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Systems of theology are as much the dread of some devout Christians , as they are the delight of others . Some hold it to be profane , ot h ers to b e a matter of religious obligation , to compare and adjust the scattered facts and reasonings of scripture by the assistance of our divinely-bestowed faculties ; to reduce to a parallel truths which appear to be divergent ; to bring to light hidden relations ; to display the mutual influences of the greater and lesser lights of the spiritual world . Some , in all humility , r e a d an d rece i ve , grateful for what they can understand , submissive under difficulties , and undisturbed by apparent contradictions ; while others not only believe that revelation is conducted on a plan , but that if the revelation can be understood , so may the purpose for which it was given , and the arrangement in which it is offered . The first class is , at present , incalculably the most numerous ; yet there is a sufficient diversity among the system-makers and
system-finders to shew that Christianity is but little understood as a whole , and that the rational faculty cannot , in more than a few instances , have been efficiently directed towards this point . It is surprising that between the watchfulness against speculation of the many , and the eager curiosity of the few , the systems of foreign theologians should have attracted so little notice as has been bestowed on them in this country ; and especially that the system proposed by Lessing , which is in various respects remarkable , should have failed to alarm and to interest the timid and the inquirino-.
The Hundred Thoughts , in which are condensed the results of Lessing's inquiries into the scheme of revelation , were presented to the readers of the Monthly Repository in a faithful translation , so long ago as 1806 . It does not appear that they attracted the attention which their originality , if not their truth , deserves ; and it may therefore effect some good p ur p ose to b rin g them forward again , not in the form of a reprint , which is rendered unnecessary by the reference I have made , but as the occasion of some remarks on the design and arrangement of that revelation which I examine with unhesitating confidence and surpassing interest , because 1 believe it to be
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Far days of grief and glory ! I behold Darkly a Form as of the Son of God ! A bloody Tree—black Sun !—My veins run cold—Whose armless rod Smites the new Tomb ? The Dead the Earth hath trod ! Awakener , hail !
Sunburst of Gladness , hail ! Lo , Heaven with Earth , and Men with Seraphs blending ! Rent is the Universal Temple ' s Veil , And one full hymn ascending—Loud as the voice of many waters , s w eet As songs of Cherubim !—No more ! No more ! Dust must not yet the strains of Life repeat , But , aw 'd , a d ore The Omniscient ' s ways divine , and His pure will explore—First , Last , all hail 1 Credit on .
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300 Education of the Human Race .
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THE EDUCATION OF THE HUMAN RACE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/12/
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