ABSTRACT
Mr. S.T.Coleridge has stolen another march upon the public, in the shape of a second Lay Sermon. Of its contents we need not say much, as all who have read or heard of the first of these absurd rhapsodies may well suppose that the new principles adopted by this reverend seceder from just opinions are followed up with all the argumentative ability he possesses. To reason with a person of this cast would be as hopeless an undertaking as to reason with the inmates of Bedlam—where the error is in the heart, no illumination will reach the understanding. Mr. Coleridge, adopting a scriptural expression, says, ‘Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters’; this is his text—at least his motto—no reference to which is made, that we can perceive, throughout his discourse. Now this, we think, is a clear proof that the lay-preacher is not quite an adept in the selection of texts; and, as we are not uncharitably disposed towards him, we recommend the following as the subject of his third sermon: ‘Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known’.—Prov. chap. xiv. verse 33.
