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    maria would authorize us to tak £ : 5 VWojga $ q > believe me the hour cometh , when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father . * * * * But , the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth . " Against a system of rites and ceremonies it is of little use to oppose other rites and ceremonies as \ matters of necessity . These the Jew

    well knows can claim no authority or antiquity of origin comparable to his own ; the only question is , whether Christ came to substitute a spiritual for a ceremonial religion , or whether , while insisting on the former * he meant also to require a continuance of the latter . That he at least meant to permit its continuance , I cannot but think very evident . ¦ , ' • E .

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    To the Editor . Sir , In your last Number ( August ) are some remarks by " A UnitarianV on a . previous communication by T . F . B . respecting the use of that appellation , which , appear . to , me more harsh than the occasion required . The objectiona of p \ F . B . seem to have originated in an amiable desire of doing more good * by removing a supposed obstacle to the attendance of many on worships wfeieli ; he thought calculated for their improvement , and should not therefore , have been treated as " striking at the root of fair and honest dealing . * Christian practice is of more consequence than Unitarian or anfi other profession , ami it should be our object to bring as many as possible to righteousness . At the same time I agree with "A Unitarian" in much that he has said . It is now too late to inquire " whether it was good policy or consistent with just principle to adopt a name assuming for the basis of a religious denomination a decision of a great theological question . " I for

    one should have been glad if some denomination had been fixed on which , without implying offence to others , and without expressing decision on any point of controversy , would have simply denoted freedom of inquiry as our distinguishing principle , and would have pointed us out as Christians who seek the truth in the Holy Scriptures without respect for persons , acknowledging no mere ? human teacher as a guide , but looking unto Jesus , the author and finisher of our faith . But whatever I might desire , I da not see the 1 possibility of change ; the term Unitarian is stamped upon us in character which cannot be erased . If the use of it was objectionable , the evil'has

    been done , and we have now only to use our efforts that , with the X > ivine blessing on our labours , this evil , like others , may be productive of good .. If we must , indeed , be distinguished by an ism , I do not know any less objectionable than Unitarianism , if properly understood . The terms Animism and Socinianlsm which were previously used , were not only less comprehend sive , -but / were inaccurate , because they referred to sects or individual * who had many opinions in which those to whom the name was applied could not concur . We should object on the same grounds to be denominated ifrom ' Clark * , or # fifestley * or Beisham , or any other eminent writer , however / much we might ( esteem the individual ; and we conceive that we have ^ jtisti

    cause ofcompiamt against many of our opponents , because they tryxtfo con-k nect with Umtarianism the © piaions of individuals who have exercised ! thw

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    On the Use of the Term Unitarian . 717

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    ON THE USE OF THE TERM UNITARIAN .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/5/