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MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
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and in the early days , at least , of the Edinburgh Review , we may be sure that it was not the wout of eyes or lips , either of male or female authors , to laugh or sparkle , when their owners fouud their names iuscribetf in that book of doom .
The Forget lyie Not does not boast so large a catalogue of celebrated names among ifs contributors as many of these publications exhibit . The Editor thought it better to obtain the aid of Writers of inferior celebrity , who would do their
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Defence of Mr . Evanson . To the Editor . Sir , Clapton , Oct . 4 , 1829 . I have frequently listened to the f warning voice" of "the Watchman »" and have been especially gratified by the anxious concern for " the safety of his charge' * discovered in his last report ce of the night . " There I little expected
to read ( p . 700 ) such a phrase as " the wlM ' notions of Evanson , " which must sUfefy have escaped currente calamo . The Opiiiioiis of a learned , serious , and " inquiring Christian , who made sacrifices " f&r conscience' sake , " of which too many benefited Churchmen have proved themselves * incapable , are not , 1 think , to be confuted bythi $ summary process , ati least- 'to the satisfaction of the serious
and inquiring , whether they deem Mr . Evaursoti ' s " notions" correct or erroneous *« The Watchinan * does noty I apprehendy allude to the doubts Which , in common with the pious and learned Michael Bod&on , Mr . Evanson entertained respecting the authenticity of several books of * he New Testament , but
to Ms papers in the Theological Repo- « sitory , afterwards collected and eontinned in a separate volume . In these he maintained that the Christian Scrips turea afforded no * divine authority for sabbritftkl' restraintsor the devotion of " on £ day eflbove another' * to religious observances .
Yet , while thus esteeming " every clay alike , " and encouraging his fellow - Christians to " stand fast in the liberty with which Christ , " the only «( judge that ends the strife , " had , in his opinion , •*« made us free , " he was , like the anti-sabbatical Calvin , an approver of
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best , than to take the careless compositions of those of the highest literary rank . The result is certainly not discreditable to his judgment . The Life arid tTiines of Calaray . and
DoddridgeV Diary and Correspondence , are works of too much importance and interest to be disposed of In the summary way in which we are compelled to treat the publications noticed here . They will soon have the distinct notice to whieh they are entitled .
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social worship , as public as circumstances would admit . From his Life , in the first volume of the Repository ( 1806 ) , by my late excellent friend Mr . Spurrell , we learn ( p > 62 ) , that " when Mr . Evan * son left the church , it was his constant practice to have regular service in , His own house on Sunday ; and when he had any friends at his house , always made the Lord ' s supper a part of the service . "
I had no personal acquaintance With Mr . Evan son , but with his sisters / especially the eldest , a lady of superior talents and character , 1 had once the advantage of very near neighbourhood and frequent communication . Could * the Watchman" have known those
exemplary Christians ( who adopted their brother ' s " notions , " and whose habits had been formed in his society ) , and have observed how they recommended their faith by " labours of love , " while economy and self-denial rendered a very moderate income available to the sub *
stantiai benefit of the indigent and the friendless , he would , like me , be unable to connect any epithet , but the most respectful , with the name of Evanson . J . T . RUTT .
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Price and Priestley . To the Editor . Sir , l Jersey , Oct . 2 , 1829 . The Rev . Thomas Belsham ' a most admirable Analysis of the Hypothesis of
Drs . Priestley and Price , Jwhich your Repository communicated to tJhe world on the 1 st of April last , escaped my observation until yesterday ; or I should sooner have taken the liberty of requesting the insertion of the following remarks . The Analysis is indeed a masterpiece
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 795, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/51/
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