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epjtoyiag »*• But , if \ ye want these dispositions , thjs bappiiiQss cannot be ours . On this principle it is said , that if persons of depraved and sensual habits could be admitted into heaven , it would be no heaven to them ; their acquired habits and dispositions totally disqualifying them for its spiritual and refined
enjoyments . To fit the rich and the great for the joys of heaveu , self-abasement , eveu to ike extreme this prophecy seems to point out , appears to be absolutely indispensable ; and it is very clear that , without this , heaven to them can afford no enjoyment . So far from this extreme or
s ^ lf-abasement being visionary impracticable , it was the constant theme of our Saviour ' s teaching , and he and his disciples were bright examples of it to their followers . The revelation he made to the world was , as regards the present life , with peculiar propriety designated glad tidings to the poor , aud so it
continued for upwards of two centuries ; for during that period Christians regarded each other really , and not nominally , as brethreu . That in the evening time , when it shall be light , aud when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth , our holy religion will produce similar effects upon the most extended scale , is a truth of which no one can entertain a doubt who
has carefully examined the evidences of the truth of that religion . That the moral regeneration of mankind here contemplated , will produce great political changes in the world , must be evident to every thinking person . That these changes may be effected by the sword of the Spirit , and not by the sword of the warrior , is the sincere wish and prayer of , &c , &c , PHILANTHBOPOS .
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A Choice Scrap for My Grandmother $ Alburn . The Society of Friends , or Quakers , have taken the trouble to inform their neighbours that their reasons for disowning Elia , s Hicks are as follow : " 1 . That the said EUas Hicks has asserted that we must always take things rationally .
•• 2 . That he has asserted that we are not . bound to believe anything we do not understand"• 3 . That he denies the external infltieace and the distinct existence of an Kyil Spirit . " Now , therefore , it is fair to conclude , 1 . That the Quakers take things irra - ti «** U § .
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Z . That they believe what they do not understand . 3 . And that they own the external influence and the distinct existence of an Evil Spirit . We have , of late , witnessed much uneasiness expressed , in different ways , on account of the alarming march of intellect . But , ( judging from the preceding extract , ) whatever ground there mav be
for our fear of its general result , there certainly cannot be much cause for apprehension from any alarming progress of wisdom amongst the Qtmkers . There is actually published , in " The Annual Monitor' * for the present year , a c < Testimony of Denial , " —stating that
" Whereas Elias Hicks continues to offer himself as a minister in union with the Society of Friends , the necessity of issuing a document of this kind became imperious on the Society . —That he persisted in his errors after being waited on in the regular order , and was therefore disunited
from the Society ; of which he is , consequently , no lunger a member . —The notoriety of his character and of his errors render it proper that the testimony of his di 8 ownment should be made public . —The following minute on this subject , and the testimony of denial , are therefore
presented to the reader . " " Meeting for Sufferings , New York , 6 th of 7 th month , 1829 . " The Monthly Meeting of Westbury and Jericho communicated to this Meeting its apprehension that in consequence of the great extent to which the doctrines and opinions of Elias Hicks had spread , and the reproach thereby brought on the Society of Friends , that its testimony , issued against him , required further
publicity . " This proposition was deliberately considered , united with , and ordered to be put iu practice .
" [ Extracted from the Minutes of the said Meeting . ] " Samuel Parsons , Clerk . " " The Testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Friends , of JVestbury and Jericho , against Elias Hicks and his doctrines . " Elias Hicks has been , for many years , in the station of a minister in our
religious Society , and formerly well approved amongst us ; in which character he has travelled extensively , and obtained great influence with the members of the Society ; but from want of abiding in a state of humble watchfulness , in which , by the power of divine grace , he would have been preserved in the truth , h ^ has become exalted in his mind , and
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3 && MkceWtneous Correspondence .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/50/
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