The National Register.
London, England, 1813-12-26 00:00:00

Doctor's defender. because the most lovely part of the

creation attend his preaching ? Ave they not of the same
species? have they not souls? Do they not evince, by see
doing, that they prefer sense •to sound ? If he were ex
reedia,r uoly, the crowd, rest assured, would le the same."

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However partial young persous of both sex-es mu be, as the
latter writer a& ms they are, to young ministers, it by Po
means follows that their partiality is justly bestowed; or, its
other words, that the preachers whom they admire have

evinced "abilities commensurate to their stations." Quite
the contrary is sometimes the case. Concerning 44 the most
lovely part of the creation" for instance, whatever the Doc-
tor's defender may determine, we unfortunately see, indreett
that their " smiles" a►c to he " won by ignorance, their
hearts subdued by vanity," and " their minds pleased wi:h
conceit."

Perhaps the bearers of our Doctor have not already for-,
gotten the manner in which he was ciiiainaily accustothed
.6 affect an alteration in the Lord's Prayer ;" and which was
denounced to be, with perfect truth, by one who then
heard it, " a shameful departure from the sense, and an .
evident diminution of tlie beauty of a prayer, which; in alt
its pal ts, the people have viewed as sacred, philosophers have
adinired as excellent, and christians- have- venerated as
vine !" This was readily conceded as " the only • tenable
er4itiud" of objection to him; and, although his advocates
still described him equal to the task of vindicating the al-
teration, he has prudently abandoned th's ground. Yet it
was at ia,t relinquished with but au ill glace. It was not
till after mach hesitation, accompanied with some alterna-
tion, that this Evangelical Minister' was reduced to pray
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass
against us." Never could he have justified his mode cf.
pravitig•that best of prayers. Candidus, though one of his
scitinch friends, shrunk from the task of attempting to de.
fend the altetation, which he knew, in shut t, admitted of tua
defence.
Why the reverend Doctor
.deserted his own cause, 'upon
an occasion that so Much demanded his notice,—althouh
said to have been " equal to the task, if necessary, and if
calkd upon by any one worth his answeritor,"—was, ;c-
-! cording te Canditius, because, '' by taking. notice of pa
anonymous writer, he would degrade ininself.'"ine rta-
der is requested to observe this. Cha,ged with an offence
of peculiar aggravation in bim, considering his professiOn,
he declines to meet the charge, merely because it is anonv-
mously preferied against him ; yet, at another time, and ie-
specting an insinuation as compaiatively weak. the Doctor
he,ifates not, although anonymously to enter into
an immediate vindication of his conduct. No wooer does
he find himself attacked, iu a oewspaper of no celehrity,t

- t ex corresponiknee liCre ail,:dc,l to, umk I>iier in The I)ay '
ew,oper, certainly of 'to celebri:v-; am! uriLiivitud t%itl, a
ho nitiist4 Nemo,' by his ;laving thrown oilt some Cool.
wents on some verses, tinder the title of The JuiTee, whieis appear-
ul in .the fq:Nancrylici.l Magazine, he:iring the initial an:nature of %V-
-it. C. Tlioneh the retiitatioa ct Nenio's iniplit,ition contains no,
Vtly t ciiiai kaiile, either in ti:ollgist -or style, :‘ et, seeing it is
the first instance in whirl' the Doctor has condescended to notice
6i:ch a line ofiattack, it is he: e_snlijoinetl.
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