The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-20 00:00:00

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" The occasion of it," he says, " was the controversy which
arose upon the account of erecting a marble cenotaph, with a
panegyricalinscription, to the late rile. M-y, in the great
room of the Subscription Library in S---d.
" To the erection of any honorary memorial in Mat place, for
the service: alleged, and more especially bearing an inscription
worded as that is, -very strong objections were urged ; inasmuch
as those services were not even equivocal, but decidedly repro-
bated by many of the subscribers ; and, Upon the best imagin-
able grounds, were judged to carry with them the unqualified
disapprobation of a large majority. The event proved, not in-
deed that such a candid opinion of the senurrients of our
• nei‘rlibours' was unfounded, but only the truth of a vulgar
suspition, that it is possible sometimes for men to Prink one way
and act another. Many of our friends, influenced by various
temporary motives, forbore to express their sentiments by so strong a measure as a vote against the cenotaph, and some even
Voted for it, who are not willing, nevertheless, to he considered
as approvers of the principles, religion: and political, of the late
Mr. M.
" This monument of the devotion and zeal of the one party,
and the apathy of the other, therefore still retains its station ;
and to the dissentients no other alternative is left, but either to
withdraw from a library, which bears upon the face of it what
they deem a great and conspicuous mark of disrespect to Chris-
tianity, (as some, in high and well founded indignation, have
done;) or to appeal to the public by a protest against it,
either unitedly or individually,
" To withdraw, is a measure which ought not to be decided
upon by our party with guite so much precipitation, as the
Other party used in putting the tablet up. Off'ensive mea-
sures may be executed at any time. A pause for reflection
is useful under irritated feelings, and gives time for a change
of opinion and change of measures, which by circumstances
unforeseen is sometimes brought about. Meanwhile, the con-
tinuance of the tablet in that situation ought not to implicate
a disgraceful acquiescence in those who »ever can approve, and
who openly expressed their disapprobation. If, for reasons
good; they do not think it expedient immediately to withdraw,
yet they desire nevertheless to be considered as decidedly hos-
tile to the principles which upon this occasion have obtained
a temporary triumph, and which it is the chief purpose of..this
marble to recommend to the public: the man is at most but a_
secondary object."

Of the utility of-Public Libraries, when well conducted and
under the management of well informed and enlightened per-
sons, no one can doubt, whilst it is equally obvious that, con-
dUcted under the direction of individuals zealously attached to
principles and doctrines improperly designated free, they may
be perverted to the worst and most dangerous of purposes. In
a district where the avocations and circumstances of the great
body of the inhabitants preclude their devoting much time to
literary pursints, and where there are few opportunities of as-
sociating with individuals whose acquirements and habits
might induce a taste for useful and sound learning, the effect
of dedicating a public monument to the memory of an indivi.
dual, conspicuous for -his hostility to the established religion
and institutions of his Country, and whose literary attempts
had acquired him the reputation of a Luminary of no ordinary
lustre, at least amidst the darkness by which he was surround-
ed, was obviously calculated to do irreparable mischief ,by ex-
citing the ambition of congenial spirits to such efforts as might
gain them similar posthumous honors.
It is much to be lamented that a want of firmness and reso.
lution in the opponents to the measure did not enable the au-
thor of the work now before us effectually to resist the aceOm-
plishment of a purpose which can reflect nothing but discredit
on the institution to which they are contributors ; but he
will enjoy the satisfaction arising from the consciousness of
having done his duty, and of having endeavoured sincerely and
zealously to counteract a measure too likely to be productive
of mischievous consequences.
We are sensible that in the small space Which we can allot
to the review of publications, it Is impossible to do justice to
the work before us, or to gratify our readers with so many ex-
tracts from it as might enable them to form a fair estimate of
all its merits without reference to the book itself ; we must
therefore content ourselves with recommending it to their pert.
sal, and transcribing one or two passages which will enable

them to judge of the animated style and the good feeling and
sound doctrine which pervade the work.
We select the following Passages, which are stmnppli-
ly a cable to the subject which gave rise to the publication
" The setting up of examples for the imitation of others,
that all who are emulous of the praise and rewards of superior
virtue, should also so walk as they walked, 1 John ii. 6, ought,
in these deceptive times, to be the work of sound and diserimi-
nating judgment, and of art undoubtedly honest intention. It
ought not to be the effect of partiality to the leider of a fac-
tion, or a contemptible demonstration of the accidental triumph
of party strength, by_ whatever meaner obtained.—Victory iu such
contests, is not always a sure pro_ of or real superiority ; for, like
Justice, the fickle Goddess is represented blind, and she fre-
quently inclines the scale to the subverion of Truth, and against
the wishes and best endeavours of its best friends. Example
has a very persuasive and extensive influence on the rain d. It
may be an incentive to virtue and train or equally as much on
the contrary a seducing guide to speculative evil, or an intro,
diction to pernicious heresy.
" When we contemplate the statue of Apollo in a library,
we feel no emotions of disgust on account of the divine honours
he formerly arrogated to himself, or the nuinerous and great
public blessings lie boasted to have conferred upon mankind.
Inveriturn medicine meum est, opiferque per orbem
Dicor, et herbarum est subjecta, potentia noels.
le powers of plants, and physic's art I found,
• The great reliever thro" the world reentered.'
Sewell's Ovid. Met.
" For all will agree, that we are not at,preaent in any great
danger of being seduced to the worship of him, or even to the
imitation of his example. Nay, we do not even question his
pretensions to occupy his post upon his pedestal; his antiquity
and high testinionials from the poets exempt him from severe
discussion or enquiry, as to how he came there, or wherefore ?
But the case would be materially altered should a modern deity
assume his office, and be obtruded upon our veneration, to a
much higher degree than Apollo himself, even to be hencefor-
wards the tutelar genius of the place, and the pattern of imita-
tion; nay, I had almost said, the inspiring Apollo, under
whose auspices we must in all times to come, submissively sit
down to pursue our uncongenial lucubrations with what. appe-
tite and content we may.
" It is the general declaration of Holy Scripture, that the
latter ages of the world will be distinguished by a rapid advance
of knowledge, both of a good and bad description. By
the
blessing of a merciful Providence upon the praise-worthy Cicero
Lions of his steady witnesses, in the midst of an evil and adul.
tennis generation, 4The earth shall be filled with the know-
ledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea !" Isaiah xi. 9.
" The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven
days." Isaiah xxx. 26. But this ultimate state of happiness
will not be atchieved without a previous con! est first with the
opposing powers of moral and intellectual darkness, and the
gigantic growth, and sometime prevailing efforts of sceptical
science, and philosophy, falsely so called. I Tim. vi. 20. The
studies and labour of a wholelife of the sceptic
.philosopher, are
devoted to the accelereting of this expected crisis; for he also
foresees that " there is a march in thing's, ever tending to.
wards the perfectibility of human reason," which the serpent
that cannot he originally premised. But this happy consum-
mation seems to be attainable only by means of confounding
both language and ideas, and perverting every thing to the
most forced and unnatural senses. Pstn. lvi. 15, 2 Pet. iii. 16.
An artificial darkness can be easily raised, in the clearest light,
by a cloud of sceptical dust, and strained authorities may be
brought up in
..proof of the most unwarrantable theories,
(Isaiah v. 20.—viii. 20.) upon which, if the natural light were
suffered 'to break in, it would greatly impede valuable discove-
ries' as well as disturb the beautiful arrangement of the blind.
fold system. The beauty and true nature of this system of re-
ligion is finely illustrated by the invention of the Kaleidoscope ;
an instrument which derives its name from exhibiting an end-
less variety of beautiful forms, which have no reality in nature,
but depend upon a bit of broken glass. By looking into a
darkenened tube, agreeably the deluded beholder contemplates forms of things, new and surprising, anti which carnet be seen
by those who use their eyes only as meson and nature direct,
whether ignorant or wise. But these. fleeting, forms have no
more reality than the Visionaty theory. of irreligious phantoms,
seen by looking into Simpson s Sociman Kaleidoscope, which is
effected by inclosing the Bible in 4 dark box, depriving It of the
light of revelation, and turning it topsy turves. The distorted
and grotesque appearance of the sacred oracles ?gran/ a surpris_
ing delight to eyes accustomed to vision in this way. As for the
futile opposition which the spirit of philosophizing encounters at
every turn from scriptural objection, and difficulties apparently
insurmountable, the modern rule of dressing and pruning makes
every thing of that sort quite easy. The stubborn text that
*ill not bend to the space of wall allowed to it, and the band.
some training required, must receive a gash, until it will com-
ply without breaking, and a workman of skill and practice
knows how to do it neatly, and with perfect security. ?or is
fit while we have so many propositions, and logical tools to
work with, that the ruggedness of revelation should be made to
,prophecy smooth things, and the text which stands in the may
should be compelled to submit to system ; and not system, or
reason, or genius to a text, or a chapter, or a book—so long as
Wakefield can supply a dissecting knife, or Priestley and Bel-
sham a drop of Avernus water, to neutralize it into a dead letter.
In this state of things, the magnitude of the danger which
threatens society is augMented much beyond what many seem to
apprehend, by that appetency for indiscriminate reading, and the •
eager and general disposition to acquire knowledge, which now
prevails, and supports so many public reading rooms and sub.
ecription libraries. This i 3, in many cases, a sort of a &lie
appetite, which outstrips the competency to make a proper se-
lection, (in the midst of a literary chaos, where specious truth
is mixed with pernicious falsehood), of retch books only as may
safely be depended upon to yield only .wholesome nourishment
to the mind. Truth is said to lie at the bottom of a well, and
in these times must be drawn up thence with a spirit ofjudi-
cious discrimination, lest, instead of truth, imposture may bats..
pen to rise in the bucket.
"Knowledge of good and evil is indeed in our days facilitated,
by means of intellectual pumps, beyond all conception of our
ignorant fathers !—There are concise views, abridennents,.fa-
miliar guides, &c. to all eons of knowledge; and science
is measured out according to the demand of modern ens.
towers, in the precise modicum that may be asked for.—
If any are wavering in the faith, or halting between two opi-
nions, they may, by this convenience of a scientific pump, be
readily supplied with the water of Lethe, and guides to conduct
them through all the gradations of rational religion, and from
one stage of scepticism to another. Hang have eyes too weak
to endure the fell splendour of the gospel sun, at this mart
they may procure darkening glasses to any degree of opacity,
most agreeable to the present state of mental vision or a col-
lyrium may be had, at an easy price which will gradually ex-
tinguish the eye of faith entirely, without either pain, or even
sensibility to the loss of it. lasi. v. 20, Jobe iii. 19, 20. In..
deed, in the regions of the serpentine philosophy, a spiritual
kaleidoscope, or camera obscure, the invention of an association
of sceptical opticians, is now pretty generally substituted in the
stead of the old book. In the genuine scriptures, which none
but fanatics now use without lowering, the delicate stoniach of
scepticism is for ever nauseated with a mouthful of the marvel.:
louts, the miraculous, the prophetical, and, above all intolera-
ble,' the mysterious l--mere incrustations all ! and contracted
like the brief interpolations here and there, by their paseing
through barbarous hands in barbarous ages—The inferences
drawn from all these, are hut so many tt corruptions of chile-
tianity," which the sceptical kaleidoscope can free it front, pre.
senting us with a pure heathenism, the dross of both Jewish
and Christian prejudice being left behind, like a caput mar-
Mum, in-the crucible of sophistical criticism. The curators,.
therefore' of subscription libraries, as caterers for the public
appetite,have a certain degree of responsibility upon them, and
ought to be chosen from men who have some shreds and par-
ings of conscience left, and a modicum of feeling for the future
state of the public health, which is of somewhat more signifi.
Ca than the philanthropy of modern philosophers. They
ought to be men who are not already quite blind, and far gone
in philosophy, beyond the reach of any vollyrium to restore, or
even relieve."

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These observations are too true. There are too many helps
to a little knowledge in these times which are eagerly seized by
those who have not industry or capacity Air the investigatien of
truth. We need not expatiate on the mischief which has thus
been accomplished. It is felt every day, anti .greatly is the
country indebted to those who have talent, firmness, and
honesty enough to endeavour to avert the earning evil. We
trust that our venerable and excellent establishment in Church
anti State will long have a vigilant, zealous, and able Niapporter
to watch the maciiinations of its enemies, in the author of
-" Scripture Proofs of the pre-existence and Deity of Christ."....
Whilst he is at his post we shall little dread their most despe-
rate efforts.