View of the Character, Position, and Prospects, of the Edinburgh Bible Society, 7 Letters [Ed. by H. Grey]. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1827 Excerpt: ... offered, of introducing the word of God by refusing it. The effect of that alternative, dubious as a question of speculation, and not yet ascertained by experiment, it was natural for a Committee to hesitate upon in serious deliberation, and to explore the minds of their constituents in the spirit, not of agitators, but of inquirers, whose duty it was to ascertain, rather than to direct, the current of sentiment, striking the balance betwixt contending opinions. I remain, &c. LETTER IV. Apology for the circulation of the Apocrypha abroad--Absurdity of the Charge of Concealment--Charge of zeal in the circulation of the Apocrypha false and inapplicable--Credit hoxu far due to the instigators of Reform--London Anniversary--Character of those in England tvho support the Edinburgh Society. Sir, . The people of England were satisfied--and I say it in defiance of all ex post facto interpretation of the Bible Society's primary law, and clamorous wisdom of those whom early and habitual apathy in a good cause may have saved from participation in ingenuous error--the religious public of England were satisfied that the question of the Apocrypha received its decision from the Committee as soon as the general sentiment of their constituents could be discerned as requiring or admitting of it--they were satisfied that a more precipitate closing of the question, however the public mind might have been ripe for it in Scotland (a point on which I cannot pretend to judge) would have been in England only a premature and unauthorised anticipation of a decision, which, in order to its being unanimously embraced and steadfastly adhered to, required to be made after full inquiry and deliberate examination of the merits of the case. The connection with continental communities, with r..