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    gIR }—The following letter has latelybeen received from that faithful and industrious servant of Christ , Wil--liam-Robertsfof-Madras : —Irrelates to a subject which deserves the favourable consideration of the Unitarian public , and I trust that you will secure for it all the attention

    which the pages of the Unitarian Chronicle can afford . To the Rev . E . Tagart . Reverend Sir , —I have often mentioned in my letters to my respected friends my having written notes and discourses on the gospels ; these have been copied , and divided into

    several parts , and put into the hands of my brethren . This was done about twelve years ago . From my further reading and thinking ; I thought I could improve them . Accordingly I began about three years ago , and am still continuing , to revise and write them fresh . 1 have lately

    made David Saverymooto copy the revised parts . These notes , &c . are on the harmony of the four Evan- » gelists , ( in arrangement I have followed Dr . Priestley's notes , &c , on his harmony of the four Evangelists , ) by which it is plain to be understood that it is not a literal translation of

    Dr . Priestley ' s notes * &e ., to which my capacity is not equal , I endeavoured to comprehend his meaning and spirit to the best of my abilities , and put it into Tamiiin , my own way ; in so doing , I was sometimes obliged to use more words than would be thought necessary , o w \ ng to my

    countrymen not being much acquainted with theological writings . Paraphrase I have very little in it . On doctrinal and practical parts of morality I have been copious ; in this I have often exceeded the original , because this was necessary to help my readers to the full compre-

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    hension of the Evangelical subjects . These notes , &c . in general I make use of in our _ Sunj ^ y _^ er ^

    vices instead of sermons , most of my brethren , particularly men , having the bible in their hands , examine the explanation with the texts ; if at their leisure they read over the passages , they will recollect more of my illustrations than a lon g' discourse on a single text .

    - According * to my humble judgment , any young man who is tolerably well acquainted with the Scripture , and my controversial tracts , using these notes and discourses , may easily acquire the ability of , teaching the plain truths of the gospel to others , and by perseverance

    for a few-years he may write discourses with facility jon any parts "of the Evangelists for his audience . The copying of it is very expensive and subject to mistakes ; none of my brethren can well afford to pay for the copying of it . If these notes were printed and put into the hands of my young assistants and other intelligent members of our society in

    Madras , and elsewhere , it would be the happiest thing of what I have hitherto done for them by your beneypler ^ t assistance . Thiswjll . b e the means of bringing to their recollection what I had taught them in the course of many years of my life , when I am no more ; and I doubt not that it would be a lasting blessing to my countrymen . The whole of these notes and discourses are 700

    pages foolscap j when printed it Mil be nearly about 1 , 200 pages . I should think in size equal to the pages of my vindication of Unitarian Christianity . At the present rate of printing , nearly as I could calcu ^ late ; the printing charges and paper will come to no less than £ 270 , It is a great sum of money , but it would

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1833, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2611/page/17/