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of men; and have abhorred the plan of 
making it fubfervient to the narrow and 
temporary purpoles ofa party or a govern- 
ment. They have not dared to enlift the 
Almighty in the fervice of a particular 
nation, or to point his thunders againtt 
their fellow-creatures, merely becaufe 
their worldly interefts interfered. They 
have not fetapirt days for the religious 
commemoration of public events, the f- 
nal conlequences of which no man can 
fee, and which are regarded with totally 
different feelings by different parties. 
Keeping their own hands unttained with 
blood, they have viewed the fhedding of 
bleod by others as a fubject of humilia- 
tion rather than thankigiving; and if 
ever they offer prayers for national blefs- 
ings, it is for thoie of peace, brotherly 
love and righteoutnefs, in which they de- 
fire that all mankind fhould equally parti- 
cipate. 
Thirdly, though I do not know that 
they differ from other Chriftians in their 
fpeculative notions of the efiicacy. of 
prayer, and the interpofition of Providence 
im human concerns, yet I can fee that they 
are much more wary and referved than 
others in making petitions for particular 
favours; and hence, according to my 
judgment, preferve a greater confiltency 
in the theory of the divine perteétions, 
and inculcate a more tranquil and reve- 
rential fubmiflion to the will of the Deity. 
In this refpect they are a ftrong contraft 
to the puritans of the laft century, and the 
firlt methodifts of this, whole copious and 
minute addreffes to heaven often degene- 
rated into indecent familiarity, and que- 
rulous importunity. 
Fourthly, by boldly difcarding, inftead 
of endeavouring to fimplify and ration- 
alize, thofe rites of religion, which, from 
a kind of emblematic veil thrown about 
them, will always be abufed and mifun- 
derftood by the vulgar and the fanciful, 
they have eradicated among themfelves a 
vaft mafs of fuperftition and error, from 
which no fect that retains them is entirely 
free; and which, in fome, has almoft 
overwhelmed all that is valuable in reve- 
laticn. How far they have been juftified 
in doing this, from the authority of {crip- 
ture, I do not enquire ; but the advantage 
of having got rid of fuch inlets to falfe 
opinion, muft be manifeft to all who are 
capable of making comparifons. 
On the whole, it appears to me, that 
no fociety of Chriftians ever acquired the 
effentials of their religion at fo cheap a 
rate, or in fo pure a form; and thefe 
privileges are {0 intrinfically valuable, 
tl 
Mr. Dunn’s Pamphlet....Charitable Infitution. 
that I fhould not doubt of the ability of 
fuch a fet to maintain its ground, even 
though it were to refign its little peculi- 
arities of {peech and drefs. I am, Sir,’ 
Your’s, &c. 
SIMPLICLUS. 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magaziue. 
SIR, 
F your correfpondent, S. L. is a ma- 
thematicien, and had given himfelr 
time to confuit Simpjor, Maclaurin, and 
Clairaut, he would not haye fent you the 
extracts trom Mr. Dunn’s pamphlet (page 
272, May Mag.) Thofe authors have 
demonftrated, that the direion of grawita~ 
tion is perpendicular to the earth's furface. 
What is to be underftood by the dire&tion 
of gravitation, is the direction ‘of pref- 
fure of the particles at the earth’s furtace? 
This arifes from the centrifugal force, 
and the forcé of gravity combined ; which 
forces neceflarily keep the particles at the 
furface inequilibrio.  ~ 
There feems to be nothing aew in Mr. 
Dunn’s pamphlet except his zotiows re- 
{pecting the plummb-lize : it is not ealy to 
guefs how he could imagine that its di- 
reGtion (indeendent of the effets of un- 
equal denfity) will not be perpendicular 
to the earth’s furface, without making 
this ftrange fuppolition, that zt muff be Ji:/- 
pended fram the fey. 
May 25th. : Ls 
eee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
OUR benevolent correfpondent E. P. 
' and many other of your readers, 
will, no doubt, be happy to hear that a 
fociety is propofed to be eftablifhed tor 
the purpofe ot providing relief in certain 
cafes of extreme mifery incident to com- 
mon proftitution *. 
It is recommended to gentlemen, who 
coincide with the author of this Effay in 
opinion that the frequent occurrence of 
fuch cafes beccemes highly worthy of fe. 
rious-attention, that they fhould inicribe 
their names.in a4 iilt, pretaced with the 
following refolution, kept by the book- 
fellers who fell the Eflay. — 
Refolution:—It appears to us that com- 
mon proftitutes are expofed to various 
miferies which claim relief from the 
good policy as well as from the huma- 
nity of the public: we ate therefore 


* See ** Thoughts on means of alleviating 
the Miferies attendant upon Common Profti- 
tution,” printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies: 
in the Strand. 
willings 
429) 
