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    arrogate to themselves the exclusive appellation of rational . What , arc no rational Christians to be found but Socinians ; and are other Christians to be considered

    as devoid of the chief dignity of their nature I But to argue the point seriously would be putting an affront upon common sense .

    I was going to observe further upon the improper application of the term V ? iztariany which Socinians restrict to themselves ^ but is equally applicable to all other

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    Christians who maintain the Unity of the 'Divine Being . Having , however , exceeded greatly the limits I first proposed to myself , it is necessary that I should forbear ; and shut up these remarks with my earnest wishes for the revival of those principles that added lustre to the ^ Presbyterians of former days , and are best cal - culated to establish their interest upon a solid basis . W . W .

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    64 On the Decline of Presbyterian Congregations

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    ON THE DECLTNIS OF PRESBYTERIAN c 6 NGREGAlTIO ^ S .

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    To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .

    cc To teach is to inform and to impress . To inform the understanding , by opening and explaining the Holy Scriptures , is one chief branch of instruction . The other is to inipreti and set home information upon the heart , that it may abide there , and bring forth the fruit of a holy life . " Robert Robinson .

    Birmingham , Jan . 6 sir , 1810 . The decline of what are called Presbyterian Congregations - has lately become the subject of inquiry among some of your correspondents . That it is a fact , all seem to allow , and the u Rational Dissenter of the old school " deeply laments it , But ill my humble opinion , he has not at all found the cause of the decay he deplores , which in order to ascertain , it will be necessary to examine of what materials those congregations are composed , and what line of conduct their public instructors have pursued ; for it is certain that the cause of this decline must be sought either in the preacher or the hearers , or both . As far as my experience goes the congregations iu ques-

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    tion are made up of "very motley materials . Some attend because their parents attended , some because there happens to be a favourite preacher , some because it is decent and decorous to attend at some place at' public worship , some because no particular doctrines are preached , some for what they can give , and some for what they can get 5 some because they don ' t like the church , and yet wjsh ' to go to the genteel - est ifreeting in the place , some because they are disgusted with the jargon of Calvinism , and are therefore glad to go any where to escape it , and some , doubtless , with the " Rational Dissenter /' for their own practical improvement . Such are the material * which have composed the Presbyterian congregations that I hav #

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 64, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/16/