Substance of a Speech: Delivered at a Meeting of Evangelical Dissenters of Different Denominations; Held in Edinburgh on 13th September 1832 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Substance of a Speech: Delivered at a Meeting of Evangelical Dissenters of Different Denominations; Held in Edinburgh on 13th September 1832

Soever opposed the former, Of being enemies of the latter: an ac cuestion for which there is not only no just foundation, but the very reverse of which is more nearly the fact for it would not be diflicult to show that the most skilful enemies Of religion, those who, hopeless Of destroying its sentiment and form, seek to degrade its spirit and misdirect its aim, - have invariably taken part with the friends Of Establishments. But this accusa tion, whether true or false against other assailants, must be for ever impossible against us. This Regulation will' prevent it. Agreeing as we do in religious belief with the members of the Establishment itself, - not seeking to supplant them in the possession of the riches and honour of a State alliance, - the most fertile invention will be unable to trace our present union to a sinister motive, or to throw the shade of suspicion over the honesty and benevolence of our intentions. All will be com palled to acknowledge, that at least we mean to befriend. Reli gion, and that our enmity is pointed exclusively at that system with which the endowed church in this country is artificially bound up, by which we believe it to be shackled, and against the untoward influence Of which we regret to see it daily wasting in ceaseless struggles, the vigour which might be expended in achieving new conquests.

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