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    to become the champions of the long ^ - forgotten and much-obscured truths of the Gospel , and also adapted to enlighten the ignorant , reclaim those who have wandered , console the afflicted , strengthen the tempted , and do the work of an evangelist among

    the people . Let me say , too , that this combination—of-abilities-was—happily exemplified in the discourse to which we had this morning an opportunity of listening . The first part of it was an acute , clear , and able piece of biblical criticism ; and the remainder was as beautiful an application of the

    results of that criticism , and a valuable specimen of moral delineation and precept . Such is the combination which our principles demand should appear before the public , and which is required by the spirit of an institution intended to disseminate religious instruction through the world . We are not mere theological antiquarians :

    our sole duty is not that of-exploring the dark places of Scripture , or of pouring light on what is enveloped in obscurity . Such things as these , indeed , we ought to do ; we ought perseveringly to di g in the mines of Holy Writ ; but at the same time we ought never to forget to put the gold that we draw thence into common

    circulation—making it the sinews of our holy war against ignorance and vice , and the means of diffusing the most important blessings over the whole surface of society , from its highest elevations to its lowliest valleys . Ac * cordingly , it was well for our preacher

    to attack the theological errors that prevail in the religious world ; but it was also well that he did not stop there , but proceeded from pulling down that which is false and injurious , to building up that which is true and useful . The mere smalmess of our

    numbers leads men to speak of us as a sect ; but in our views , at least , there is nothing sectarian ; our principles are those which Christ explicitly declared , and they are principles which none who profess a reverence for the Scriptures will dare in terms to deny .

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    The difference lies here : that we hold these principles in their native purity and extent , and refuse , like others , to blend that which is infinite with that which is limited , and to narrow down the all-comprehensive doctrines of divine grace into the limited and

    exclusive speculations of a bigot ' s creed . -The-dis course—that ^ weHhave ~ 1 ; his ~ day heard was also in harmony with the spirit of our religion , by its happy blending of the permanent with the temporary . We rest on principles , which are as unchanging and enduring as the laws by which the heavenly

    bodies revolve in their everlasting rounds , but which also apply continually to the common and varying circumstances of life , guiding our pursuits , stimulating our exertions , and affording us consolation from day to day , from month to month , and from year to year ; principles which , while

    they are as durable as the laws of matter and of mind , like them also are illustrated in ceaseless changes and successive seasons , now putting forth the blossoms of spring , and now gladdening our eyes with the glories

    of harvest . Such , Sir , is the manner in which our principles should be advocated ; and we rejoice , and are grateful to our preacher , that he has not put the importance of our institution on narrow grounds , but has endeavoured to enter into its real

    tendency ; and in the same spirit in which he has given himself to us , we send back to him the tribute of our minds and hearts . I feel assured that I am only expressing the voice of the meeting in moving , 3 . * That the cordial thanks of this

    meeting be given to the Rev . William , Hincks , of York , for his able and interesting sermon , delivered this morning / The Rev . S , Wood seconded the

    vote of thanks , and expressed the great satisfaction he had felt in hearing Mr . Hincks ' s discourse . [ It is by Mr . Wood ' s request that his speech is reported thus briefly . ] Motipn agreed to unanimously .

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    TJN 1 TARTAN CHRONICLE . 101

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1815/page/5/