Memoir of the Chisholm

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has not taught me, in any degree, to deviate
from these principles ; but has rather confirmed
and strengthened my belief in their soundness
and truth, and added to my determination to
act upon them. I am now, as I was then,
zealous for the maintenance of a Protestant
Established Church, throughout every portion
of the United Kingdom. I wish to see the
government of this Christian country, in plain
and distinct acknowledgment of its allegiance
to Him, " by whom alone kings reign," uni-
ting and identifying itself in every portion of
the vast dominions which have been given to
it by the Lord of the whole earth, with the
visible Church of Christ. I wish to see Bri-
tain standing forward, amid the nations of the
earth, before God and man, in the truly ma-
jestic attitude, and with the lofty bearing, of
an uncompromising defender of the Christian
faith. I wish her to proclaim herself, in lan-
guage not to be misunderstood, the devoted
servant of Him, who has marked her among
the kingdoms with distinguished favour ; who
has plainly identified her renown, and her
prosperity, throughout her history, with the
boldness of the national testimony which she
has borne to His truth.