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    eosBnd chills 04 ur Fresby terten atoioaphere . Consider , then , Genfcletfrien ., whetker the publication of an annual report , giving a view . of the state of PreabyterianisiB in eaeh presbytery or union * would not waken us to tour

    interests . Suck a work would be a history of the progress or decline of Presbyterianism ; would alaHn , stimulate or animate those who think our form of worship worth preserving ^ A plan of conducting such a report , that it should contain the largest sum of information , might be , to appoint a

    lay committee every year in each con- ? - gregation , who should give a particular view of tbe proceedings of the church for the past year , notifying all the items in money transactions , &e . j in addition to this , the pastor should give a general review or report , independently of the lay communication , which separate reports would corroborate or correct

    the matters severally contained . These should be presented ftf the meetings of the Synods , to be prefaced by a general report , drawn up from the statements et jtfee churches by the moderator of the Syaod . Should tWs be published , the circulation would be immense , foecause the Dissenters of every description would be anxious to know the

    state of so leading a body , « tnd to many Chureh-of-England men it would be / a matter , perhaps , of fearful curiosity . We find some of the most flourishing bodies adopting methods of mutual communication and support . The Methodists , I believe , make something

    of a public confession as to the state of their churches , la magazines bearing their name , as do many other professions ; and indeed almost all religions bodies except Irish Presbyterians , ; take every © pjifMrtunity' ttf aiding each other by advice ; warning each other

    by stating their mi 3 fortuwes ; exhilarating each other by intelligence of success ; urging their brethren to a continuance ib well-doing by praise , 4 xr correcting them by censure , given & * r Christian views , in a Christian spirit . Is all this , then , unimportant $ Shall we , because no one attacks dm *

    beautiful and venerable church , fellow it to tunable down tfercru ^ h ^ egiect ? fl 3 Rb © freedomxCiurfathera bled for- ^ the Mfch we would Weed fcir if called on tp die farfitr *^^ Um& ' tfttiimtmMtMGwtito ^ awaytUl the place that knevvit \ atetU vou xV » 4-jt

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    know i $ no more / I shall make , jon this p ^ rtiwlar , no further appeal : Ufa and , ovt ] pastors , | pp jfe § u- £ mNk ft ' acting consistently wpji the dictate ? Q : f conscience , unshackled |> y human ^ thority . To the pyfejofretti j $ ¦¦ $$$ - tteii , who are fc § e tb think of theijr ways , because flb ^ y Mt& . ' ff&K . ltO' ^ 4 according tp tlieir reason s to - # & : p $ ment of m ^ i who w | il d ^ r ^ to ^ according to t&ei ? opinions , because they may boldly view r $ y proposition in all its bearings before tfceyjd ^ caL ^ , I fearlessly leave my fir ^ t suggestion . " It is high time to awaJke out of sleep . " _/

    In future letters I ^ hali take up the points which I think ought to be contained in the Report , as they occur to me , not intending to observe &Vf arrangement . In my next conaniuni cajion . I shall take up tfee , subj $£ t 9 $ subscriptions aud subscribers . I am , Gentlemen , Your obedient B . M'BRA&Y .

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    Sijt , SOCIETY is about to he formed A in the city of New York , ( IL S , ) for the purpose of adjusting differences by mutual agreement instead of resorting to courts of law , A similar plan

    has been for some time adopted in Denmark . In the three years preceding its establishment , 25 , 621 cases came before the courts of law , and in the three years following , only 9 , 6 o 3 , making the astonishing difference of 15 , 868 iavv-suits in that short period .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/49/