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    Whatev ^ J ^^ t € |^ o ^ ct of this Convention may be , certain it is , that it is intended as a strong league , made iij : the name of God , against libeml op ^ tiiiN ^^ How $ ruly $ oe % this remind «* of tbeSbv ^ reigna / oi" thfc thirteenth dfgmr $ ; £ i \^ Bf ^ Chron ., JFe $ . 19 . '•> jV - ' -hi- . r ' ' m ¦

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    S * Wt ^ w ^ ^ -p P ^ I e of tbev , last *

    Having incurred your censure for " calling in question ' certain doctrines iC professed by the Yearly ' Meeting-, in its Epistle for 1810 , ' * and bein ^ n cnf able whfc much sincerity to avow my cordial appro * bation of those which its Epistle for the

    present year contains upon the same subjectfy I hope expressing the same to yotL will not be deemed an improper exercise of my Christian liberty , or give yon just cause for dissatisfaction . How this Eriistie can be reconciled to the former , Itmrn not , but this 1 beg * leave to refer to you ^ as being well worthy yodr consideration .

    On hearing the latter epistle read in jth « Quarterly . Meeting , I was forcibly struck with the soundness , clearness , a > nd scri p * tural simplicity of its language , compared , with that of the former , upon every porrit of doctrine on which erroneous opinions are imputed to me by your record ^ aijr < t that without feeling conscious of kcf ^ f change in my sentiments . - )' - ..

    My attention was , again drawfl To this Epistle , as the latest and most authentic exposition of the doctrines of the Society , by the delivery of a copy to rxfef by one of your members appointed to distribute those Epistles . Since this time I have carefully examined its contents , and in the respective situation in which we stand to each *

    other , as fellow -Christians , ' and childreli of the same benevolent "Paretit of the Unw verse , even ^ the God anil Father * of our Lord Jesus Christy I feel that I owe it to you , before t close this letter , briefly to call your serious attention to those parta of the last Yearly MeettngJSputtie to whiclif

    I have alluded . In doing this I shall a-pv nex a few words to mark more plainly Kov ? I understand the Epistle , always distinguishing' them from the text . It begins thus : u In offering you this salutation of our love , we believe it right to acknowledge our thankfulness to the Author of ajli .

    good , that we have been permitted to meet together . We have bad again to rejoice in a seuse of the gotfdmjss pf Him [ the Author of all good" ] who , by his presence , owned us in times past—we have felt the . consoling assurance that the Divine Power [ of Him who is omnipresent T ^ and wljose mercies are over all his worlra is both ancient and new . " That is , I tfte *

    sume more properly , is unchangeable ^ « It is from tbis holy source [ " of aM grood ^ t that every cajo ^ nicfnt , " stti « thU E | Alfji ^

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    Letter of Mr . ro ^^^ J ^^^ ^ Ionthlj / Meeting . l £ 3

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    ' * : " iBrjomley , j ^ . k . % 1816 . "fJlERHAPS few oCyoirr readers are J ^^ avfarc ^ that glider Jhe sanction of tt | e Yearly , Me ^ e | iqg of Friepds , Com * n&ittees ; are \|^ n tUn ^ to time appointed ^ to inspect periodical works a » they come out , that any remarks

    co | i © eming their , principles or practices vf ^ ich requite it , may be promptly , noticed , " and their testimonies be supported . The late Joseph Ghirney Sevan , of Newington , v ^ as one of those appointed to ha ; ye the theological superi q tendance of your Journal , so far as . it might relate to the concerns of

    of Friends * . In : ^ e latter part his life he was much disabled frortf writing or reading by a coniplaiut in his ey es * I believe the last article from hb pen ^ .. sent / % o your Work * was it is

    sjSfiie ^ BfeVilpqiius : . inserted V 3 t V . p * 647 . . I . do not know who h ^ s b ^ en nominate d in his room , but supppse such C ^ inmittees of the Meeting fdk Sufferings , jstee still

    appointed , although several articles which seemed loudly tq f ^ l for replies rt 6 fflKfl ^ no ^ ed , I ^ iave thought \ VheOieiil | he ;^ m ^ mbers of . these pp ~ mittees arilnpt becptfte yiiQr ^ fastidipus tb aji thew ipre ^ jecessors , and wave giving any . xeidie ^ to anonymous wri * tersl

    ' Should this have been , the reason why a paper signed " An Inquirer /* ia yQiir last Vol . p . 546 , has been > pa rsed over in silenqe , I would obviaje tiiat objection by the inclosed fe ^ jBr ^ wli ^ ch was sent to the Meeting , ^^ hiqh 1 was excomrriunicated . If yo ^ u fbink fit to insert it , some member pf the $ ociety , if not of that

    Meet-^ fe jil ^^ eJthe proprjje ^ y , when thus ' ^ r *^ #%% ^ ujfon , to attempt an exnj ^ U ^ n of / the " aptparca ^ t mconwstenbiei and cXo ^ raaictions , ' * which kWK fl ^ rre ^ poiitl ^ it ^ ha ^ pointed out . j ^^ wiy , letter , it was pot even alu > W&l to lie read in the Meeting , ajnd btottot prbc ^ red me , any informaijlop iiyvrf i ^ ipm | ! 3 it the Epistle for 18 id , Sfflljffill ^ asiWe g ^ upcb op which * ililiite ! 5 ^« nw » i <» t ( pdt cwfterecon .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/25/