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    • CORONATION SERMONS.*
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      Coronation Sermons.*

      CORONATION SERMONS . *

      Mr . Aspland informs us in his preface that " the clergy of the Established Church , and the ministers of the other denominations of Christians in Great Britain , have been accustomed to preach and publish sermons on

      the coronation of our Kings . " The custom seems to be dying out . It leaves us , however , an excellent legacy in his own discourse on Christian Patriotism , which is the only sermon on the occasion , with the exception of the official discourse of the Bishop of London , the publication of which we have seen announced .

      Considering the unprecedented popularity of the Sovereign , it is rather remarkable that the pulpit should have been so silent , and the press so idle . Perhaps it is partly owing to the people ' s feeling less interest in the ceremony than formerly . The principles of Utilitarianism are abroad . Most men have Latin enough to ask cui bono ? Or if they have not , the question has been done into English . They think of the expense as well as of the spectacle . There is a suit instituted , Pockets versus Eyes . They

      • A Sermon preached at the Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties , King William IV . and Queen Adelaide , in the Abbey Church of Westminster , September 8 , 1831 . By Charles James Lord Bishop of London . Published by His Majesty's Command . London : FeHowes . 4 to . pp . 15 . Christian Patriotism ; or , the Wishes and Prayers of Britons for their Country

      in the present Crisis : a Sermon , preached before the Unitarian Congregation , Hackney , on Sunday , September 11 , 1831 , being the Sunday after the Coronation of his Majesty , King William the Fourth . By Robert Aspland , Minister of the Congregation . London : Hunter . 8 vo . pp . 24 .

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      THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . LIX .

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      NOVEMBER , 1831 .

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      vol . v . 3 a

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1831, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2603/page/1/