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    another appelJat ion > k e . the first-born © # every creature , or , the noblest of all cheated beings , he then , to con-$ tgtt * 5 t a « d display the members of his comparison at large , first gives , invers . MJ * 17 , » sketch of the supreme autUority and power of God . The

    reason why the visible creation is not specified in these verses , but only created moral relations , such as principality , power , &c . I conceive to be , in the first place , because , the latter being superior in their nature and value to the former , convey a better

    idea of the supremacy of the Father , and , in the second place , because the the Apostle wishes to represent Jesus himself as one of those principalities and powers created by the Father , and thus to keep in view the leading points of his comparison . This idea is confirmed by the last clause of ver .

    15 . Now the same authority which God has over his moral creation , Christ possesses over the church . Therefore , Paul observes , in the next place , ver . 18 , " And he , " ( that is Christ , ) " is the head of the body , the church , " &c . &c .

    It should be observed , that this mode of interpreting the passage will not be at all affected by supposing , with our critic , things in heaven and things on earth , to mean Jews ami Gentiles . The Apostle might , in ver . 16 , intend to refer the original creation or institution of these two classes

    of men to the power of the Deity , and afterwards , as one point of the contrast or antithesis which he is running , state , in ver . 20 , how Jesus reconciled the same classes unto himself ; i . e . united them both into one moral body

    by his religion . The few other objections which I can imagine against this view of the passage , I will refrain from anticipating , until 1 ascertain whether it attracts any notice from njy readers .

    fVellbelove&s Calcutta Sermon . — Mr . WellbeJoved mi ^ lit have eniimcrated another cause for the inactivity of Unitarians in missionary schemes . Have they not really wanted zeal ? The first extract strikes me as too indiscriminately severe . Had Unitarians ever selected one of the

    South-Sea Islands for the experiment of a mission , and had successfully converted the natives , banishing idolatry , in-

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    traducing ClirMfan thorality , i ^ A estalrlishing ' -r ^^^ 'j fbM ^^ SI ^ Jb&Hi worship , I ap £ re * ten € NbW wtf&l d ^ hkve received applause froth 4 f £ 4 fti £ > a ^ fttr outrageous bigOtS ; and liave been troubled with no infeitfere ? H& trbm other sects . * ~"* * ' ¦

    American Pu&Hcation ® . The author of the remarks on these public tions expresses a \ vMi ' that the- Americans may co-operate with their English brethren in contributing a fiittd for East-Indian Uniter * aftfenr . fife

    has probably ere now been informed that a generous subscription ( &hd 1 believe more than one ) has been promptly raised at Boston for this purpose . And not only this , I am happy also to tell my readers that the Church at Baltimore has been refieveS

    from its difficulties , in consequence , principally , of the liberal subscriptions furnished at Boston . While I rejoice that I was wrong in predicting an opposite result , I regret that I thereby did wrong to the benevolent community in question .

    A slight error occurs in the mention of the Ware family . Willi&m , not Henry , is the younger brother ; nor could he have gone to Baltimore , at least officially , to aid in the ordination of IVlr . Sparks , his own having been subsequent to that event . Professor Ware himself was there .

    I will give an original anecdote , which I can personally authenticate , and which will serve to shew in what estimation thfe family are held where they are best known . The venerable grand-daughter of Cotton Mather vvas still worshiping at the Church where

    her ancestors of three successive generations had ministered , notwithstanding many long years had elapsed since ought but Unitarian doctrines had resounded within its walls , and

    although she herself still profess ^ yet mildly , the faith of her father | . A vacancy having occurred in t « e pulpit by the death of its aged and revered incumbent Dr . Lathrop , Professor W . soon after officiated there

    on a LordVday morning , and bis son H . as a candidate , on the evening of the same day . At the close of the services , I met the lady above ^ nK ^ tioned at the house of a common friend- " Well , " she exclaimed ; soon after entering * 4 € we havte h&& * f Trinity in good earnest at our Church

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    S 94 CrittcqI Synopsis of the Monthly Beptmtory / or June , 1825

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/14/