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This is an excellent piece of argument—firm , but courteous ; spirited , but temperate : a good specimen of the suaviter in modo with the fortiter in re . It is the language of a man who knows the truth , and , feeling its importance himself , resolves that others shall know it too . And they will , they must know it , if solid reasoning and sound sense have not quite lost their influence over the human understanding . Unitarians , as a body , owe much to Dr . Drummond for this manly defence and clear exposition of their
opinions : but the Unitarians of Ireland can best appreciate the value and importance of his exertions . Beset with ignorance and fanaticism the worst and most teasing , those of High Church or Orthodox dissent ( compared with either of which , Catholicism is liberality itself ) , this little work to them must be as manna in the wilderness . Nay , even the more moderate ( may we witliout disrespect add , more timid ?) of our brethren * those who are not disposed to go all lengths with Dr . Drummond in his views of the person of Christ , cannot but yield their tribute of approbation to the honest labours of this champion of religious liberty . How reviving to such minds as
Montgomery , Porter , and BJakl ey * the reflection that their exertions to stem the torrent of bigotry and persecution should be thus powerfully supported ! The " blind leaders" of their Synod may do their worst ; the fires of a misguided zeal may be kindled ; the " demon of discord" may bestir itself even to excommunication ; but what of all this ? They have the support of an approving conscience ; and besides this , they have a pledge in the appearance of this little work that they will not want for the sympathy and encouragement of the wise and the good * Let the consideration of this circumstance be as a cloud by day , and ! a pillar of fire by night , to guide them in safety through the deep waters of affliction . f
But it is time to enter on the consideration of the work before us . It consists of five Letters , which were originally intended to appear seriatim in the pages of the Monthly Repository . The author ,, however , judging , we think wisely , that much time must necessarily elapse before they could all be brought before the public in this manner ,, and also that they would be more accessible to general readers in their present shape than if spread out in five different numbers of a periodical not so well known in- his own
coun-* Unitarian Christianity the Religion of the Gospel , and the New Reformation a Chimera : in Five Letters to the Earl of Mountcashell . By William * Hamilton Dirumniond , D . D . Hunter , London ; Hodgson , Belfast . f We agree entirely with the advice given by Dr . Drummond to our brethren the Arians of Ulster , the victims of as vile a spirit of persecution for religious opinion as ever disgraced the annals of the Inquisition : i <" Let them separate . With what evangelical feelings can they return from the den of discord to preach the religion of peace and love to their people ? Let them separate . How exhort to forbearance and amity , while the yells of orthodoxy and
the surges of bigotry are roaring around them , with a turbulence which all the pure , copious , and sweet-flowing oil of Montgomery ' s eloquence is unable to allay ? Let them separate . * What communion hath light with darkness , and what concord hath Christ with-Belial ? ' Let them separate . The interests of gospel truth , the peace of society , the edification of the people , and their own happiness and respectability , demand that the Christian few should come out from the venerable body . Remembering that ' evil communication corrupts good manners / let them flee from contamination ; and , being warned of the insidious designs that have been formed for corrupting their youth and occupying their pulpits with orthodoxy , let them beware , ere it be too late , of the leaven of the supplanters , " —P . 58 .
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DR . DRUMMONB ' S LETTERS TO LOB 0 MOlJOTCASffELL . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1828, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2565/page/46/
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