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    I say , that they could render no assistance to mankind , and to the cause in particular , by supporting that institution , till they succeeded in establishing one that would be nearer them ? If they think so > then I presume not to arraign their motives , or to think less of their attachment to the interests of truth and

    mankind ; but are there any who will hazard so bold an assertion ? If there are not , then is it manifest that the reason of there beino ; no better provision for the education of ministers among the Unitarians , arises solely from their not being more hearty in the cause : and what justification can there be offered for

    those who , having it so easily m their power , omit to do good , and neglect to advance the cause of truths , of virtue , and of God ? It is truly lamentable ^ and to serious , well-disposed , and considerate minds , it must often be the subject of their silent meditations , that so little regard should be paid to the interests of religion , while they behold so much zeal shewn for

    those things which are merely temporal . For the attainment of an object of comparative insignificance , we shall see men pmploying all their powers , and grudging no expense in its behalf ; and yet , when they are called upon to promote the greatest and most weighty of all concerns , how indifferent and unmoved do they appear ! Wishing you every possible success in the publication of your valuable Repository , and more particularly that it may be the means of rousing into action that spirit which now appears to be almost in a state of torpor and apathy , I conclude for th § present , by remaining your ' s , &c . ' York . T . M .

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    ON" DISSENTING MINISTERS PLAYING AT CARD $ , To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , There are many who maintain that truth is but one ; but , on the present occasion , I beg to state that it is twofold . It relates

    to practice as well as to faith : and now , Sir , it is a part of my creed , that it is a § much our duty to publish and support truth in practice , as it is to publish and support it in articles of faith . From the liberal sentiments expressed by some of the recent

    defenders of Upitananism , I was in hopes that this truth \ x practice was about to establish itself in all the parts of the Unitarian cpnduct . It was , therefore ^ with some surprise I read a long ? ind well-written paper in your Miscellany for October , on card-r playing . Allow me to observe to yop . that this custom ^ vile z \ s \

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    644 On Dissenting Ministers playing at Cards .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1806, page 644, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1731/page/28/