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      ( Continued from p . 10 . ) M . Malan .

      Tpfc / T MAJjAJS is a man possessed XTJu # of various agreeable talents ; lie is a painter , a musician , a turner , he makes pleasing verses , sings with taste and has great facility of expression ; moreover , his boldness and

      confidence in his own powers are un * bounded- He had not , however , sufficient depth of knowledge or strength of understanding to enable him to take the leadfr if , like others , he performed his task in a quiet way . 3 he started tumultuously from the ranks

      to attract notice . His mind was early corroded by a love of distinction ; reverse the sense of it , and we might apply to him an inscription seen on the front of an ancient hippodrome at Geneva , which puts the following words into the mouth of the actors :

      Malo esse quarn viderL" "Mate videri qitam esse , " might well be his motto . I remember , one day when we met in the city , he did not hesitate to ask rne the question , What do men think of me ? These words are

      characteristic of all his proceedingsy his first consideration is the opinion of men , the suffrage of his fellowcreatures . I should not be surprised if devoting a whole chapter to him should restore me to his favour . He

      . has often talked of the persecutions o £ which he has been the object ; it is doubtful whether his conduct will open for him the gates of paradise , but in the mean time the gates of fortune have opened before him . This sort of martyrdom is more easy and more pleasant than that of primitive ¦¦

      times . ' , ¦ ,. ' .. . In the . year 1817 , M . Malan biid succeeded in attracting attention , ; by preaching with vehement and stern . ness the inutility of good works In procuring salvation j likewise , as editor of the ViellardfP £ Hac 0 m 6 ey hb had added a note in , that publication to unfold the \ opinions : c * fc Galvinr * m absolute predestination . As E 6 ± r

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      he had given disturbance to the inspectors of the College by the nature of his religious instructions , and on from

      that account they had withdrawn Iiiin the confidence he no Idnger merited ; he published some explanatory pieces on his dismissal , con < & ^ in # that which was most to the ptirppse , tlie extract from the recor « fe of the

      Council of State declaring that he bad been deprived of his office for insubordination to His superiors . M . Malan refused to submit to the Regulation of the 3 rd of May , although Dams were taken to make him

      comprehend its * spmt , and although &e had been convinced tfc&t he was jitot required to renounce his peculiar opinions , but merely to express himself guardedly ia the pulpit . He wrote several times to desire that

      0 ach of his sermons should bi ^ exanxined before he pronounced it in public , a plan which was inadmissible amongst so large a number of preachers , especially as he would have defended every sentence and entered into endless discussions : he was

      advised to submit , as all his colleagues had , done , to the . Regulation . He wrote again , appearing to meditate a schism ; he was sent for and addressed with gentleness ; he disavowed his menace and ^ ritfcdrew h ? s lette ^ he persisted , notwithstanding in claiming the use oif the pulpit aijg in refasiiig submission . In order to .. terminate ^ an

      unavailing * correspondence , on the 6 th of June lf £ 17 , the Secretary was instructed to write to him : he accordingly wrote in the following terms : " S * R AND VERY DEAR BnOTHEJR ! * -.. ¦ <* ¦ ¦ . ¦ * ' y ' 1 ' f

      < The body of the clergy cannot grant you permission to fill the pulpit m your Canton , until you ^ olfcmse , npt with regard to any single service &ut f ^ r iybtir genem giiidaince , to confonxi Soi the r ^ galation , which has been fmmed for all its own members

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page Unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/1/