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THE WATCHMAN.
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MAY , 1830 .
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No . XIII . * ' Watchman , what of the night ? Watchman , what of the night ? The Watchman said , The morning conieth , and also the uiyht . " Isaiah xxi . 11 , 12 . The rise , progress , and present influence of Methodism , is a subject to which we propose to devote a few of our pages ; and the rather , because the
system has not received that degree of attention which it merits . Its bearings upon some of the great interests of humanity are direct and most important , though , owing in part to the complicated nature of the system , and in p art to the incessant care of its hierarchy to keep all of it they can in concealment , few even of those who watch the signs of the times know the nature and extent of the power which has been growing up in the midst of
us . We know of no institution , except that of Ignatius Loyola , which can , with propriety , be compared with Methodism . In both we find the same skill of organization , the same gradation of orders , the same union and concentration of effort , and , we regret to add , pretty much the same servility in the many , and domination in the few . That Methodism is as yet guiltless of the moral injuries inflicted by Jesuitism on society is admitted , but how long ,
except it be restrained by public opinion , it will remain dissimilar in this respect , they can best judge who have read its history , considered its principles , and observed some of its more recent acts . We are not ignorant , but on the contrary rejoice to know , that both Wesley and Ignatius Loyola were instruments of signal benefit to many of their fellow-men . Let their good not be extenuated . It would not , we are sure , be easy to estimate its amount . But the good effected by the Jesuits did not prevent them from eventually becoming a curse to kings and nations : or rather , the good they did , and the effective means they had for doing good , paved the way for the enormities to the commission of which they too quickly passed . And so
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . XLI .
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VOL . IV . Y
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/1/
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