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: <) ic io Y £ ' ' 7 yd bai * r * » , •>¦; . ; ^ '^ ¦ - ^ ' - > AinioL-rt < TMiFake Steamer * of the iBwtiif&to-Rtiproved i and the Ac i ' 4 '^^ d'ih 8 UJibfed--k&W to Beply : a ' Serhoh ^ p reaclied before the Sup-* poWers of the Unitarian Association . By Joseph Huttoii , LL . D . Dndeji a heayy title , we have in this Sermon a noble specimen of the Christian piety and charity of its author , whteh' reflects credit upon the body to which he belongs , and whose spirit he
may be considered to represent , ft is a just , beautiful , and , in many parts , eloquent exposition of the well-chosen text , 1 Cor . iv . 1 ^—5 ; and without being a formal defence of the doctrines and spirit of Unitarians , or a direct reply to specific charges against them , contains a full and decisive refutation of the
calumnies so widely circulated , and so quickly caught up in the world . It is not so much an harangue upon the nature of that charity " which beareth all things , hopeth all things , " as it is an exemplification of that charity itself . It is not so much a plea itfbehalf Of Unitariantem as of genuine Christianity . It is a p * oof that Umtarianism does contain the
essence of true evangelical' religioB ^ vthat it coincides , iu its view of the mutual duties of Christians , with the universally admitted principles of the gospelthat its spirit is in unison with that of the Apostle in the text , with that which had the sanction of the Author and
Finisher of faith . It ris , indeed , exactly the sermon wjiich we should put , and which we hope will fall ,. into the' hands of those who through ignorance believe , or ( through wilfulnc « s t maint&ia , < that U nitarianism has nothing 1 in it of a truly religious and Christian spirit . If deliberately perused , it would altery n <> t
to « ay reveusej their opmkm <; sritf if it ) did not lead them to examiner iofc * the - evidences for the truth of ( Joitariau principles , would prq ; laalji ycottr 3 ijcethem 6 f > the wisdom of applying , toi ^ nitaidans thq advice of Gamaliel ;; fTBefraikUrffeoirf those < men > and > let * tlieui ^ ate « E >!> fAr Ifr thisAcbuueeiibtitthis-virorke-lwoafi ww ^ it ^ wVUfcomiJ / to nought { 'but iWi It > ttd of ,
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sors of different opiiiioDS to vilify the conduct in order to prejudice the cause of their opponents , he proceeds to illustrate the duties of Christians whefn assailed with a calumniating tongue , by
the sentiments of St . Paul in his rej ^ y to his Corinthian accusers , and to deduce a practical lesson from the conduct and counsel of the Apostle . The following extract from this part of his Sermon , relating to the character of faithful stewards , cannot be read without profit :
" In the first place , let all of us so account of ourselves . If , as professing Christians , we constantly bore in mind our relation to our great Master—if we remembered that our sole object , as members of different sects , is to discover , by serious and diligent examination , and to promulgate , by calm and conclusive argument , that true religion which our common Lord once delivered
to the saints , —if we never lost sight of the important truth , that we are stewards , under God , of all the treasures , intellectual and spiritual , physical and temporal , which he has committed to our care ,, and that He will expect all of us to render a reason of the hope that is In us , and to shew cause for the opinions that we have professed , as well as the actions that we have performed , in the last day , —inethinks we should enter
with a more calm and charitable , a more serious and -earnest . spirit , into the investigation of heavenly truths ; we should discover that religion is much too important a subject to be made the occasion of hasty and angry disputes ; we should conduct bhr owni , and aid each other ' s search * with awakened minds , and hearts made one by the love of God andrChvist , and of that truth which they iavite us to search 1 out aud contemplate
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 778, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/50/
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