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to be done , fr done directly . His audi tors are so surprised too / so touched by his appeals , that it-is quite affecting ; they seem never to have known what common sense meant till he kindly informed them : he deals about his truisms with irresistible power , and the people wonder , turn pale , and are convinced . Thus ** Simon de Nantua de * -
montre que la propret 6 ne coute rien , " —r— " harangue le peuple , sur la ne * cessite" de payer exactement lea impots "—** ¦ assiste de corps et d * ame a la Fete du Roi "— " trouve 1 ' occasion de dire de bonnes choses au sujet de la garde nationale , "&c ., &c . —he does , in short , wonders . The book , in truth , is very poor
in every point of view , and we cannot compliment the Society on its disposal of the thousand livres . A second part has not , we believe , appeared , though threatened . It is painful to speak discouragingly of benevolent endeavours to do good , but the individuals who put forth Simon de Nantua as a patternbook , have laid themselves open to
rebuke for teaching the people a selfish and interested morality , which it is but too apparent is wanting in almost every quality that could' recommend it to a generous lover of the human race . It is deeply tinctured with that spirit of ostentatious protection and patronage of the partially ignorant , which , while it really may be mingled with a desire to
promote happiness , does not keep distinctly in view a common origin , a common aim , and a common destiny ; which looks at the poor as poor , and not as fellow-heirs of immortality . Many English writers have fallen into this error ; and no wonder ; for too many write without giving themselves opportunity to know the people for whom they la . bour ; without a fair attempt to
investigate the best ways of making instruction palatable ; perhaps it ought to be said , without regarding what they have to offer rather in the light of help than complete teaching ; without , in short , seeming to remember that there can be any thing like mutual advantage in their intercourse , or that what the rich may learn from the poor is a consideration to be thought of . And yet these are very needful matters , and should be seriously laid to heart .
' Charity m deeply interested in the prevailing bent of mind of those who profess to be her ministers . She requires a foundation of humility , a submission to what is taught by nature and written in the book of God ; she is at war with selfish : and invidious comparisons , the
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result of a corrupted state of society ; site would have us " ready to distribute , willing to communicate ; ff but we must also remember , that we have nothing to give but what we have received .
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Art . VI . —Oriental Fragments . By Maria Hack . Harvey and Darton . Pp . 140 . This is an interesting little volume , and is to be valued , as all publications are which either throw light on scripture difficulties or add to our pleasurable associations with scripture beauties . It may have the effect of awakening the attention of some indolent readers , both young and old , and of making them fed
the force and meaning of some of those scripture expressions , familiar as "household words , " which are often read without even an attempt to comprehend them . The Fragments are only twenty-four in number , but the passages explained and illustrated are many ; and we doubt not that even upon this small volume much research and diligence have been bestowed . It is a specimen of what may be done with perfect safety by those who seek with watchful interest for whatever
facts or observations may in the course of reading be gathered iu for the elucidation of minor scripture difficulties , and will be a valuable addition to our juvenile libraries .
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Art . VII— -A Letter to a Clergyman , on the peculiar Tenets of the present Day . By R . Bransby Cooper , Esq ., M . P . A Vindication of the Sentiments contained in "A Letter to a Clergyman ' Sec , in Answer to the
Letters of the Rev . Mr . Jrhish , which were intended as a Reply to that Publication ; comprising . p . more ample Discussion of various important Subjects which have given rise to Controversy in the Church . By the Same .
These are farther parts of the interminable controversy which has so long raged in the bosom of the English Establishment . The intelligent and observant Dissenter cannot avoid remarking how completely futile have been the efforts of the Fathers of that church to
produce uniformity in religious * opinion . Every auch controversy proves that ; however desirous the combatants may be to discover and disseminate the truth ; they are in no respect privileged abovo
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Critical Notices . AK ®
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VOL . II . 2 G
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/49/
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