A Candid and Conciliatory Review of the Late Correspondence of the Reverend Dr. Worcester With the Reverend William E. Channing

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Excerpt from A Candid and Conciliatory Review of the Late Correspondence of the Reverend Dr. Worcester With the Reverend William E. Channing: On the Subject of UnitarianismWhat, my dear Sir, am I to think - what shall I say of this representation of the Holy Three in One Am I to think that one divine person or being, unlimited in all perfections and excellencies, cannot possibly be hap Py, s - that He cannot find an adequate object Of infinite love, - and that we cannot find an ob'ect in one solitary Deity on which the pious mind can delight to dwell In stating, and in the contemplation of these queries, I cannot but realize confused, strange, and painful emotions. If one person, of all, and unlimited perfections, cannot be happy, but in society, and if to be associated with one other such person, were not sufficient to make him happy, is it not difficult to conceive that an association with two other such persons, would be competent tb his complete happiness Why would not the happiness of the individ ual be increased in proportion to the increase of the num ber of persons associated? Besides, if one person of all in finite perfections, cannot, in those perfections, find an ade quate Object of infinite love, - and if in two such persons he cannot find this object, is it not difficult to conceive that this adequate Object can be found in three such persons Would not this object increase in excellence, in propor tion to the increase of such supposed persons These questions, I am sensible, seem to border on an irreverent treatment of a most serious and solemn subject. But they are questions which Dr. W's. Statements strongly sug gested to my mind, and which, I think, naturally grow out Of his statements. In proposing them, however, I feel no emotion Of levity, or of irreverence. The very reverse is the case.-i am filled with commiseration, mingled With astonishment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.