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    ^ rfiieh 1 ^ ^ bd fe € ^ vedj ik 0 pQwdt tof trffiU t& tk&ovktrftitMTig of prejudice itftf etvof } biii \ Vhtit we do wish him t& ftel fs , thftt he has many things to lentn from AM d / fiis felloVY

    cbtfistitfns before he e& £ be qualified to € &U $ irtto th < 3 r feeHnfgs ; that the questioii & not ? dimply one of truth and etroi , because gfcrly associations and habits take so fast a hold on thei

    minds of ntefc that ufrS&y cannot disced or ( iistin ^ ttlsh between them ; and that , Of course , the mo 9 t hopeful way 6 f pfote&Bhg ifc to > make one ' s self intimately atcquatintetf with these . To attack tfre majority Of ( Datviriistie t ) e-Metfeft * tvfcfe Atf &o # e kftdwtetlpplf them than can be gained from then * creeds sold confessions and a few

    controversial books , savours btit Kltle of the tipit i * of gotrikl pMfeaophy , Buif , it m * y Be a $ k £ d , htiW > && e * ally caitf Unitarian ministers bfccoine intimately co&versant wi « b orthodox be&ev'ers 1 And that H ft diflftiilf we have

    admitted •—difficult , biitf Hot impossible . One g ¥ eat iaip ^ tfifliettt arises from thd Calvifiistic persuasion thai Unitarians ^ while they remain such , cannot b& saved : another , f ^ onf the feelilfcgfc 6 f pride and resentment which tltis opinion arouses in o ^ r minds . TiH this

    last impediment be removed , htfv ^ ever , nothing <* afr be dc « ie : that il should be expelled fram our breasts is plain , not only from the general aeo ^ e of that law Whicb corfimaads lisl to returti ffaorf for 6 vil , but from the

    consideration that we are fesentingv not & feeKi ^ g , but to opinion- —not « itaovemerit-of matke against onrset ^ es , but ; in a large ~ propartioa of cases , a dee |)* i < ooted dread of our opinions arteifcg' dut of misconceptions ad ttf oar Ayctrines jtod their tend ^ nciea .

    With every allowance for original intolerance of spirit , fei « rin ^ , aer vve see too nhueh reason , that 5 some doctrines abet and encourage thfe spirit—with the opbiion , the siiiple opinion itself ,

    yfe pavd nothing w- do but to refute it , if we can . Te suppose that because a man thinks he sees in th £ Bible tfcat persons holding my sentiments cannot be saved , i % therefore

    evilly and unkindly disposed towards we , woulti be monstrous injustice . * ' Bat it ie galling to be placed by our feHow-ere&tu > rfes dtx a footing of infer iority fte-thdfefe rtom we krtovt t& be beae ^ thi on ^^ lvto both fa tttl ^ if % nd

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    informMion I ' It is so ; biit tln& * mA many other humiliating t'hia | fs ^ viti bd sappartafble to Mn 4 who had fearaed | w Ip ^ e Jiis fell ^ w * ci ? eatiires « rilhv - a Clirfeti ^^ lov ^ y who ha ^ go read the book of GocS as to unfter&aiifl the fiatiire 6 f hfe obligations to his Maker , m& so studied ' the hearts and minds

    t ) f m'ert as to feel the incalcalal > le blessings which a knowledge of the truth " as it is hi Jesus / ' is calcu > la ted to convey . Sfich a man will

    not simply regard his differing brethren with a distant and philosopMe candour ; he will put his kipd ^^ H irigs in action ; he wilt endeavour ^ by every po ^ ible , means , to meet those with whom he cannot meet in die

    house of prayer , an comraon and un ^ disputed ground , in worfcs ^ of mercy and love , in Uie offices of a neighboar ^ nd friend ; and he will not ? be baffi ^ d by those failures of attention to hitn those marks of favouritism slieWn to

    the holders of the popular creeds which may and often da spring from a mistaken principle , not a bad state of the affections . A Unitarian should be wiling to allow that a Caivinist cannot regard him s $ so fitting an agent in any good work-as the person whom thai Calvimst believes to be hi

    a better state wich regard to Che prospect of final salvation . What is there in this that should offend the Unitarian or turn him from any clear duty ? If a form oS trial like this cannot be borne , if we sire driven from the dischat ^ go of our duties' bfe * cause anothei- maw ftas $ w intolerant creed and fe * too much ^ gavewied by it , it looks ' ill' for our ClimtS ^ trity and

    our <* au » e . To him , however , who is not thil $ easily cfise ^ fleert ^ d ; bav strive ^ to know other Christians in " a ; more

    excellent Way , ^ there will be difficult ties of another kind , perhaps ^ and noli less trying . There will be conflicts with hi& a \ vn < spirit and the spirits of other men ; there will probably be times whert he will feel it difliealt to

    resist the kindness of those whose bigotry arid ' cruelty he once dreaded ; The desire to advance his spiritual interests may sometimes subject him to impartuwity , while in sorhe case 3 r perhaps , silence may be sufficiently trying , Tive admiration h , ^ . cannot fail to ftsei ' , tf be puts asjd&"fbcjadlcc ^ for self-denying and patient workers

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    TMtigte * <>* Mine DIJptuMe * ^ Wl

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/41/