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strong " , and , it may be said , sole argument for infant baptism . But we mean not to enter into
controversy , though we have been tempted to drop a hint or two upon a question that is little understood , arid for the plain reason that it has been little studied .
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ton , Mr . Cooper , who is so honourably distinguished in the contest relating to Negro-slavery .
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50 . Review . ' — -Stnethurst s Sermon on Slavery .- ^ Stevens $ Sermon .
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Art . V . — Christianity and Slavery incompatible . A Sermon , preached before the United Congregation of \ ProtestantDissenters at
Moreton-Hamp stead , Dec . 21 , 1823 . By J . Sinethurst . 8 vo . pp . 25 . Exeter , printed and sold by T . Besley , Jun .: sold also by D . Eaton , London . \ s .
MR . SMETHURSTS proposition is , with some modification , incontrovertible . No one feeling the sentiments and acting upon the principles of the gospel , can approve slavery , or forbear taking every measure that to him appears prudent for its final abolition . West-India and
American slavery is an evil sui generis : it began in robbery , it lias been continued by cruelty , and it is secure only in tteei ignorance and vice of its wretched subjects .
We rejoice to see our young ministers ardent in their opposition to such a system of iniquity , which merits all their indignant eloquence . Mr . Smethurst argues from the golden rule of our Saviour , Matt , vii . 12 , All things whatsoever , &c , that as God is the common Father , all
mankind are brethren and equal , and that therefore justice is the same with , regard to blacks and whites , and that benevolence is due to all . We ^ cordially recommend this Ser ~
mon to the reader : the argument is sound , and there are several fine passages , bursts of noble Christian feeling . TJie preacher dedicates his Sermon to his friend and predecessor at More-
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Art . VI . —Christ Crucified . A Sermon , delivered at the Opening t > f the Unitarian Meeting-House , Todmorden 9 in the Afternoon of fFhit-Sanday 3 June 6 , 1824 . f $ y Win . Stevens . 12 mo . pp . 28 . Fox and - Co . 8 r f .
ON a very common topic , Mr . Stevens presents us with a Sermon which exhibits many features of originality . It was delivered at the opening of one of those Chapels in
Lancashire which have been reared by the united labours of persons in humble life for the worship of God in simplicity and puri ty * and is therefore properly controversial . The preacher shews that the " Christ crucified" of Paul was different from the ' * Christ
crucified" of Trinitarians , or the doctrine would not have been a " stumbling-block to the Jews * ' or " foolishness to the Greeks . " He contends that Unitarians alone preach " Christ
crucified 5 " it being the boast of their opponents that , in their system , only one of two natures in Christ was put to death . He points out difficulty upon difficulty , contradiction upon
contradiction , in what is styled the " Orthodox" scheme , and proves that the direct evidence of scripture , and all the just conclusions of human reason , are in favour of Unitarianism .
But whilst he asserts the supreme glory of the Father , he maintains the due honour of Jesus as the Messiah . We wish to see the discourse widely circulated . There is a familiarity in some of the phrases and illustrations , occasioned probably by the character of the audience . These can scarcely lessen the value of the discourse in
the estimation of any reader , and may recommend it to the majority of the readers of controversial divinity , for whpse instruction and edification it is well adapted .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1825, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2532/page/50/
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