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    tion to us all that we hold to be implied ia the name and character of God . «« It is possible , that without the voluntary interposition of the Son of God , this world would have been lost ; atad that it would not hare been consistent

    with the inscrutable counsels of Divine Wisdom , with the essential attributes of the Divine nature , with the relations in which we may stand to the rest of God ' s spiritual creation , and with the effect to

    be produced throughout the various classes of intelligence , that it should ha ^ ve been saved and restored to immortality , without this magnanimous humiliation , this heroic condescension , of that exalted

    Spirit . "—P . 289 . Freely as we have animadverted upon these Sermons , we cannot drop this Review without expressing our

    respect for the author , and our hope that his volume will attract public attention , and particularly in Ireland . We are not wicked , we hope ; but we confess that we should like to see Dr .

    Bruce called out into the field of controversy by the €€ orthodox" of his own " island of saints . " Theological warfare is necessary to make logical , critical and , in the true sense , sound divines ; and nothing but this appears to us to be wanted to rouse the

    Protestants and Presbyterians of Ireland from the apathy , which , with regard to political as well as religious questions , has , with some fitful exceptions in the former point of view , prevailed in that country , and proved its bane .

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    his conduct in resigning his popular and gainful profession gives weight to his declaration of faith in a reformed system of Christianity . His Letter is as respectful to the High Personage to whom it is addressed as the roles of courtesy can be conceived to require . He thus relates his conversion to a pacific creed :

    " With much zeal and sincerity I entered into the Naval Service of y © ur Majesty ' s revered father , and swove allegiance to him- This allegiance is now , of course , due to your Majesty as his lawful successor . When I entered hito 3 this solemn contract , I entertained no

    apprehension that I was acting in opposition to the principles of the Christian religion ; 11 or did any apprehension of this kind ever arise in my mind during the tide I was actively employed in the servioe of my country . Nay , so far from suspecting that I was departing from' Christian

    rectitude , it appeared to me almost certain * if I should lose my life in the service of my king and my country , that this would serve as a kind of passport to the favour and acceptance of God . This © piuiony

    which has been frequently inculcated by ministers of the Gospel of Peace , as well as by Pagan writers , ie > 1 believe , gene * rally entertained by those who think at all when they enter the naval or military " profession .

    ** Those , Sire , who live much in the world are imperceptibly led to think , and act , upon the principles of tllose with whom they associate . Though , in the busy scenes of naval service , I never

    entertained an idea of my profession being irreconcilable with the religion of Christ ; . yet , after passing several years in a retirement bordering on seclusion ; and after more closely inspecting the

    Christian precepts , and reviewing my past life , it appears to me that while 1 have been serving my king and my country , if not brilliantly , yet faithfully , I have been acting in open disobedience to the plain and positive commands of another and a

    superior Master , —a Master whrose claims upon my allegiance are prior , and paramount , to those of your Majesty , or of any earthly sovereign /'—Pp . 7 , 8 . " When the first impressions , Sire , were formed in my mind concerning the unlawfulness of Christians entering into

    or remaining mi the military profession , I cannot exactly recollect . To my shame , I may , I believe , say that I never thought seriously on the subject till within the last four years . Whenever I heard feelings of disapprobation expressed concerning war , I was led to regard them , as Bishop Horsley did , as a species of puri-

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    302 jReview < . r-Captain Thrush ' s Letter to the King .

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    Art . III . —A Letter addressed to the King , hy Thomas Thrush , on Resigning' his Commission as a Captain in the Royal A avtj , on the Ground of the Unlairjuhiess of War , 8 vo . pp . 32 . Harding . 1825 .

    THIS is in every point of view an interesting letter . The writer is actuated by pure Christian motives , and proves his sincerity by makinglarge sacrifices for the sake of conscience . We enter not into his argument against all war , as well defensive as offensive , grounded upon the

    prophecies of the Old Testament and the precepts of the New ; our object being merely to exhibit to our readers this singular case of Christian integrity . The writer is known to our readers as an able advocate for Unitarianism ; and we may be permitted to add that

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1825, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2536/page/46/