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men , and give each one his cell ; but to unite them in large communities , that they may be one fold under one shepherd . Your faith should enlighten and support mine , and mine yours ; we ought to act in common in support of our common belief , and the temple of the New Jerusalem will not be built till the people , delivered from Babylon , shall all join in the labour . These reflections inspire us with profound regret . What a different aspect would Protestantism present , to its friends and its enemies , if all its adherents would rise up at once , like the # Hebrews at the foot of Mount Carmel , and choose whom they would serve !—if they would leave all vain disputes about words , and , uniting in charity , in the holy liberty of the faith , would permit the sacred ri ^ ht of private examination to bring forth its fruit , and to shew its power ! Our only profession of belief would then be the recognition of the Scriptures as the word of God , and Europe would one day rouse herself in amazement at the number of Protestants amongst her children . This day will come—but Heaven only knows when .
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THEOLOGY .
Akt . I . — The Unitarian Christian ' s Faith : a Discourse . By William Hamilton Drummond , D . D . London : Hunter . 8 vo . Pp . 32 . 1830 . Tins sermon was introductory to the series of lectures now delivering by the Unitarian ministers of Dublin . A list of
the subjects may be referred to in our April number . The discourse was admirably adapted to the occasion , and the pern sal of it confirms our anticipations of great good from those lectures . English hearers and readers of Unitarian Sermons must not expect much novelty in it ; but there is enough of novelty to satisfy us in the occasion and circumstances of
its delivery . Dr . Druminond ' s statement of Unitarian Christian principles is , as would be expected , comprehensive , perspicuous , and energetic . We quote with much pleasure the following reply to an objection which is often made , and which unhappily has sometimes been hacked by gross and cruel misrepresentations of facts :
' Much industry has been employed to alarm the weak and ignorant , and to prejudice them against Unitarian Christianity , by charging it as deficient in supplying comfort to the dying . We wish the charge were put into some distinct and tangible shape , that we might judge of its credibility . What do our accusers mean ? Do they complain that
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the ministers of our religion do not administer Extreme Unction ? — Or that they do not usurp the judgment-seat of Christ , pronounce absolution , and dismiss the parting spirit with a passport to heaven ? Verily , then , the charge is true . They do not anoint—they do not absolve , neither do they place any great dependence on those conversions which are wrought instantaneously , when the mind is weakened by disease , and under the impression of fear ; nor do they , by any * authority committed unto them , ' declare that the gates of heaven will fly open to admit the sinner whose life has been spent in violation of the laws of God , on his pronouncing a few cabalistic words , or declaring his belief in some mysterious points of doctrine . They dare not assure hiui that he will be
crowned like him who has honourably reached the goal in the Christian race , or lawfully triumphed iu the good fight of faith / and that he must inevitably be numbered among the while-robed sous of light . Such inebriating comforts as these , Unifeaiuin Christianity cannot iulniinistcr . At the same time she desires
no one to despair ; though she does not encourage presumptuous expectations , she affixes no limits to the mercy of God . 4 < Religious display , always odious , becomes peculiarly disgusting in the chamber of dibtase and death . The bid of
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400 Critical Notices . — Theological .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/40/
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