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tiriug faddstry and enterprise of man ; and a small part *> nly being required by the government , nearly the Whole annual income will be added to the general capital , augmenting it in a compound ratio . " That these splendid anticipations are not the suggestions of national vanity ,
the history of the past sufficiently proves . Yet their fulfilment depends in a great degree upon the future conduct of , the people themselves ; upon their adherence to the principles of their fathers ; upon the preservation of free political institutions ; of industrious , frugal and moral habits ; and , above all , upon the universal diffusion of knowledge .
- " This truth should sink deep into the hearts of the old and the young . The citizens of this republic should never forget the awful responsibilities resting upon them . They constitute the oldest nation on this western hemisphere , the first on the list of existing republics . They stand
forward , the object of hatred to some , of admiration to many , of wonder to all ; and an impressive example to the people of every country To them is committed an experiment , successful hitherto , the final result of which roust have a powerful influence upon the destiny of
mankind ; if favourable and happy , the whole civilized world will be free ; if adverse , despotism and darkness will again overshadow it . May they ever be sensible of the vast importance of their example . May they nerer betray their sacred trust . " —Pp . 466 , 467 .
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Art . II . — Tracts , Sermons , and Funeral [ Orations ; including an At * tempt to account for the Infidelity of Edward Gibbon * Esq . With a Postscript on Lord Byron ' s Prejudices against Revealed Religion ; Letter to Robert Hawker . D . /> .
in behalf of General Redemption and the Enlarged Spirit of Christianity , SfC * tyc . published between the Years 1795 and 1825 . and Six New Discourses ; with Cursory
Remarks on the Employments of Heaven . By John Evans , LL . D ., Author of the Sketch and Sequel of the Denominations of the Christian World . 8 vo . pp . 784 . Eaton , 1825 . \\ s .
DR . EVANS is entitled [ as , we believe , we have before remarked in this department of our work ] to the appellation , bestowed by Lord Shaftesbury on Dr . Whichcot , of " the Preacher of Good Nature . " By his numerous publications he has
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caused his name to be associatedwi 'th candour v and we rejoice to s ^ ettee diffusion of works breattnWg stftJK * catholic spirit towards tW several denominations of Christians , and sucU a benevolent teenper towards alt the human race .
The greater part ot this large volume bas been long before the public ; several of the tracts , &c , have come under our review ; and : stone of the pieces appeared originally in our Re
pository . The " Attempt to account for the Infidelity ' of Gibbon , obtained the praise of the late Dif . Watepn , Bishop of Landaff , who recommended it to the students of the University of Cambridge ; and the ( t Letter to Drv
Hawker , " in defence of " General Redemption , " was the means , we are told by Dr . Evans , " of rescuing aa individual from self-destruction , whose mind had been harassed by the doctrine of Election and Reprobation . " " This is true glory , " and deserves
more than a civic—an Evangeliccrown . Of the ^ Sermons now published for the first time , the most interesting ate a " Charge to the Minister and Sermon to the People at the Ordination
of the Rev . Thomas Sadler , Horehao ** , July 31 , 1814 , " and " a Sermon on the Decease of the Rev . Sampson Kingsford , of Canterbury , preached at Worship Street , Sept - 1821 . " From the former , we select with pleasure a passage on a peaceful church : "
" Recollect that a peaceful church , or a church in which a pacific spirit is prevalent , is a powerful recommendation of religion to the world , " Nothing has been more abused than the revelation of Jeslis Christ ; some prk ^ claiming it to be an unintelligible
mystery , whilst others hold it up as a series of raptures and visions carrying them beyond the diurnal sphere of this present world . Individuals who are too prejudiced to examine , or too indolent to make auy inquiry , stand aloof from such exhibitions of religion , deeming it the offspring of priestcraft or the instru * n £ b £
of tyranny and domination . This , I dui sorry to say , is the opinion entertained of religion by a large portion of mankind Whereas , if you look intd the Neiir Tfcfci tament , it will be found , that rellgidki i $ the greatest blessing conferred on the world . It is reasonable in its nature , gentle in its spirit , and pacific in it ^ teiv * dency . It banishes melancholy by in-
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Retoi 4 U )*~ 'Evans 8 Tracts , Sermonsf and Funeral Oration * . $ 07
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1826, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2545/page/43/
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