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every man is most deeply interested , a doctrine which applies to the grand springs of human action , hope , and fear , and whieh , when regarded as the sanction of the moral precepts of Christianity , leaves us nothing farther to desire as a motive to a pious , benevolent , and holy life . A divine rule of life , supported by the doctrine of future retribution , established also on
divine authority , contains every thing that can beneficially influence human conduct , and train the heart of man to virtue . If I mistake not , however , there are Christian divines who , in their zeal for their peculiar doctrines , will not hesitate to say ' , that Jesus Christ came for no very important purpose if the object of his mission was merely to teach morality , and " to bring life and immortality to light . *' E . COGAN .
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Sir , In common , I doubt not , with most of your readers , I was much interested and gratified by the able view which your correspondent T . has given of the question of . religious establishments . While , however , I readily admit the correctness of his general argument , and am on the whole fully
convinced that the evils , both political and moral , arising from such establish ments , greatly overbalance their advantages , it is yet the part of cand 6 ur to acknowledge the existence of these advantages , and to allow them their full weight , not only in order that our view of this important question may be complete and comprehensive , but in order that our attention may be directed to the means of combining these beneficial consequences , as far as circum * - stences will admit of it , with the practical influence of religious liberty on the most extensive scale .
• There are two points connected with this inquiry to which , under the denomination of moral and political advantages of an establishment , I chiefly wish at present to request the attention of your readers . Some time ago I was deeply interested by the perusal of Dr Chalmers ' s " Christian and Civic Economy of Large Towns , " ( a wo * k , by the way , which , notwithstanding the extraordinary reputation of the writer , does not appear to have received from the public the attention to which either its intrinsic merits or the importance of the subject entitle it , ) and could not
avoid being forcibly impressed by the argument in favour of a religious establishment , derived from the operation of what he calls the principle of locality . He justly observes , that a given amount either of pecuniary contribution , or of labour , energy and public spirit , is not likely to produce nearly the same amount of benefit to the public when it is thrown into one large fund , directed to the magnificent , but distracting and overwhelming , scheme of regenerating the whole of a vast and populous city , as when it is
distributed into smaller portions , each individual or small community taking charge of its own neighbourhood , and devoting its attention to an object not too extensive for the resources , the strength or the knowledge of an individual to grapple with . This general principle he illustrates at great length , according to his eloquent , though somewhat diffusive and imaginative method , and supports it by a variety of striking facts derived from his own extensive practical experience . Now , as far as the merely civic economy of a large population jis concerned , it is perhaps practicable to divide a town intci
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On Establishments . 161
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ON ESTABLISHMENTS . To the Editor .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1828, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2558/page/17/
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