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    S&ueries concerning PopularPreaching. 64...

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    Queries To The Editor Of The Monthly Rep...

    Second . —Who is to be responsible for the jealousies , contentions and feuds which Unitarian preaching is sure to be _attended with if missionaries are sent into towns and villages to assemble the inhabitants for the professed purpose of improving their minds ? When mea

    act by adivine commission , they are completely exonerated from all responsibility of this kind , but will any plea of zeal for the _promotion of truth be sufficient to justify uncommissioned teachers ? Or caii Unitarians vindicate themselves by any arguments that will not equally justify any sectarian whatever for disturbing the peace of a neighbourhood , under pretence of improving Third . —Is it enough to allege the minds of the people : that a preacher is fully convinced

    of the truth of his opinions in order to exculpate him in his _officious zeal to convert his fellow Christians to his own sentiments i Cannot Independent and Methodist preachers vindicate themselves upon the same _grounds , whatever strife or confusion they may occasion ? Fourth . — -Strongly an d ' pointedly . as Unitarian preachers may assert and inculcate their doctrines , cansuch of them as are unlearned dis _^ prove by fair and just argumen ts , the rally maintained , and show that the in the divine nature _^ the satisfaction < consistent and fake interpretations c e erroneous notions that are gene-: doctrines of a plurality of persons of Christ , & c . are built upon inof scripture ?

    Fifth . —Would it not be better to instruct such young persons as are well disposed in the original languages of the Old and New Testaments , and make them exceedingly well versed in scripture , that they might be able to interpret it rationally and consistently before any audience ? And _vtfould not _^ the money raised by the Unitarian Fund be usefully

    expended in enabling as many persons as possible to reside in various parts of the united kingdom , and in a very gradual and inoffensive manner subvert the corrupt notions which militate against the pure doctrines of the gospel ?

    * ** •• ** # * # - # ** # * * # * * * Seventh . — Would not the mode of education in the Seminaries of Dissenters be improved by confining the studies qf the young men n _\ ore to the knowledge of the scriptures _^ and paying less attention to such parts of classical and mathematical lore as are remotely and indirectly connected with theology ?

    Eighth . —Is it not exceedingly desirable that Sunday Schools , and Schools of Industry should be established and particularly attended to and directed by Unitarian , Ministers ? And would it not be a subject of useful discussion in the Repository to consider which is the most eligible inode of conducting SundaySchools ? And might not rewards

    be offered to such as would most vigorously and zealously promote the _^ education of youth ? _, Ninth . — -Would it not be a good plan to print separate books of scripture which might be done at a very cheap rate , and confine the _reading of the children , to them ? Suppose for instance the book of Proverbs , was printed and given as a first book , or selections _irta- ' e from the historical books of the Old Testament and put into their

    S&Ueries Concerning Popularpreaching. 64...

    _S & ueries _concerning PopularPreaching . 643

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 643, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/23/