewell On The State Ofmdrals And Religion At Geneva, In Reply To The Letters Of Dr, J. Pye Smith.
Mr . Bakewell on the State ofMdrals and Religion at Geneva , in Reply to the Letters of Dr , J . Pye Smith .
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sides are entirely free from blame : a want of charity may , perhaps , be found both among the members of the church within the walls of Geueva , and among the metabers of the little church without the gates .
c lhacos intra miiros peccatur et extra . * I have , however , no hesitation in expressing an opinion founded on myl own observations , that M . Malan , tl ^ e head of the little church without the
gates , has evinced more of a persecuting spirit than his opponents . Dr . S . in ay reply , < tf Is this possible ? The opponents of M . Malan have all the power of the Church and State ia their owa hands . " Granted : but I hold
that man to be a persecutor in the worst sense of the word who depreciates the character of his neighbour ^ because he does not adopt the same creed as his own , who , on this account , represents him in his public
discourses as irreligious and an enemy to Christ , and who endeavours to destroy his respectability and influence in society . I say such a man is a persecutor , whether he have or have not the temporal power to punish those whom he defames .
On re-perusing the letters pf Dr . J ., P . Smith , I confess . juxy surprise at their contends was considerably diminished , for I observe , l * e states that he does riot write from the
information received from his Geuevese friends , but from his own resources only ;; M * ., he adds , , * the paper of Chenevifere , with such a general acquaintance with tjie facts as I conceive
myself possessed of , is sufficient for the occasion . " Certainly sufficient for the occasion , when that" occasion was to deal out vituperation with ai * unsparing hand to ** M . Chenevifere and his ruthless associates , the pastors &f the Genevese Church . " *
Im-* I confess I was startled by the epitbct ruthless , applied by Dr . ' S . to a body of ministers eminent for every
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/1/
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