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ears " ; while the vulgar of every class 

 would raise a tabernacle to his honour, 

 and rank him with many others whose 

 names have done no credit to the creed 

 he professes to expound. But the sincere 

 believer would fain hope that the effer- 

 vescence, created by the novelty of his 

 powerful preaching, will gradually subside, 

 and that the dignity of human reason 

 and the sanctity of pure religion may 

 be vindicated by the convictions and ex- 

 amples of the more sober-thinking part of 

 the community. 



In the meantime, it may be asked, when 

 will our countrymen cease to be wor- 

 shippers of this too palpable spirit of a 

 charlatan? Will education ever secure 

 the mind of the multitude from the inroads 

 or allurements of . fashion and of folly, 

 and prevent the senses being captivated 

 by the display of gross dramatic misrepre- 

 sentations, with an unhallowed colloquy, 



