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ence to bis ministerial duties 5 but is not this kind of instruction part of a theological education ? Aue there not abundance of publications , easily accessible , which contain it ? And would not a few months * residence with an
experienced and exemplary settled minister be far preferable to the once hearing of any didactic rules , however
elaborate and well-digested ? The serious study of our Lord ' s charge to his disciples , and of Paul ' s Epistles to Timothy and Titus , would supply a
young minister with ample instruction both as to his official duties and personal behaviour , and would present to his mind the most powerful inducements to rigfht conduct .
It has always appeared to me that some of the peculiar appendages of an Ordination Service are fitter for a private room than for a plaee of public resort . To give advice to an individual is a dedicate matter , and therefore this should not be attempted in the bustle of a crowd , and in an hour
of excitement ; but , when the parties are alone , and when the mind is calm ; and , let me add , not merety by reading what had previously been committed to paper , but -by-giviing utterance to the genuine feelings of the heart , at the ; time of speakings
After fully admitting all'that has been stated as to the-very unexceptionable manner in whidh :. the late Oidination Services were conducted , it may truly t > e alleged that this affordtf
no security against the introduction of great abuses and of direct infringements on Christian fiberty * - It is in good times that inlets to eorfcuptian are made . T $ ke the : following ill us * tration . -..- ¦ « ^ , * - v
According to $ * $ Cambridge ( Massachus $ t ^ > Ptotfow , ' - '** Q * dmatii 6 ^ is " nothing else ? fcttf-tike * oleairi > fmt * t in&a i » a » into , his pla ^ ei ^ nd officer in the church , w ^ er ^ junto-be head rig-ht befqi ^ e tyy . ^ etipn ; i > eia * g like the installing Qff ft njagistrat © in Irhei com ^ -
mouw ^ aiith /?—TJbe Platform then gaes on ^ Qr ^ sli ^ vWjfc that ojMjifiatioa may be perfo ^ jr ^ e || Utjrv by the el ^ es * of the churcJh * , &v \ vl |^ e d ^ ere , are bo elders , by some of its membter ^ ^^ toosea far 0 tV
tUat pu ^ p 9 ^ x Jf \| he tfhjtwrch so y esii *^ , b ^ |^ e > § 14 ^ ^ pfh ^ r churches . * t is not e * t 3 y > V > iimagine him aay ^ provisions for grdilitltioii could be p »© re explicit in regard to the preservation
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of the independence of each distinct religioits society . Vet , nofcwitbstand * ing all this , ia fehe Eastern States a ( North America , it is the usual practice among Congregationalists or ladependents , for th@ ministers and delegates who had been invited to an ordination , to form themselves into
an ordaining council , to call for a record of tl * e proceedings relative to the intended ordination , to require from the candidate testimonials as to his character , literary attaiomenLts , &c . &c , and sometimes to interrogate him ,
as to Ins religious opinions—the consequences have occasionally been , a long suspension of the public services : after the appointed hour , during wfaieii the council had been engaged ia warm debate : and considerable excitement
and embarrassment among * all the parties more immediately coianectect with the intended ordination . Al * though it is ushal to disclaim the abi - * lity ^ o eammunieate any gifts or pow- , ers by the laying on of hands , yet , in the I ^ tern States , until this ceremo *
nial is gohe through , the person or- * dainGct ' £ an otil ^ pray and preacb , he neitWr baptizes not administers the Lord ' s Sapper , and were he to per- * fofcrtf tl ^' Vii aSrriag fe ceFemony he wauld be Rab ? ^ tb a tfroseeution —h e is als o
plBw Mr .. ; brit no soonep 19 lie ordaiHMth ^ ii lie can do all thes « acts , he befcobie ^ Wverend , and wears cauonicalsf allhtrfeh , be it remembered ,
he Iteifcl refcteived ho gift noc power ia virtiie of his ordination ! I ha * ve often ,, bift faJnl / trife ( t , to obtain a solution o f this ' ^ "tfigTha . So mtieh for the mystery t * f ordination , ari 3 far the tendency it ha-3 te introduce abuses .
Once oiojre , ia tt ^ erei 00 * som ^ d ^ nger lest Ordination Se ^ rv | c ^ % ^^ S ©* il 4 create qv nourish clepte ^ l f KMfe ^ ' - -li requires more strength © f minU thari very -you ^ ig men aattally > $ b £ 9 e « 9 ^ t& wittotand thA notion o ^« he : llr i ^ W ^ e ^ tf ^ d importance irt £ o ^ s e ^ 6 tic& ot ^ f ^ SfiM hemtM &dA 4 kt&&f omMh iM * t 4 &ih&
thing'Ulce a - ' ftiyat fc ^ Hifrin W ^ t ^ ftM to t 4 laying on % f fiiiH ^ . 'M ^ W ^ ing the ngnt hand pf f ^ vv ^ l ^^ Mq . small numbe ^ of the ^ j ^^ o ui ^^ i ^ ' ejir verged b , y youjQ ^' m |^ e ^ i g ^^ iii' 9 id |» of ths , AUa ^ tiCini # P 0 ^ di ^ ftl ^ » i ^ b ««^ quejit to U ^ ir wdiiiaitioxivaffordMabuii danU pfo ^ ^ fct "< xher < Ao » ti ^ intf ^<)] P ^ hre profession are f | uitQi ^ is'mu ^ li itt their contemplation as its duties , and that
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vol . xxi . 2 f
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On Ordination Services- , 21 S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/25/
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