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all these j ^ ut together of persons who cave for none of these things , who do not consider religion a subject worthy of their attention . Among ail these different descriptions of persons is there not ample scope for exertion
and usefulness ? The very orthodox would be perhaps the last to be benefited , but the honest inquirer might be enlightened , the wandering Chris * tian might be reclaimed , the unbe * liever might be convinced , the indifferent misrht be awakened , and the
profligate might be reformed . Would all this be nothing ? Considering what pure gospel truth has wrought in similar circumstances , have you not committed a mistake in speaking
of an attempt to accomplish these objects as a mere " experiment" ? The human mind is operated on in the same way in India as in Eupope . Let the means be furnished to exhibit
truth- ~ pure truth—to exhibit it clearly , fully , constantly—and he who doubts its success must doubt its existence—must doubt that there is such a thing as truth . I am a firm believer In the omnipotence of truth . Its progress in the world has been retarded by
two causes—by its mixture with error , and by its not being permitted to shew itself . Let it be separated from error , and exhibited in all its native beauty and excellence , and it must make its way into the mind of man . Assuming that Unitarian Christianity is the truth , if we do not succeed in our
present attempt to spread it , this will be not because truth is not adapted to the mind , or because the mind is not adapted to truth , but because the means are not possessed to bring the one fairly and fully into operation
upon the other . Accept my sincere thanks for your sympathy , and the interest which you take in our plans . I look to you and others to convey just ideas of them to the Unitarian public .
I have conveyed your good wishes to Rammohun Roy . ? ? ? *• W . ADAM .
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Sir , COPY the following sensible pas-I sage from a sermon , composed originally " for the use of a country parish / ' and " occasionally delivered in York Cathedral , " entitled , " The
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Necessary Knowledge of the Lord * a Supper , and the necessary Preparation for it , shewn from the Words of its Institution , in a Sermon preached at the Cathedral of York , March 29 ,
1727 . 4 th edition . By Thomas Sharp , M . A ., Archdeacon of Northumberland , and Prebendary of York / ' The copy from which 1 transcribe ( ed . 1766 ) was given by Mr . Graaville Sharp , a relative of the author * to the friend to whom I am indebted for the
loan of it . " Now , truly , whatever you may think of this matter , there is so little of nicety or curiosity in it , that a man of the meanest capacity , and dullest understanding , may comprehend the notion . It is not required that every
ordinary communicant should be able to give an account of the / several opinions and disputes which have been held about this Sacrament ; it is not required that he should be able to determine the questions about the real presence of Christ , or give an account
of the points about the Sacrament , which are maintained and defended , by the Papists on one side , and the Lutherans on another , and the SocU nians on another . &c . God be
thanked , neither Transubstantiation , nor Consubstantiation , nor any other of the controverted points , are made necessary to be known either by Christ or his apostles . The Sacrament which our Lord hath commanded all disci *
pies to observe till his coming again , and which he has appointed as a means generally necessary to our salvation , must needs he such a thing , as all men , the meanest of men , may under * . stand , if they will , and carry in their minds . "
I have been much interested in ex * aniining , lately , a , little work , by C * Baring , Esq ., of Exmouth , entitled * " Thoughts on Final Universal Restoration , " 2 nd edition , 1823 . The
same gentleman , under the assumed name of John Smith , Gent ., ( which he has since replaced with his own name , ) had published several interesting works ; on Prophecies , the Person
of Christ , &c , which clearly exhibit a inanly love of religious truth , and no inconsiderable pains in the search after it . The present little book professes to be a compilation from the most judicious writers , on the subject
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32 Archdeacon Sharp oh the Sacrament * $ c
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/32/
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