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    when permanently ¦ endowed by the State , or by the prodigality 6 t mper atition , Christian tniimterB ^ w ^ re ^ at txaeted to their ftinetion by secular motives , and verified our I Saviour's words , ' No man can serve two tttasters , " Such churches mw have a

    " name to live , ^ and may lie oCea ^ ion ally illustrated by characters conspicuous for learnings and ? piety ; but if the great mass be unutforfiafecl in the principles , and unimbued by the spirit of

    Christian fellowship , the blast of hostile invasion , which sweeps away the external ornaMente and worldly revenues of the imposing but baseless edifice , will hardly leave one stone upon another to mark its former site . If it still

    be alleged that Christianity is inadequate to her own preservation without the aid of miracles or the substituted patronage of the State , look at the pic * lure presented by the historian above quoted of the triumphs of unassisted truth even in the darker ages of the church . " In the 9 th , 10 th and 11 th

    centuries of the Christian sera , the reign of the gospel and of the church was extended over Bulgaria , Hungary , Bohemia , Saxony , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Poland and Russia . The triumphs of apostolic zeal were repeated in ' tfie Jroi ^ age of Christianity . A laudable ambition excited the monks , both of Germany and Greece , ttt visit the tents and huts of the Barbarians .

    Poverty , hardships and dangers were the lot of the first missionaries : their courage was active and p&ti ^ nt ; their motive pure' and meritorious : their present reward consisted in the testimony of . % teir » itftosditttoe and the respect of a grateful people ; but the fruitful harvest of th # br toils w&s

    inherited and enjoyedAxy the proud and wealthy prelates of succeeding times . The iirst conversions were free and spontaneous : a holy life and an eloduent tohgtte Wetfe the only arms of tW i ^^ a ^*** W A ^? ^ I' from W ^ Qi ? ^ lly mi * kM to urge that

    Ui ^ t ** wty , ynj ^ &ififa , corrupted by Wfi | aUi ^ c ^ s , qo ^ alna sometlwg radica . U ^ ^ ood , or tb » t the countries where it is established possess advan tages superior , to the Heathen woWd , or i that the persecution of Chrifitian ' ' Am x - " ' " •¦ ••' ^ jr h ¦ >> j ? ' ¦'

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    fgjfar&br&m&& teiidedtifi Jheicown ^ dew agite to thef ^ afomia ^( m 6 f reJigtotj . r j ^ ste are fact * , whi ^ hliinky be rea ^ conceded vrithout a ^ amdii ^ the w ^ ment in fa ^ Jiir jofiiiBstkutio ^ . wluch are too frequently ariiajied lagainst the trirt ^ ^ ren in Ghrisfiaa Voountriea . It

    is the mysterious ^ attribute 6 fi ^ the Deity to bring good out of ^ evil v but all <> ur moral reasonings inust c ^ aaes if , we eonfoundthes beneficial efect ^^ m imdesigpiii ^ oGapse ^ ri ; Hhsis , may , Pilate and the chief priestfe rfiare inthe . glory of the Saviour of the worldi ¦

    ; 5 Tbe wovihf and amiable author of the discourses upon which-1 have been led to , ammadvert , unequivocally disclaims all aid and suppor ^ from civil pains and penalties against thermost outrageous opponent of GhriBtianity But we may answer in the prophetic words g £ Milton , fiCPtoseci « tion will

    never cease so long as men are bribed to preach the gospel by a iBeiseenary salary which is ytomibl g emiorted rather than gratuitously bestowed ; which serves only to poison religion and strangle truth . " , s

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1820, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2487/page/36/