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he might have explained more clearly , between non resistance and passive obedience . Does he not take non-resistauce in the sense rather of non-compliance when he says , aud says well , of it , contrasted with passive obedience , " The former attaches itself to every thing that is great and excellent ; the latter , to what is mean and grovelling . The former prohibits the sheddiug of human blood ; the latter permits us to shed it in torrents . The former is
consistent with liberty , civil and religious ; the latter is the handmaid of slavery and moral degradation . The fonuer teaches us to obey God rather than man ; the latter , to obey man rather than God . " We conclude with expressing our admiration of the philanthropic and Christian spirit which dictates Mr . Thrush's zeal in disseminating " the doctrine of peace . " We entirely agree with him , that Christianity does not permit its votaries " to dedicate themselves to what
is called the profession of arms , aud make it a trade to live by . " Whether man is on no occasion justified in resisting evil with his physical powers , is a question to which we cannot consider him as having given a conclusive reply .
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Art . II . —Sunday Lectures . By Mrs . Ives Hurry . London , Rainford . Pp . 134 . This little volume contains thirteen brief lectures on well-chosen subjects . We insert the address to her pupils which Mrs . Hurry has prefixed to them , not only because it indicates the occasion of their composition , but also on account of its so indicating the good sense and good feeling of the writer as to supersede any occasion for further recommendation . " You are returning to your homes , to the land of your forefathers , and my
adoptive character of mother ceases . — You have often assured me you would not forget me : I doubt not the sincerity of your intentions , when these promises were made ; but time and absence are sometimes fearful trials of youthful attachment . Yet should even a personal remembrance wear away ; let but my
precepts influence your future conduct , and I shall still have subject for heartfelt satisfaction ! 1 address to you the following Lectures , which , as you know , were written for , and read on , those Sundays when bad weather prevented our attending public worship . I flatter
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myself their repetition will not weary , and maybe beneficial . Accept them as the last offering of your sincerely attached M . Hurry . "
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Art . III . —Devotional Exercises , designed for the use of Families and Individuals ; to which are subjoined , Prayers for Particular Occasions . By the Rev . Joseph Hutton . Dublin , Hodges ; Hunter , London . Pp .
163 . The Editor expresses his opinion that there is still " room for a manual of devotion brief in its forms , simple and fervent in its language , and perfectly scriptural in all its expressions . " His publication has , we think , well supplied the want . With the single exception of those
beautiful effusions of filial devotion , the " Prayers for the use of Families by the late Rev . Pendlebury Hough ton , " we have not seen any publication of this class to be compared with the one now before us . With that , the comparison can only be imperfectly made , as Mr . Hutton ' s plan is by far the most comprehensive . The two forms of worship for the Lord ' s day " when the family cannot , from
distance , inclement weather , or other impediments , attend the House of Prayer , " are particularly excellent . The first of them is a very happy adaptation of the Liturgy . There is a " Table of Select Portions of the Old Testament adapted to Christian Worship , " which may be found very convenleut . If in any thing we feel disposed to take an exception to a work of such uniform excellence and
utility , it is to the " Prayer of the Soldier , " p . 157 . We cannot get over the incongruity of a man ' s hiring himself out to fight in any cause , and yet praying the Lord to * prosper the righteous came . " It is profane to pray not to be led into the temptation to which we have voluntarily exposed ourselves ; and is not this his case who chooses the profession of arms , and yet prays , " Whilst I wield
the instruments of war , let me not lose the feeling of humanity and the love of peace" ? Again , as to th £ following petition— ' * And if at any time , O God , 1 should , tlirough ignorance , be the meatis of shedding innocent blood , 1 beseech thee to pardon my offences , " —it may be asked , What defines the innocence , or the guilt , of the blood which it is the soldier's business to shed ? If the very fact of being a soldier does wot constitute
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198 Critical Notices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/46/
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