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    tation of it , not only in their own vicinity , T > ut " to the uttermost parts of the earth / ' Had it not an ultimate and more extensive % reference , I ain at a loss to conjecture why so much stress is laid upon it in tbe apostolic discourses and writings * Let one be heard as the organ of the rest : " Tfcatfwhich we have seen with our eyes , which we have heard with

    our ears , and our hands have handled ^ of the word of life , declare we unto you ; for the life was manifested , and we have seen it , and declare that eternal life which was with the Father , aud was manifested unto , us . " Such is the strong bearing the doctrine of immortality has on the visibility and certainty of Jesus having rose and revived , ** that he might be Lord both ef the dead and of the living . " As-to whether an antidote to modern

    unbelief on this topic will be found in a sentiment contrary to the commonly received one > different individuals must be left to entertain their own opinion . The subject will admit of enlargement ^ but 1 forbear further remarks , wishing not to intrench on your columns , nor / Weary the reader by New-Testamen ^^ mi ^ tations which might be

    amply Cited ; permit me , however , by wa y , of fmfe * to express my pleasing persuasion - that your Correspondent is ingenious in stating his views which he submits for consideration , in order to confirmation or confutation , as the case i ^ ay ; be ^ -solicitous not so much to defend his particular theory as to discover what is realty the truth . A . E .

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    The Watchman Watched . Te the Editor . Sir , I » common , 1 am sure , with most of your , readers , 1 feel much indebted to tl ^ Watchman for the excellent and most pointed remarks which he has made on many topics connected with the present state of trie j-ejigkm s world . If those no

    remarks proq ^ ce other good effect , thejr will at , least ' . produce thi «* -if indeed JheyMnave not already done itthey , will , ahaine . thje , orthpcjqx out of their pitiful trieks , and teach them the necessity * \ t , ^ ot j ^ e \ v ^ of honesty and plain dealniR . But there may he

    too ; mucji 9 ta goftd ttynej > , aiitf ^ , ana fects of the / mfiqd ^ to ; thpjjeof Wpyrfl , most ^ t ^ odpx , par }^; U ^ 'fityagrees with , km - m > . 0 tfk ) P $ 9 \ % ra 6 »< m

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    has among us been cultivated too exclusively in its intellectual relations , " or in other words , that with us religion is more an affair of the head than of the heart- He has admirably traced the ef ^ fects of this ; and it as my sincere hope , that the excellent advice which he has

    given may not : be lost on those for whose good it has been penned , and who , as they are quick in discerning , and bold in exposing , the errors of others , ought to be equally prompt and decisive in correcting their own . But while I thus contribute my willing meed of praise to the pages of the Watchman , there are some of his opinions to the soundness of which I can

    by no means subscribe . In the first place , he prefers it as a regular charge against our congregations , that iC they want a gentleman in the pulpH , not a preacher . " Many of them do want a gentleman in the pulpit ; and they are perfectly right in so wishing , and I go along with them completely . What , then , are the gentleman and the

    Christian preacher incompatible ? Are they made up of such totally opposite ingredients , that they cannot be brought to amalgamate ? I humbly submit i that they are not—nay more , 1 challenge ^ tl * e Watchman to disprove the trut ^ iof ; my assertion , when I affirm , that $ &U ? h # s « - ribus , the more a man is of tJhegentJemaNj the better Christian , And still more the

    better preachev , will he be * JVV fr at , in fact , are the manners of a gentleman ? Are they not that address which : £ s , tfte natural and certain result of a calm selfpossession , and of a nice and ^ ejicate attention to the wants ancj ., feelings of those about us ? Are they not the off ^ spring of a spirit of coplnesg and deci *

    sion , of gentleness and beuevplen <; e , go wrought into a man ' s motions anq habits , that it infuses itself into every thing that he either does or , says ? : And will any one affirm , that this is inot , of the very essence of Christiauity ,, that it is not the very spirit which 1 % , brftaty > e $ ? Will any one , too , undertake to , affirm , that he who possesses al } tWsiiv the ordinary intercourses of life , will , nai , \> v

    much more commanding and persuasive in the pulpit , than he who b ^ s none of it—who is hasty , absent , and unprepared , harsh in his expressions , ujoeouth in his gestures , ungraceful and ungracious in his whole manner aud address ? put let us appeal from theory tp > experience ; anq as far as my own goea , 1 can truly s ayj that it is all on t } ie si (| e which I aru maintaining . Some I could name , who , witb great talents , have dq pretensiou ^

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    798 Miscellaneous Correspondence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 798, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/54/