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Unitarian Con trover&y Ch arleston , s . a— u . s . rff ^ HE Wesleyans have a " Jour-JL nal " called after their own
name , lately set up at Charleston , with great profession of liberality . In a few weeks after it was begun , there appeared in it an uncharitable attack upon the Unitarians , whose principles it was alleged " shut men out of heaven . * ' An Unitarian
hereupon applied to the Editor , by letter , to know whether he would receive into his columns an explanation and vindication of Unitarianisrn . To this application no other answer was
returned than sending back the letter ( according- to a direction given by the writer ) . The applicant then printed a pamphlet under this title , " Remarks on a late Article in the
Wesleyau Journal . By a Member of the Charleston Unitarian Tract Society . " Upon thi 9 , the Journalist thought fit to renew his attack , in an article which is a true specimen of Jesuitry This produced another pamphlet from the Unitarian , entitled , " Answer to a Nevv Attack on Unitarians in the
Wesleyan Journal of Jan . 14 , 18 : 26 . " Both pamphlets are lyin ^ before us , and we have no hesitation in saying , that we never saw the Unitarian cause more ably or successfully defended The " Member of the Charleston
Unitarian Tract Society" has the decided advantage in every respect . His spirit , in particular , is Christian , while that of the Journalist is ( we arc afraid
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we cannot find a xnore apprjoypiriiUe epithet ) IVesleyan * / The former of these pamphlets contains some admirable critical passages , which we are sure our readers ir > £ e-
neral will thank us for setting before them . They are answers , it will be observed , to arguments against Unitarians , from certain texts of Scripture . The Wesleyan objections will be put in italics at the head of the
answers " ' A . created being ? says the writer , 1 can by no means redeem his brother , nor give to God a ransom far him ? Ps . xlix , 7 . Whoever will take the trouble to
consult the xhxth Psalm , will iind that it is employed on quite a different subject from the forgiveness of sins , and has nothing to do with the redemption of mankind from the future wrath of God . The object of the Psalmist is to shew how weak and powerless are mortals in saviog each other from natural death s when their time of dissolution arrives . This is
particularly evident from the 9 th verse , where the inspired writer explains what he means , saying , in continuation of the former verse , * that he should still live for ever , ( or always , ) and not see corruption . * See also the remainder of the Psalm . How then was it fair to cite
this passage against us for the purpose iti question ? Still more strange wili its application appear , when we consider , that the very word ransom means the payment of a sum of money ; the precise idea of the Psalmist being , that no man , however wealthy he may be , can parchase of God by his money the life of a
friend . Still further—there is an important inaccuracy in the phraseology of this writer , even on the supposition that liw citation had auy thing to do with the subject . He says , * a created being ' cannot redeem his brother . But the quoted passage only says , ' They that trust in their wealthy and boast in the multitude of their riches , cannot redeem their brother / Now Unitarians do not
contend that Christ was one of tliose who trusted in wealth , or boasted in l « riches . Of course the passage has no application to them . It says nothing about ' a created being' in genera ] , much less that ' a created beiug' cannot be < tp m pointed by the Almighty Jehovah for the de
redemption of mankind . If I were - posed to treat this writer as liiahpp Magee and others have treated us , I roigbj with some plausibility charge him witft wilfully corrupting Scripture , and roafcirtg it say what it does not say , m order * erve a purpose . But I disdain sacn childish criminations . I believe oW
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45 S Inconsistency in the Sentiments in Sheridan V Pizarro . "
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Sik , Dalslon , Aug . 1826 . 1 AM am much surprised at the lang'iia ^ e of Sheridan in that exquisite song of his in " Pizarro , "
" But thou wilt wake again , my boy ; Again thou'lt rise to life and joy . Thy Father , never !—Thy laughing eyes will meet the light , Unconscious that eternal night Veils his for ever /"
contrasted with the " speech of Rolla to the Peruvians , " in the same Tragedy : " The throne we honour is the people ' s choice ; the laws we
reverence are our brave fathers' legacy ; the faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with ail mankind , and die with hope of bliss beyond the ^ rave . " GUILLAUME .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 458, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/14/
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