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He earnestly exhorted his liearers not to rely entirely upon the Scripture ^ nor upon him * tfcejir pastor , aor upon any other guides , human or divine , If t . ujnderstood him correctly , but solely upon the independent efforts of their own minds . Oiir Saviour , as the dirst of
the sons pf God , ' he . held up as an example wbrtfhy of all imitation ,., but the indispensable necessity of his Vicarious sacrifice , was clearly denied . " The Christian religion , he told us , as first preached by the apostles , was well suited to those early times . But 9 according to him , it soon became c 6 r-
rupted , aud was never afterwards purified , even at the Reformation . Mucfi , therefore , still remained to be done ; and one step in this great work , he led us to infer , was actually in progress before us , in the extension of Unitananism . " As it is quite foreign to my purpose to enter into the details of this
controversy , I have merely mentioned , as impartially '" its ' possible , ' what seem to be the leading points of a doctrine which has obtained a complete ascendancy in one bf the fi ^ st l nli ^ i te Efe a : £ arts ^> f the country , a ^ 3 is rabidly Ipfreadiiig itself riverthe United Stales in spite of the and
efforts of tKfe E ^ Ucopal Presbyterian churelfee ^^! H | > p . ll ^ -HB . 0 o 1 isidieriii ^ the parity- "by Wnoiii it is r ^ nd # ed , this is a very fciterestitig testimoity / to the . 8 implicity-i ^ ropriejfey , beauty , and pbweir , of Dl ^ CnanningV preaching . It is solely on that account that the extract is made . It is unnecessary to point ottt to dvtr readers the manifest
confusion and erroneottsness of the Traveller ' s report of the statement in the sermon as to the province and authority of rea-« 6 n in religion : nor shall we comment 011 the assumption of the falsehood of a faith which he almost immediately after declares it had iiever fallen in his way to examinewith attention . ( P . 117 . ) The facts , and the impression on the
narratorV mind , are all we want ; and tbeykre interesting and gratifying . The book itself has , by this time , been suffidetttl y criticised , and the prejudices of its author fully exposed . Indeed , the Work contains ample materials for selfcbrrection . Captain Hall sojourned in America with Ms eyes right , his head
wrong , and his hand faithfully recording the sights presented to the one , and the bLunders committed by the other ; tie is one of tl > e ihost shallow of logicians , add of the' triost trusty of reporters . His reasonings and' hifc facts make a fair fight of H arid fcliey must be very inattentive readers with whom the facts are
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not completely victorious . The Captain is most firinly persuaded that hereditary monarchy , personal loyalty to a sove - reign , a wealthy * iina powerful aristocralr ^ W " rich& etia ^ el cfitrrcii In alii-. an * e MWlf tfifat ^ SI ^^ , ( fee ^ lSiln ^^ r m \ ch itfak ^ eSrSlf circi ^ taw ^ ' ;^ ^> avfifeed ^ Ijitii iiojw tD * f ^ ir ^ V ^ - ^ V MM ^ i ^ Ti ^ ^^^^ ^ i ^ al ^ v ^ ^
' are ^^ olt ^ pe ^^ l ^ d ^ l ^ ^ ellbetnfe rf ^ o ^ lb tne ^ nl * e ^ t % kls te ^ be , ofa ^ c ^ im ^ iii ^ V ^ wBae ^ haW ^ eciar ^ ed qui ^ feholp , latiS that molt % ^ % usly intef # intp wjt ^ K ^ j ||^ dn # ari these fy < rf ^ j < M 0 ( to ^ sh ^ w tBat tM ^ % m ^ rlicaas atr ^ a weli ^ efdu % ^ d , ^ a- "well % O 4 1
v ^ r ^ ed , a i ' apfi ^ iwipi dWg , ^ , -iiioralatid religforis ^ aW al ^^ thiftr a ^ erf coinfpftable ; people . "The combination is V ^ ry amlisiBg . '' " " ¦ " ¦ " *'" : - ' : ~ -- - Mh tfooper ; wbbst * OM I * ol * 6 tts bf a Travelliii ^ ^ chelor ^^ a ^ 't B ^ % er ^ aii * tipodes of Captain Hall ' s views , is doing more by '• ¦ ¦ M # pi ^ actiee th an * bf teis ^ iaTgu - ments for advancing the eharacfer of his
country ; so far as literature i » cOacerned . It is not necessary to dccapyoar pages with extract or analysis of his n ^ N « r ^ ovel , The Borderers , It is W ^ l wort ^ f ^ th ^ j reputation which makes bis productions sought after with an eagerness ^ afnlf secoad to that which awaits the appearance of those of Sir Walter Scow The
characters , scenery , and incidents of this tale , are delineated with all his accustomed vigour . There are some magnificent Indians in it ; favourite subjects with this artist , as well they may . The Old Puritan too , and the Fugitive Regicide , are powerfully drawn . j ^ : ¦> The Woods * && the Waters are Mt . ?
Coopel ** s ^ elements ; He reveU la them ; and We revel in his revelUngs . He may leave , unenvied , to the gentle genius of Washington Irving the tamer domain of the drawiDg-roomv We should ^ not , regnet it , ivere fee po inniulate hiafjiQUslied countryman with a little of his owd nervous AmericanifliQ ^ rFar ¦ ? thi ^ i » , 0 ne
great charm :.- of ^>| r * ^ Copper ^ ^ vorks . They ^ are thoroughly national , m the selection of subjects , the locaUan antl arraagem « nt of events , and theepkitwhich pervades and vivifies the whole . ?» , Miss Landon ' s new volume of poems will delight yet more highly those who have been delighted with h ^ r ^ former productions ; and if it fail absolutely to convert those who in the sternness of
their critical creed pronounced Jier reprobation , they must at least allow that her poetical heresies have assumed a much lees intolerable form . To our ear her versification still wants melody ; and
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7 & 2 Monthly Report of General Literature .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 792, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/48/
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