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    Clagsrcs , he resorted to them foF dew U ^ ht in his old age . As a mathematician , none can pronounce him inferior to the moat celebrated of his contemporaries . Many specimens of his accurate , copious and well-digested knowledge were given to the press * and contributed to the instruction of

    the public . As respects articles of faith , so called , he reduced them to the smallest possible compass . A follower of Christ , he most religiously adored one God , the Being" of beings , and the Father of alL In the

    enjoyrhent of a mild and serene old age , and of every mental faculty , he entered upon that immortality which he had so ardently desired . This event took place in the year of our Lord 1824 , and in the 93 d of his own fife . Farewell , best of men ! Farewell , dearest of friends ! If sublunary

    things still attract thy notice ,, may this monument , erected by Robert Fellowes , to whom thou art most heloved ; , even in death , be regarded with that complacency which was habitually thine own " - Pulpit Revilings in Yorkshire " Revile not again . "

    Defence of Neal by Mr . Kentish . Complete , and the concluding summary admirable . Toulmht * s Edition of the History of the Puritans was printed at Newbury Port , Massachusetts , in 1816 , in 5 vols . 8 vo . '

    Dr . Rees on SandhtsBibliotheca . It were to be wished that the Unitarian Association might patronise Mr . Rees's suppressed project by subscribing for one hundred or more copies . A number might undoubtedly be disposed © f among American booksellers .

    Norwich Inauguration . Defended with better arguments than temper . Mr . Cogan on Two Articles . I always expect more or fewer rays of light at the annunciation of certain names among your correspondents 3 and am never disappointed . Mr . Evans vn the Athanasian

    Cneed . If I might presume to add any thing to the excellent and lucid commentaries offered by Mr . Evans on the writers from whom he has presented extracts , I would say , that th § following sentences , occurriiig in the paragraph taken from Mr , Kmnelly so for from bearing \ Vi % k seve-

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    rity on Unitarians aad Dissenters , do in fact-constitute the very essence of their justification and defence , falling back , at the same time , with a weight of severity , and almost of sarcasm on the politically founded English Church .

    " The revelations of God to man , the glories and graces of the Chrisl tian dispensation , are not objects of capricious sport or idle contention .

    They are not to be received at plea * sure , nor rejected with impunity . Those who have the power and op . portunity of ascertaining , of receiving , and of defending , their truth , must * in reason , be answerable for

    their wilful rejection * or intentional corruption . " Review . Milton . Few pieces of criticism have excited more interest in America than tbe Review of Milton ' s Work in the Christian

    Examiner , No * 13 . It is ascribed to the pen of Dr . Chaiming . The eccentricity of some of its speculations , the juvenile ardour and vividness of its sentiments , and the elaborate and exuberant decorations of its style , render it somewhat of an unique among that gentleman ' s productions . It at least demonstrates that his mind is

    still as elastic and fresh as if it had never yet conducted with enviable success a lon ef course of moral and religious investigation , nor engaged in the wearying business of theological controversy .

    Smith's and Bird ' s Sermons . Very interesting . Why could not Archbishop Magee and Archdeacon Wrangham be persuaded to study these sermons , before they again rusli to the attack upon Unitarians ?

    Bowring ' s Poems . While I was reading these three pages to a lover of poetry , testimonies of delight and admiration would spontaneously burst forth from the depth of our souls . Obituary . Unusually interesting-Intelligence . Protestant

    Society . The worthy chairman must pardon an American for inquiring into the propriety of the expression , " » n assembly convocating" for certain purposed .

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    586 Critical Synopsis of &e Monthly Repository for October , 1825 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 586, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/14/