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    similar impediments to human happiness —but to nothing else—a firm yet a mild , an avowed and a consistent enemy * G . C S . ¦ ,

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    criticism , of hfo wprk . We 0 f $ c # n . < $ udc that the silence whkihi J ^ ^^^\^ respecting it has been less owi ^ : to neglect than to some doubt as ti > qualification for giving it a Just eocouiium , t& worthy aud discriminating praise . A new translation of the Bible is an undertaking of the ! greatest magnitude ; but most unquestionably of the utmost need . Mr . Wellbeloved has ventured

    upon it ; and we may say , that if any man in the Unitarian connexion , from his profound acquaintance with the languages of the ancient versions and the best sources of theological , information , from his habits of patient investigation and industrious perseverance , could

    venture upon it with a prospect of . success , that man is Mr . WeUbeloved . Yet if the Beraean , in laudable zeal for Mr . W ., expected his Bible to be received with enthusiastic encomium , —that is , if he expected it to attain immediate popularity , —he evidently expected what is inconsistent with the nature of the work .

    The attentive readers of the Bible , those who truly " search the Scriptures " with a view to understand them , are not so very numerous a class as pious persons might wish . Even that interest which

    such a publication as Mr . Wellbeloved ' s is calculated to excite , will naturally be of a very sober kind . And we do not know that Unitarians are chargeable , as we earnestly hope they are not , with greater indifference to works of a theological nature than their brethren .

    The long intervals at which the Parts follow one another , must be admitted to account , in some degree , for the apparent disregard which has certainly been the fate of this < publication . ¦> Many of its earliest and warmest supporters have perhaps ceased "to have ? any more a portion in any thing under the sun . " The first impatience of , others - has

    probably been succeeded by neglect . » We are far ^ however , fromblaming the editor far this , delay . We do not admit the slow steps .-: with which the . wo . rk proceeds to be a just reason for being regardless of ita progress * or withholding support from it . ; Those who speak disparagingly of the editor ' s tardiness ,

    discover . ; aniuftej : v ignorance of ± the , difficuli ties of his task , and do . Jiot make » ura-, cdent allowance i for his , other ¦ important avocations , sw It has , bfifiUflaid , that these obstructions should-have tmn . foreseen , rand that the wark should not have been aunownced . till itwasin * a « tat « . p £ greater . Ipiw ^ ridiness . , , But - in , thc ^ prigress of such an undertaking ^ . difficulties arise

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    Occasional Correspondence . 859

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    On Mr . Wellbeloved ' s Translation of the Bible . To the Editor . Sir , The letter ofBerseus , on Mr . Wellbeloved ' s Bible , inserted in a late number of the Repository , excited considerable attention . There is certainly some

    ground for his remonstrance with the Unitarian public , on their neglect of this valuable and important work . But his remarks require some qualification ; or you will permit your pages to be occupied by some additional observations on so excellent a subject . The circumstance , that Mr . Wellbeloved ' s Bible has not drawn forth much criticism , and that

    the " patient Editor has been doomed to labour in silence , " hardly proves that the progress of his work is not watched with anxious attention ; and that his labours are not , by many , duly and highly appreciated . On the contrary , the deep interest which his arduous undertaking excites , may have tended , in

    some measure , to restrain an inclination to publish remarks on the manner and success with which he proceeds . It might seem premature to venture an opinion on the detached parts of a publication , the completion of which is so earnestly desired . Considering , also , the manner in which criticism is too

    frequently conducted , the author or editor , who is steadily engaged in ' a work of great labour aud great importance , has some reason to congratulate himself upon being allowed to pursue it in silence . In silence there is , at least , nothing disrespectful . He is then free

    from the annoyance of observation ' s which may distract his attention , without assisting him . We cannot indeed suppose that the pages of the Monthly Repository would , be disgraced by any frivolous or unbecoming remarks upon the labours of a man entitled to so

    much consideration and respect from the Unitarian body as Mr . Wellbeloved . His competency for the task of a . tran » - lator of the Bible , the extent and variety of his learning , his familiarity with the best critics and most elaborate commentators , are so generally known and so highly estimated , that it may very well be supposed some dintdence has operated in preventing a regular

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 859, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/59/