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frail man seldom knows how to steer a safe and even course between the opposite shoals of lukewarmness and spiritual display . "—Pp . 18 , 19 . We respect the preacher ' s sense of decorum iu keeping the pulpit free from
allusions to individuals and parties and passing events ; but we remark , with deference , that ^ here is a vagueness in his complaint and remonstrance which may allow some readers to suppose that he glances at certain public religious associations which the habits of his
useful life sufficiently prove that he would be the first to encourage . We ought to add , that in a well-written " Appendix , " Mr . Kentish particularizes as the objects of his disapprobation ,
' the placards which so often meet the eye , in the crowded street , and on the public road , the singular matter and phraseology of advertisements inserted in diurnal , weekly and monthly papers , the theatrical semblance and appendages of not a few edifices dedicated to
Christian worship and instruction , the theatrical tokens of applause , or its reverse , exhibited at meetings convened for the most important of purposes , " and also " those public and oral discussions of theological or ecclesiastical topics , to w ^ hich a miscellaneous audience is invited and admitted by tye sale of tickets , "
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Art . V . —The Duty and Benefits of Co-operation among the Friends of Scriptural Christianity : a Sermon preached in the Meeting-House of the Second Presbyterian Congregation , Belfast , on Sunday , the 26 th of August , 1827 , and published at the Request of several of those who heard it . By Hugh Hutton , M . A ., Minister of the Old Meeting-House , Birmingham . 8 vo . pp . 46 . Hunter and Eaton . London .
This discourse , bearing reference to the late unhappy revival of bigotry amongst the Presbyterians of the North of Ireland , is dedicated to that portion of them " who disclaim the authority of the « W estminster Confession of Faith , ' and of all other human creeds , either as
a test of Christian truth , or as a bond of Christian communion , and who practically maintain the sufficiency , of the Scriptures to make men wine unto salvation / ' It is a faithful , bold , and energetic plea for union and mutual exertion amongst the Irish Liberals . Having , in
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his exordium , very happily illustrated a somewhat curious text , ( 1 Cor . xvi . 17 , 18 , ) the preacher thus proceeds : " As the passage which I have read in connexion with these remarks , fixes our view on the assistance rendered by some of these workers of righteousness , to the labours of Paul , and on the happy influence of their conduct on the spirit and exertions of this venerable servant of
Christ ; I shall , on the present occasion , pursue the traiu of thought to which it naturally leads , in some plain considerations respecting the duty , necessity , and advantage , of united and zealous co-operation among the friends of simple , scriptural truth ; among those , \ mean , who , like you , acknowledge no master in religion , but Christ ; no creed-book , but the Bible ; no . test of sound doctrine , but the unambiguous declarations of Jesus and Ms apostles . ' *—Pp . 4 , 5 .
Mr . Hutton addresses his audience as Unitarians , in the comprehensive sense of the appellation , and calls upon them , under this character , to take public active measures for the defence and promotion of pure Christianity : an unusual style of address , we fear , in Ireland , where bigots and fanatics have proclaimed their follies and fulminations from the house-top , but where the advocates of reason , peace , and charity , have too often been contented to whisper in the ear .
We have not space to epitomize the various persuasives of the discourse ; we will , however , extract a Note , in which the author states his views of the means Which the friends of truth and liberty amongst the Irish Presbyterians ought to adopt for the promotion of their com - mon cause . Happy shall we be to learn that the preacher ' s sensible suggestions
have been duly weighed by that valuable class of persons for whose use and benefit they are designed * This is a critical moment it * the moral , as well as political , history of Ireland ; and much may depend for generations on the conduct npw pursued in that interesting , painfully interesting , country , by those persons , whether ministers or laymen , to whom Providence has committed the
talent , which carries with it so much responsibility , of influence over the public mind . ' * The scope of this discourse , which wai hastily composed on the occasion of his receiving an unexpected invitation to preach before a . liberal and enlightened congregation of Presbyterians in his native town , and without the most distant idea of publication , prevented the author
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122 Critical Notices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1828, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2557/page/50/
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