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    only neglected , but forbidden , and no prayer , except a written one , is suffered to be used by the students at York . "

    Before the author , whoever he may be , had ventured to make such an assertion public , he ought to have had the fact completely ascertained ; and not have contented himself with an if . And even after he had done this , it is

    not , I think , customary , or quite consistent with the character either of a gentleman or a Christian , to bring so serious a charge against a well-known individual , without affixing his proper signature to the accusation . Nor can I think that

    you , Mr . Editor , are entirely free from blame , the blame at least . of inconsistency , ( see your notes to correspondents in this and some former Nos . ) for th-u ? readily admitting an anonymous attack . I am glad , however , that a calumny which has for some time been

    lurking in secret * has thus been fairly brought before the public ; and I doubt not that it will , in due time , receive its full refutation from the excellent person directly concerned , and from the

    students who have had the happiness of receiving his instructions . But knowing that the former is at present in a remote part of the country , where it is probable that your Repository may not reach

    him , and that the latter , from their present dispersed situation , will not be able to send you the proper documents in time for your next number , I wish to lose no time in availing myself of the situation which I hold , in the Institu

    tion , as well as of the appeal which your correspondent has thought fit to mak ^ to my sermon lately preached at York , - of dis-

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    tinctly denying the fyct . I think myself , at the same time , fully justified in calling upon your correspondent for thst authority upon which he has made so

    extraordinary an assertion ; expressed , as it is , in language which shows that its author , whoever he i » ay be , can never have had the slightest acquaintance with the

    relation between tutor and pupils at York , or with the manner in which the discipline of that insti - tution is conducted by its excellent director . I am , Sir , Your very obedient servant .

    WILLIAM TURNER . Visitor of the Institution . P . S . I cannot help thinking it particularly hard , that a writer against liturgies should have brought such a charge against one

    who , ( he ought to thank me for reminding him , ) has expressed himself on tne subject of them ( whether justly or not I shall not say , for I mean not to enter into the controversy , ) in the following words :

    * ' The arguments by which the use of printed forms of prayer in social worship is recommended , are certainly numerous and powerful ; yet , if not contrary to the principles upon which Protestant

    Dissenters meet together , as mav . Dissenters meet together , as may , perhaps , not unreasonably be expected , it is so abhorrent from their natural feelings and habits ,

    that it cannot be expected soon or widely to prevail amongst them . Let liturgies be drawn up with ever so much caution , they will unavoidably partake of the nature

    of a confession of faith , and may be felt as a painful restraint by those who succeed the original composer ; and , on the otfaer

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    350 Misrepresentation of the York Academy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/30/