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cated in almost every page of the sacred book of wveiwtioff . To love God with all our heart , and out * neighbour as ourselves , appears , on the « ntbority of our Saviour , to be a summary of every thing necessary to salvation ; but the priest , at the peril of losing his bread , is compelled
to instruct those whose souls are committed to his care , that it is necessary & • fore aft thing * for those who * would be saved to hold all the articles of the Christian faith ; and , further , that those who do not keep this faith whole and undivided will , without doubt , perish everlastingly . Sentiments more at variance with the
Christian religion , or more dishonourable to its divine author , and to God himself , can scarcely be conceived ; and it seems to be the sacred and bounden duty of every pious and good man to expose the falsehood and wickedness of such dogmas ; and , as far as is consistent with
the precepts of the religion he professes , to do every thing iu his power towards the reformation , or even dissolution , of institutions teaching dogmas that libel Christianity , and are alike subversive of piety and sound morals , and public peace and security .
Nothing is more easy , and daily experience teaches that nothing is more common , among those who complacently designate themselves orthodox , than to represent such as venture to call in question the wisdom or expediency of existing institutions , as contemptibly weak or dangerously wicked men . Let not the
advocate for reform be discouraged , but , conscious of his own integrity , rather let him glory in being thus reviled . St . Paul is represented as one of those who turned the world upside down ; all the first followers of Christ were similarly traduced ; and our Saviour himself did not escape calumny and abuse . And ,
even during the last fifty or sixty years , every epithet that ingenuity or hatred could dictate has been unsparingly bestowed upon those who hare ventured to oppose tie polytheretical doctrine of the Trinity , or to advoeate the theological opinions recommended in the pages of your valuable journal .
We cairnot entertain a . doubt that among the numerous enemies of Unitarian ism awd reform , there are some whose principles are highly reprehensible { some who oppo « e reform from a .. * ... —~^ - , - - « fc r JPhe c * thoMc teitliia this : That ? we worship-one G « od in Trinity , and Trinity in Unity , Ac , &e . Neither confounding tho persons uor dividing the substance .
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belief that it would interfere with their ease , or be destructive of their interests . It would , however , be highly uncharitable not to allow that , among the enemies of Unitarianism and reform , there are many who are inimical to them on
grounds the most conscientious and honourable . Such opponents it is the duty , as it must be the wish , of the Unitarian , to respect and conciliate . To do this , let him , by the benevolence of his practice , shew the excellence of bis creed . When Christians shall act on
this Evangelical principle , the changes of Dr . Hartley , great and appalling as they appear to be , may be effected silently and quietly , without revolution , without bloodshed . As Unitarians believe that their creed is more pure than that of other Christians , it is for them to consider whether their practice ought not to be more excellent ; that to whom much is given , of him will much be required ; that the tree is
knowtt by its fruit . I am happy in believing that nay Unitarian brethren are not a whit behind our orthodox friends in piety and benevolence ; but the question is , whether all Christians , Churchmen or Dissenters , do not content themselves with a much lower standard , as regards the practice of benevolence and philanthropy , than that enjoined by the precepts of our Lord , when interpreted by those prophecies which so plainly relate to them . PHILANTHROPOS .
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Character of Mohamed . To the Editor . Sir , Your insertion of the letter signed a Christian Moslem , when other papers relative to the same subject were
prepared for the same number of your Repository , was an act of courtesy which I am bound to acknowledge . It had so happened , that until i read your work the mou th before last , I had not heard of the publications of either Higgins or Forster ? the former I haive now read .
Yow and your readers are aware that discoveries nearly similar have not unfrecjuently been made by different persons about the same time , and sitnilaT coincidences of opinion have frequently occurred' in persons totally unknown to each other .
Prideaux ' s Life of Ktohamed , Bonillan - villter ' s L ? fe of Mohamed , and Sale ' s Koran , had long" formed part of my small library . I had frequently felt an inducement to aunounce my opinion ,
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418 Miscellaneous Correspondence ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1830, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2585/page/58/
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