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bliss , the chastening and preparatory character of the present life , followed by an immortal existence , where napr&Leyil shall l > e for ever exterminated by a more striking * manifestation and a completer development of the retributory principles of the Divine government , and where the children of earth , redeemed from misery and sin , shall pursue an endless career of improvement and , happiness ,- * -tliese doctrines find their strongest support in the inward approbation and assent of every pure and virtuous mind , and exhibit a ; theory
of the moraLstate and prospects of man , which carries its owri proof in r | he clearness , siHifciicity * and exactness with which it explains the most striking phenomena of the wdrld in which we dwell . " In whatever decree these doctrines are believed ^ felt , and acted upoivthe sanctifying and saving- influences of Christian faith are experienced ; a faith , so completely in unison with the teachings of nature as well as of revelation , that all men may be urged to cherish it ; a faith , which must ; survive the caprices of opinion , the transitory modes of fashion , and the perishing
institutions of a nation or an age , because it is founded on that which time and vicissitude cannot destroy , —the permanent tendencies and essential qualities of the mind and character of man . Creeds may perish , opinions disappear , and the whole face of society undergo a complete revolution ; but man and nature , and that divine will vvhieh created both , cannot change , and the truth , which is built on them , must be eternal . " It is probable , that all existing forms of Christianity will experience some modification with the increase of knowledge and the progress of society , and thus approach nearer to each other and to the truth : Meanwhile , it is
some presumption in favour of Unitarian Christianity , that , while it excludes all articles of belief that are founded on obscure and doubtful interpretations , it comprises as essential those doctrines which are most clearly taught in the New Testament , which are the latent source of vitality to the most orthodox creetfs , and which are confirmed by the strongest testimonies of the heart , the conscience , and the life . To promote the cause of truth and yirtue , in this purest form of Christianity , is the object of our assembling together this day . May our labours and our zeal tend constantly to the one great end of making
all meu brethren to each other , and of finally substituting for those invidious distinctions which now harass and divide the world , the single and all-comprehensive denomination of Christian I" —Pp . 34—37-To this great caase the writer of this admirable discourse is rendering the most important aid which it is in the power of an individual to confer . Having employed the powers of a strong intellect in its season of utmost vigbui | " oh the holiest range of subjects which is presented to human speculation , he offers- wiihfrankness and with that modesty which is the
concomitant ; of eminent desert , the fruits of his labours , matured by reflection aria a ^ nged with grace * His views have obtained , as they richly deserve , thW ^ rifte e ^ f originality : we hope and believe that the time is at hand when th € ^ wtH h&Ve become common , and when there will be a fair prospect of their universality . Yet never will due honour be withheld from the ffyst pe ^^ tenfe Hn ^ prdtntrlgators of truth . Those wlio havd witnessed the , foetriKHrrieWW' ^ and who Tteep their lamps b ^ riiing f onmW&r $ &g % & > ffl $ e ' the first to join iil the nupjiial T ^ pi cin ^ , Jatid to in ¥ «^ £ t * ffike ^ sung by the guardian spirits of humanity , shatf echo ffotn earth to heaven . ^ xi zvw a * . •;>; . " - \ ' ; . _ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . . . ' ml .. ¦ * . . JK * U&h fli ' : A l ::. l ' jt ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' '¦ ; ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ : > (
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534 Tayler s Sermon .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1830, page 534, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2587/page/30/
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