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dox , or to compliment the heterodox , but to bring into the treasury whatever sums are wasted on the fat stalls of men who do not work nor do any service ; secondly , to turn the attention of
those who do work and do good service , to national education , the want of which is equally destroying the people and the Church ; and , lastly , on all matters of orthodoxy and heterodoxy , neither to sneer nor to compliment , neither to be silent nor to profess , but just to speak the truth in all seriousness . '
We have spoken a few words , ( and a few words only need to be spoken , for the whole matter is clear as light to the people , ) about ecclesiastical sinecures , places , and pensions . We have said a few more words , in our last Number , about the absolute necessity , and exceeding practicability of national education . The want of education is vaguely , but strongly felt by the people
themselves ; and , like hunger , it suggests a ravenous craving , but no definite opinion . But to all who watch the signs of the time , its unbelief , its sneering , and its unprincipledness , which are breaking up the bonds of society , it must be quite plain that an intellectual advance , namely , in strength of evidence and firmness
of conviction ; a moral advance , namely , in simplicity of sincerity , and in purity of truth ; and a political advance , namely , in professing before God and man only what we believe , and in submittin g ourselves , before God and man , to all that we profess , is the crying want of the times .
We are needing a ministry , but , above all , we are wanting a statesman , who will dare to abide by the truth , whether it be for loss or gain . Such a man would be listened to when he told the people , —This sacrifice must be made by the landholder ; this sacrifice must be made by the fundholder ; this sacrifice must be made by the Church ; this sacrifice must be made by the
Dissenter ; this sacrifice must be made by the aristocracy ; and this sacrifice must be made by the people . The rigid noble is not such a man : he stands by his order . The pliant lawyer is not such a man : he stands not to his promises . It is said there is an honester and bolder statesman rising into power . We are not worshippers of the rising sun : but if , indeed , the sun is rising to pour light and heat equally on all , we will bless God for that useful light .
It is quite impossible to look round without being convinced that we want moral power to g uide and controul mere physical force . There is a flaming gulf in the forum , which will not close till many sacrifices have been offered . If these sacrifices are made freely , it may be hoped they will be accepted . But there
is a retributive justice abroad which will demand them if they are not freely given . The people say , you have heaped upon us eight hundred millions of debt , what will you contribute to its payment ? You have betrayed us into anarchy , what will you do to bring back peace ?
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on Church Reform . SSI .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1834, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2633/page/69/
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