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    ence between the personal character of the preacher and the rules which he inculcates , a knowledge that his own religious experience is perpetually breathing through the discourses % vhich he delivers , these constitute

    not only an irresistible charm , bat an overcoming power upon our assemblies and communities , the tendency of which is , to build them up in the beauty of holiness . I do not intend to imply that Wesley placed

    no value on this kind of means ; far from it ; but his principal attention was devoted to other more stormy modes of obtaining success . Besides , lus followers , we know , preached extemporaneously ; most of them were uninstructed men , and unable to treat

    subjects with that fulness and interest which may be expected of those who spend much time in writing and preparation , for the business of which a long , varied , and extensive education has adapted them . But further , did even Wesley himself constantly

    enforce the precept in question by his own example ? Not if I have heard and read aright . Our Reviewer adduces the example of the Greek orators too against some of Mr . Hall ' s critical maxims , but without much

    force of application . The cases are not parallel . Even if it had been a question about modern forensic or civil eloquence , the cases would have been far from parallel . Much less when pulpit eloquence is the theme . The audiences of modern times are

    not composed of the same materials with those of the ancient . The objects aimed at in addressing them are unlike . The speakers come before them in entirely different capacities . Isocrates would be an author most in

    point . But his discourses are longer than many of Demosthenes ' . A rhapsody of Homer , a Muse of Herodotus , a Book of Thucydide 3 , were probably borne patiently by even the volatile Athenians at one sitting . Also ,

    Dethe latter method of address , being directed to a numerous audience present and visible , is more inflaming and animating , have always regarded it as the chief part of divine service . " Ch . lii .

    Somewhat inconsistent with this doctrine , Hume elsewhere ascribes the excesses and disorder of the Puritans to their habits of abstract devotion . See chap . ' xlvii .

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    mosthones arid i-Escliines have left some orations which mustr have oeciu pied an hour or more in the delivery . They will , moreover , be found , to Uil dulge in a repetition of arguments and topics to a much greater degree than the Reviewer seems to allow . It is customary with them to rest their

    cause on one or two mam points , which they urge in every variety of form and enforcement , plying- away , if I may so say , with the same battering rani , until " they effect the desired

    breach-The Reviewer appears to me to undervalue the benefits to be derived from the frequent and protracted excitement of religious feelings in a listening audience . The effect of good impressions and emotions subsides not with the feelings themselves . The attention has been vivified and fixed

    by them ; the memory has l > een more indelibly stamped ; and virtuous and religious biases of character have been more decidedly favoured . East-India Unitarian Tracts . The Trinitarian Missionary Cause in East-India may now be fairly said to be written down .

    Burns upon Irving . If 1 thought the British public had not long since become perfectly indifferent about Mr . Irving or his rhapsodies , I would take the liberty in one word to give my candid and humble opinion of him .

    Devotional Exercises Certainly procure me a copy , Mr . Editor . My library is a thoroughfare for a pretty numerous circle , and I liave the happiness of knowing that many will read this work before I shall have possessed it a year .

    Poetry . Morning-. Tiiis is very beautiful . It almost sets itself to music . Yes , it falls thus , as I read it , on my fancy ' s ear : —The first verse , Recitative . The second verse , a duet ; two first lines , treble ; the next two , tenor ; the two last , both voices together . The third verse , a Trio . The

    fourth and fifth , Graud Chorus of voices with a hundred instrument ^ The sixth and seventh , Treble Sok > J And as the piece now terminates rather abruptly , I would ask the author for one more verse , . embodying p ~ haps a real prayer for the . blessings enumerated in the two preceding stanzas to be sung by . the . -chorus ? of . voice *

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    328 Critical Synopsis of the Monthly Repository far June , 1824 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 328, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/8/