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vens for us [ Heb . iv . 14 ] : the pledge , the example of the future immortal glory of his faithful servants . I think , with Sehleusner , [ in verb ., ] that the image is general in this verse : it may be illustrated by John xiv . 2 . In some other parts of the epistle we read allusions to that branch of the High Priest ' s office and privilege which consisted in his going annually within the vail .
Scriptural views of the person of Jesus Christ , enable us to meditate with special advantage and delight on the words , " whither the forerunner , ' * &c . Behold Him as unreservedly the man whom God hath ordained , and anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows , and you discern and feel your own interest in his resurrection , triumphs , and return . N .
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No . X . < f Watchmau , what of the night ? Watchman , what of the night ? The Watchman said , The worniug coineth , and also the night . " Isaiah xxi . 11 , 12 . Thk statements which we made in our last number , contrasted with the religious spirit of the day , seem to lead to the conclusion , that Unitarians , however far they are advanced beyond their fellow-christians in the principles of their creed , are behind them , and the times in which they live , in activity and energy . Within the last fifty years Christianity has assumed in these kingdoms an attitude both novel and interesting . Wesley and Whitfield gave the impulse , and by degrees Christians of almost every
denomination followed in their train . Long had the clergy lain recumbent ; bishops and rectors ate , drank , and were merry . The lights that had shone in the Church and amongst the Dissenters—many of them were of rare excellerice —shone on a comparatively narrow circle , and , to too great an extent , exclusively on those who , of their own accord , came within the range of their illuminations . While beyond these favoured spots , this land of Goshen , there prevailed darkness that might be felt , and wickedness the most
revolting . But a voice was heard crying in the wilderness—Christianity assumed an invasive attitude . An attack was made on the powers of darkness , first from one quarter , and then from many . Holy men of God went forth preaching repentance and forgiveness of sins ; they traversed the land in the length and the breadth thereof , and carried the sounds of the gospel to
thousands who were dead in trespasses and sius . Then the style of preaching underwent a material change . Ministers , both those who itinerated and those who were stationary , adopted those plans which seemed most suitable to win souls to Christ . Their addresses , in consequence , delivered as to language without premeditation , breathed an earnest , tender , affectionate , and awakening tone , which was no Jess efficacious than it was novel .
Preachers once more seemed the ambassadors of Christ , beseeching their hearers in -Christ ' s « tead to be reconciled to God . Awfully impressed with the £ X < 2 eedirtg sinfuhxess of sin , they spoke to their fellow-sinners as to dying men , in the most periloua condition . The spirit of holy zeal spread in every direction . The people caught it from the preacher , one church from another , till the sacred contagion pervaded the kingdom , and there was seen a general rising against the powers of darkness . But Unitarians have
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$ 46 The Watchman .
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THE WATCHMAN .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 846, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/30/
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