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    Art . I . Discourses on Evangelical Subjects ; both Doctrinal and Practical . By Richard ^ Wri ght . 12 mo . pp . 314 . 6 s . Liverpool , printed sold by D . JEaton , London . ISM .

    Mr . Wrig ht is distinguished in the novel character of an Unitarian Missionary , and these Discourses , as we learn from a Dedication , 4 c To the Committee and Members of the Unitarian Fund Society / ' - . re a specimen of his labours / ' a sample in writing of

    the addresses he delivers extempore . From them , therefore , the public will be able to judge of his fitness as an instructor of the multitude , and also of the utility of the bociety , under whose patronage he acts . We think that their

    judgment must be favourable both to the preacher and to the Society . •/ The ct Discourses ' ' bear internal marks of being such as the author , . preaching without notes , would deliver . They have not

    the correctness and the polish which commonly characterize the sermons of preachers of his denomination ; but they amply compensate these defects by their

    simplicity , solid sense , clear exposition of the scriptures , earnestness , devotional spirit and practical ten , dency . They are the workman . ship of a thinking man , and are

    the more interesting for being cast in an " Evangelical" mould ; they are a pleasing specimen of gospel preaching on Unitarian princi- ' pies , so different from that style ot preaching which is only not contrary to the gospel ; and if

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    such be , as we have reason to believe they are , the sermons which Mr . Wright usuall y delivers in his missionary tours , we wonder not that the common people hear him gladly . The < 4 Discourses" are Fifteen

    in number , and the subjects are of the highest importance , D . I . from Ephes . iv , 15 ; " Speaking the truth in love / ' is entitled 4 C Truth and Charity united . " This is far from bcina the best sermon in the volume :

    but various considerations are successfully adduced , to shew ihat ct Truth and love are both of heaven l y origin ; they flow from the same source , the fountain of infinite wisdom and goodness ; and each is favourable to the interest of the other . ' p . 32 .

    In D . II . on " The Unity and Paternal Character of God / ' from 1 Cor . viiL 6 . Cc To us there is but one God , the Father / ' the preacher seems to be more mi his character , as a missionary . The argument is ably sustained and forcibly applied . Within so short a compass we have scarcely ever seen so full and striking an exhibition of Unitarian Christianitv . —

    The following , preliminary observations on the subject oi tnc Divine Unity are ingenious and just : — «« It may be proper in the outset to anticipate an objection which will be made to the arguing of this point . It will be said , all Christians admit the unity 01 Gqd , and consequently it is superflucjJ * to enter on a formal proof of it . ^ ° this it is replied , though all Christian * profess to believe there is but one God , many contend for a p lurality in the < uvinc essence , and assert there arc three

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    ei Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . " Popl .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1811, page 548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2420/page/36/