DISNEY’S SERMON.—BELSHAM’S SERMON.—=PARR’S SERMONe 
means of our defence; and 6. That in 
the cause of justiee and self-defence, we 
may rely on the providence of Almighty 
God. If we mect not with any tower- 
ing flights of eloquence, we have what 
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the preacher considers as of higher value, 
good sense, sound argument, and the 
expression of firm and rational piety, 
pure patriotism, and unshaken loyalty. 
Art. LIV. Trust and Confidence in the universal and sovereign Government, and con- 
stant Providence of God: a Sermon preached in the Unitarian Chapel in Essex-street, 
London, on Wednesday, October 19, Fc. By Joun Disney, D.D. F.S.A. pp. 22. 
“ DISAPPROVING of the discussion 
of merely political topics, in a place ap- 
propriated to religious instruction.” and 
wisely judging that “our fortitude in 
promoting and securing our defence, or 
in bearing and suffering our defeat, must 
be built on a broader and more satisfac- 
tory foundation, than that of merely 
gratifying our indignation at the avowed 
jealousies, asperities, or resentments of 
an ambitious and sanguinary enemy,” 
Dr. Disney “ proposes simply to suggest 
to his hearers such observations and re- 
flections, deduced from the superintend- 
ing providence of God, as have been 
and continue to be the support of his 
own mind.” ‘The words of the text are 
selected from Rev. xix.6. Though not 
destitute of animation, this discourse is 
chiefly distinguished by its piety, and 
the liberal and enlarged views it presents 
of the government ot God. 
Arr. LV. The Situation, the Prospects, and the Duties of Britons in the present Crisis of 
Alarm and Danger, represented in a Discourse delivered to the Unitarian Congregaiton at 
Hackney, October 19, Sc. By Tomas Betsuam. 
THIS discourse is of a complexion 
somewhat different from the preceding. 
The preacher does not avoid politics, 
but he introduces them no further than 
as they were naturally suggested by the 
subject and occasion of his address.— 
The situation of the country, he consi- 
ders as alarming, from the peculiar cha- 
racter of the present contest, to which 
there appears no prospect of a termina- 
tion; but still he sees no reason for de- 
spondency. The power of the British 
navy, the bravery of our defenders at 
home, the unexampled. unanimity of the 
nation, the conciliatory spirit of the pre- 
- sent administration, the moral character 
of Britain, the recollection of the sea- 
sonable interposition of Divine Provi- 
dence in past emergencies, unite to af- 
ford a good ground of hope, that the 
divine blessing will accompany our stre- 
nuous exertions, With respect to the du- 
Art. LVI. 
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'-_ ANY work to which the name of 
Parr is affixed, will justly excite atten- 
tion; and all that the promise of the pub- 
en now before us can have raised, 
—avill, by its appearance, be amply grati- 
fied. Distinguished by eral of ar- 
‘gument, vigour of expression, loftiness 
of style, and a liberal and enlightened 
‘patriotism, this discourse will not only 
_ promote the purposes in aid of which it 
ties incumbent upon us at the present 
crisis, the preacher observes, that we 
should be properly sensible of the dan- 
ger of our country, free from unmanly 
dejection, duly apprized of the nature 
and importance of the contest, anxious 
to bury all private animosities ina patri- 
otic regard to the public good, strenu- 
ous individually to exert ourselves to 
perform those duties which the exigen- 
cies of the state may require, and in the 
faithful and resolute discharge of these 
should commit ourselves and our cause 
to God. 
The whole discourse is animated and 
energetic; and contains such expressions 
of loyalty, as some would perhaps be 
surprised to hear from a preacher of the 
sect to which Mr. Belsham belongs, after 
all the unmerited obloquy which has 
been thrown upon it. 
A Sermon preached on the late Fast Day, at the Parish Church of Hatton 
Parr, LL.D. Ato. pp. 31. 
was composed and delivered, but contri- 
bute to preserve the well earned fame. 
of its author, to a far distant period. 
Nearly one half of this sermon is occu-. 
pied in vindicating the gospel from, the 
charge which has been alleged against 
it, in consequence of the supposed want 
of all instruction relating to the duty of 
patriotism. The sum of the preacher’s 
reasoning is thus given by himself: 
