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the reasoning power receives a new impulse , the suggestions of the imagination become more lively , and its illustrations more appropriate . The mode of intercourse which cap even now " reveal latent thoughts which no eye can see , and enable mind to communicate to mind its most spiritual feelings , —to awake and be awakened mutually to science and benevolent exertion , as if truths , and generous wishes , and happiness itself , could be diffused in the very voice that scarcely floats upon the ear , " * affords an animating presage of that higher communion which shall hereafter be sanctified by an unlimited and universal devotion to truth ; in which term are embodied our highest conceptions of the substantial blessedness of our race .
• Dr . Brown .
The influence which this mode of intercourse enables and obliges us to exert over other minds , should serve as a prevailing motive to the utmost improvement of our intellectual powers . The time will come , if it has not already arrived , when the young , the weak and inexperienced , will look up to us for guidance , or will , at least , contemplate us as examples . The intellectual relations of the least influential of mankind are various and important ; and we shall be required to account , not only for ourselves , but for the aid or hindrance we afford to those who are connected with us . If our
power is to be exercised by means of example or companionship alone , we are bound to set forth to the utmost of our ability the excellence and beauty of a well-organized intellect , whose constitution is sound , and whose immortal faculties are fitly developed . If our power is to be exercised in express teaching , a truly enlightened love for our race will urge us to
impart not only what we have acquired , but the means of acquisition , and to do better than to bestow an alms on those who sit helpless at the beautiful gate of the temple of knowledge . It will impel us to strengthen the sinews , and extend a helping hand , that the suppliants may enter in by their own power , and pay homage on their own behalf , v
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The value of biblical learning is too obvious to require any demonstration . If it be true that the Scriptures were originally written in foreign languages , and that they bear reference to manners and customs widely different from our own , then it follows , of course , that they can be thoroughly understood only by those who study the language of their authors , and the history and antiquities of the countries to which they relate . With respect to the practicability of diffusing this kind of information , we agree with Mr . Carpenter in thinking , that
" Much might be effected by the adoption of a judicious course of instruction , to raise the character of the religious public , as it regards an acquaintance with the grounds of their theological belief ; or , in other words , that Christians , generally , might become mucli better informed on those topics
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Carpenter ' s Lectures on Biblical Criticism . 757
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CARPENTER ' S LECTURES OS BIBLICAL CRITICISM . f
f Popular Lectures on Biblical Criticism and Interpretation . By William Carpenter , Author of " A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures ; ' " Scripture Natural History ; " " Scripture Difficulties , " &c . London : Tegg . 1829 . 8 vo . pp . 446 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 757, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/13/
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