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UNITARIAN CHRISTIANITY
by William Ellery Channing
Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Jared Sparks in The First Independent Church of Baltimore on May 5, 1819.
1 Thes. v. 21: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
There are two natural divisions under which my thoughts will be arranged. I shall endeavour to unfold, 1st, The principles which we adopt in interpreting the Scriptures. And 2dly, Some of the doctrines, which the Scriptures, so interpreted, seem to us clearly to express.
II. Having thus stated the principles according to which we interpret Scripture, I now proceed to the second great head of this discourse, which is, to state some of the views which we derive from that sacred book, particularly those which distinguish us from other Christians.
A. In the first place, we believe in the doctrine of God's UNITY, or that there is one God, and one only. To this truth we give infinite importance, and we feel ourselves bound to take heed, lest any man spoil us of it by vain philosophy. The proposition, that there is one God, seems to us exceedingly plain. We understand by it, that there is one being, one mind, one person, one intelligent agent, and one only, to whom underived and infinite perfection and dominion belong. We conceive, that these words could have conveyed no other meaning to the simple and uncultivated people who were set apart to be the depositaries of this great truth, and who were utterly incapable of understanding those hair- breadth distinctions between being and person, which the sagacity of later ages has discovered. We find no intimation, that this language was to be taken in an unusual sense, or that God's unity was a quite different thing from the oneness of other intelligent beings.
B. We object to the doctrine of the Trinity, that, whilst acknowledging in words, it subverts in effect, the unity of God. According to this doctrine, there are three infinite and equal persons, possessing supreme divinity, called the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Each of these persons, as described by theologians, has his own particular consciousness, will, and perceptions. They love each other, converse with each other, and delight in each other's society. They perform different parts in man's redemption, each having his appropriate office, and neither doing the work of the other. The Son is mediator and not the Father. The Father sends the Son, and is not himself sent; nor is he conscious, like the Son, of taking flesh. Here, then, we have three intelligent agents, possessed of different consciousness, different wills, and different perceptions, performing different acts, and sustaining different relations; and if these things do not imply and constitute three minds or beings, we are utterly at a loss to know how three minds or beings are to be formed. It is difference of properties, and acts, and consciousness, which leads us to the belief of different intelligent beings, and, if this mark fails us, our whole knowledge fall; we have no proof, that all the agents and persons in the universe are not one and the same mind. When we attempt to conceive of three Gods, we can do nothing more than represent to ourselves three agents, distinguished from each other by similar marks and peculiarities to those which separate the persons of the Trinity; and when common Christians hear these persons spoken of as conversing with each other, loving each other, and performing different acts, how can they help regarding them as different beings, different minds?
C. We do, then, with all earnestness, though without reproaching our brethren, protest against the irrational and unscriptural doctrine of the Trinity. "To us," as to the Apostle and the primitive Christians, "there is one God, even the Father." With Jesus, we worship the Father, as the only living and true God. We are astonished, that any man can read the New Testament, and avoid the conviction, that the Father alone is God. We hear our Saviour continually appropriating this character to the Father. We find the Father continually distinguished from Jesus by this title. "God sent his Son." "God anointed Jesus." Now, how singular and inexplicable is this phraseology, which fills the New Testament, if this title belong equally to Jesus, and if a principal object of this book is to reveal him as God, as partaking equally with the Father in supreme divinity! We challenge our opponents to adduce one passage in the New Testament, where the word God means three persons, where it is not limited to one person, and where, unless turned from its usual sense by the connexion, it does not mean the Father. Can stronger proof be given, that the doctrine of three persons in the Godhead is not a fundamental doctrine of Christianity?
D. Having thus given our views of the unity of God, I proceed in the second place to observe, that we believe in the unity of Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus is one mind, one soul, one being, as truly one as we are, and equally distinct from the one God. We complain of the doctrine of the Trinity, that, not satisfied with making God three beings, it makes; Jesus Christ two beings, and thus introduces infinite confusion into our conceptions of his character. This corruption of Christianity, alike repugnant to common sense and to the general strain of Scripture, is a remarkable proof of the power of a false philosophy in disfiguring the simple truth of Jesus.
E. According to this doctrine, Jesus Christ, instead of being one mind, one conscious intelligent principle, whom we can understand, consists of two souls, two minds; the one divine, the other human; the one weak, the other almighty; the one ignorant, the other omniscient. Now we maintain, that this is to make Christ two beings. To denominate him one person, one being, and yet to suppose him made up of two minds, infinitely different from each other, is to abuse and confound language, and to throw darkness over all our conceptions of intelligent natures. According to the common doctrine, each of these two minds in Christ has its own consciousness, its own will, its own perceptions. They have, in fact, no common properties. The divine mind feels none of the wants and sorrows of the human, and the human is infinitely removed from the perfection and happiness of the divine. Can you conceive of two beings in the universe more distinct? We have always thought that one person was constituted and distinguished by one consciousness. The doctrine, that one and the same person should have two consciousness, two wills, two souls, infinitely different from each other, this we think an enormous tax on human credulity.
F. We say, that if a doctrine, so strange, so difficult, so remote from all the previous conceptions of men, be indeed a part and an essential part of revelation, it must be taught with great distinctness, and we ask our brethren to point to some plain, direct passage, where Christ is said to be composed of two minds infinitely different, yet constituting one person. We find none. Other Christians, indeed, tell us, that this doctrine is necessary to the harmony of the Scriptures, that some texts ascribe to Jesus Christ human, and others divine properties, and that to reconcile these, we must suppose two minds, to which these properties may be referred. In other words, for the purpose of reconciling certain difficult passages, which a just criticism can in a great degree, if not wholly, explain, we must invent an hypothesis vastly more difficult, and involving gross absurdity. We are to find our way out of a labyrinth, by a clue which conducts us into mazes infinitely more inextricable.
G. We believe, then, that Christ is one mind, one being, and, I add, a being distinct from the one God. That Christ is not the one God, not the same being with the Father, is a necessary inference from our former head, in which we saw that the doctrine of three persons in God is a fiction. But on so important a subject, I would add a few remarks. We wish, that those from whom we differ, would weigh one striking fact. Jesus, in his preaching, continually spoke of God. The word was always in his mouth. We ask, does he, by this word, ever mean himself? We say, never. On the contrary, he most plainly distinguishes between God and himself, and so do his disciples. How this is to be reconciled with the idea, that the manifestation of Christ, as God, was a primary object of Christianity, our adversaries must determine.
H. If we examine the passages in which Jesus is distinguished from God, we shall see, that they not only speak of him as another being, but seem to labor to express his inferiority. He is continually spoken of as the Son of God, sent of God, receiving all his powers from God, working miracles because God was with him, judging justly because God taught him, having claims on our belief, because he was anointed and sealed by God, and as able of himself to do nothing. The New Testament is filled with this language. Now we ask, what impression this language was fitted and intended to make? Could any, who heard it, have imagined that Jesus was the very God to whom he was so industriously declared to be inferior; the very Being by whom he was sent, and from whom he professed to have received his message and power? Let it here be remembered, that the human birth, and bodily form, and humble circumstances, and mortal sufferings of Jesus, must all have prepared men to interpret, in the most unqualified manner, the language in which his inferiority to God was declared. Why, then, was this language used so continually, and without limitation, if Jesus were the Supreme Deity, and if this truth were an essential part of his religion? I repeat it, the human condition and sufferings of Christ tended strongly to exclude from men's minds the idea of his proper Godhead; and, of course, we should expect to find in the New Testament perpetual care and effort to counteract this tendency, to hold him forth as the same being with his Father, if this doctrine were, as is pretended, the soul and centre of his religion. We should expect to find the phraseology of Scripture cast into the mould of this doctrine, to hear familiarly of God the Son, of our Lord God Jesus, and to be told, that to us there is one God, even Jesus. But, instead of this, the inferiority of Christ pervades the New Testament. It is not only implied in the general phraseology, but repeatedly and decidedly expressed, and unaccompanied with any admonition to prevent its application to his whole nature. Could it, then, have been the great design of the sacred writers to exhibit Jesus as the Supreme God?
L. Having thus given our belief on two great points, namely, that there is one God, and that Jesus Christ is a being distinct from, and inferior to, God, I now proceed to another point, on which we lay still greater stress. We believe in the MORAL PERFECTION OF GOD. We consider no part of theology so important as that which treats of God's moral character; and we value our views of Christianity chiefly as they assert his amiable and venerable attributes.
M. It may be said, that, in regard to this subject, all Christians agree, that all ascribe to the Supreme Being infinite justice, goodness, and holiness. We reply, that it is very possible to speak of God magnificently, and to think of him meanly; to apply to his person high-sounding epithets, and to his government, principles which make him odious. The Heathens called Jupiter the greatest and the best; but his history was black with cruelty and lust. We cannot judge of men's real ideas of God by their general language, for in all ages they have hoped to soothe the Deity by adulation. We must inquire into their particular views of his purposes, of the principles of his administration, and of his disposition towards his creatures.
N. We conceive that Christians have generally leaned towards a very injurious view of the Supreme Being. They have too often felt, as if he were raised, by his greatness and sovereignty, above the principles of morality, above those eternal laws of equity and rectitude, to which all other beings are subjected. We believe, that in no being is the sense of right so strong, so omnipotent, as in God. We believe that his almighty power is entirely submitted to his perceptions of rectitude; and this is the ground of our piety. It is not because he is our Creator merely, but because he created us for good and holy purposes; it is not because his will is irresistible, but because his will is the perfection of virtue, that we pay him allegiance. We cannot bow before a being, however great and powerful, who governs tyrannically. We respect nothing but excellence, whether on earth or in heaven. We venerate not the loftiness of God's throne, but the equity and goodness in which it is established.
O. We believe that God is infinitely good, kind, benevolent, in the proper sense of these words; good in disposition, as well as in act; good, not to a few, but to all; good to every individual, as well as to the general system.
P. We believe, too, that God is just; but we never forget, that his justice is the justice of a good being, dwelling in the same mind, and acting in harmony, with perfect benevolence. By this attribute, we understand God's infinite regard to virtue or moral worth, expressed in a moral government; that is, in giving excellent and equitable laws, and in conferring such rewards, and inflicting such punishments, as are best fitted to secure their observance. God's justice has for its end the highest virtue of the creation, and it punishes for this end alone, and thus it coincides with benevolence; for virtue and happiness, though not the same, are inseparably conjoined.
Q. God's justice thus viewed, appears to us to be in perfect harmony with his mercy. According to the prevalent systems of theology, these attributes are so discordant and jarring, that to reconcile them is the hardest task, and the most wonderful achievement, of infinite wisdom. To us they seem to be intimate friends, always at peace, breathing the same spirit, and seeking the same end. By God's mercy, we understand not a blind instinctive compassion, which forgives without reflection, and without regard to the interests of virtue. This, we acknowledge, would be incompatible with justice, and also with enlightened benevolence. God's mercy, as we understand it, desires strongly the happiness of the guilty, but only through their penitence. It has a regard to character as truly as his justice. It defers punishment, and suffers long, that the sinner may return to his duty, but leaves the impenitent and unyielding, to the fearful retribution threatened in God's Word.
R. To give our views of God in one word, we believe in his Parental character. We ascribe to him, not only the name, but the dispositions and principles of a father. We believe that he has a father's concern for his creatures, a father's desire for their improvement, a father's equity in proportioning his commands to their powers, a father's joy in their progress, a father's readiness to receive the penitent, and a father's justice for the incorrigible. We look upon this world as a place of education, in which he is training men by prosperity and adversity, by aids and obstructions, by conflicts of reason and passion, by motives to duty and temptations to sin, by a various discipline suited to free and moral beings, for union with himself, and for a sublime and ever-growing virtue in heaven.
S. Now, we object to the systems of religion, which prevail among us, that they are adverse, in a greater or less degree, to these purifying, comforting, and honorable views of God; that they take from us our Father in heaven, and substitute for him a being, whom we cannot love if we would, and whom we ought not to love if we could. We object, particularly on this ground, to that system, which arrogates to itself the name of Orthodoxy, and which is now industriously propagated through our country. This system indeed takes various shapes, but in all it casts dishonor on the Creator. According to its old and genuine form, it teaches, that God brings us into life wholly depraved, so that under the innocent features of our childhood is hidden a nature averse to all good and propense to all evil, a nature which exposes us to God's displeasure and wrath, even before we have acquired power to understand our duties, or to reflect upon our actions. According to a more modern exposition, it teaches, that we came from the hands of our Maker with such a constitution, and are placed under such influences and circumstances, as to render certain and infallible the total depravity of every human being, from the first moment of his moral agency; and it also teaches, that the offence of the child, who brings into life this ceaseless tendency to unmingled crime, exposes him to the sentence of everlasting damnation. Now, according to the plainest principles of morality, we maintain, that a natural constitution of the mind, unfailingly disposing it to evil and to evil alone, would absolve it from guilt; that to give existence under this condition would argue unspeakable cruelty; and that to punish the sin of this unhappily constituted child with endless ruin, would be a wrong unparalleled by the most merciless despotism.
T. This system also teaches, that God selects from this corrupt mass a number to be saved, and plucks them, by a special influence, from the common ruin; that the rest of mankind, though left without that special grace which their conversion requires, are commanded to repent, under penalty of aggravated woe; and that forgiveness is promised them, on terms which their very constitution infallibly disposes them to reject, and in rejecting which they awfully enhance the punishments of hell. These proffers of forgiveness and exhortations of amendment, to beings born under a blighting curse, fill our minds with a horror which we want words to express.
U. Having thus spoken of the unity of God; of the unity of Jesus, and his inferiority to God; and of the perfections of the Divine character; I now proceed to give our views of the mediation of Christ, and of the purposes of his mission. With regard to the great object which Jesus came to accomplish, there seems to be no possibility of mistake. We believe, that he was sent by the Father to effect a moral, or spiritual deliverance of mankind; that is, to rescue men from sin and its consequences, and to bring them to a state of everlasting purity and happiness. We believe, too, that he accomplishes this sublime purpose by a variety of methods; by his instructions respecting God's unity, parental character, and moral government, which are admirably fitted to reclaim the world from idolatry and impiety, to the knowledge, love, and obedience of the Creator; by his promises of pardon to the penitent, and of divine assistance to those who labor for progress in moral excellence; by the light which he has thrown on the path of duty; by his own spotless example, in which the loveliness and sublimity of virtue shine forth to warm and quicken, as well as guide us to perfection; by his threatenings against incorrigible guilt; by his glorious discoveries of immortality; by his sufferings and death; by that signal event, the resurrection, which powerfully bore witness to his divine mission, and brought down to men's senses a future life; by his continual intercession, which obtains for us spiritual aid and blessings; and by the power with which he is invested of raising the dead, judging the world, and conferring the everlasting rewards promised to the faithful.
V. We have no desire to conceal the fact, that a difference of opinion exists among us, in regard to an interesting part of Christ's mediation; I mean, in regard to the precise influence of his death on our forgiveness. Many suppose, that this event contributes to our pardon, as it was a principal means of confirming his religion, and of giving it a power over the mind; in other words, that it procures forgiveness by leading to that repentance and virtue, which is the great and only condition on which forgiveness is bestowed. Many of us are dissatisfied with this explanation, and think that the Scriptures ascribe the remission of sins to Christ's death, with an emphasis so peculiar, that we ought to consider this event as having a special influence in removing punishment, though the Scriptures may not reveal the way in which it contributes to this end.
W. Whilst, however, we differ in explaining the connexion between Christ's death and human forgiveness, a connexion which we all gratefully acknowledge, we agree in rejecting many sentiments which prevail in regard to his mediation. The idea, which is conveyed to common minds by the popular system, that Christ's death has an influence in making God placable, or merciful, in awakening his kindness towards men, we reject with strong disapprobation. We are happy to find, that this very dishonorable notion is disowned by intelligent Christians of that class from which we differ. We recollect, however, that, not long ago, it was common to hear of Christ, as having died to appease God's wrath, and to pay the debt of sinners to his inflexible justice; and we have a strong persuasion, that the language of popular religious books, and the common mode of stating the doctrine of Christ's mediation, still communicate very degrading views of God's character. They give to multitudes the impression, that the death of Jesus produces a change in the mind of God towards man, and that in this its efficacy chiefly consists. No error seems to us more pernicious. We can endure no shade over the pure goodness of God. We earnestly maintain, that Jesus, instead of calling forth, in any way or degree, the mercy of the Father, was sent by that mercy, to be our Saviour; that he is nothing to the human race, but what he is by God's appointment; that he communicates nothing but what God empowers him to bestow; that our Father in heaven is originally, essentially, and eternally placable, and disposed to forgive; and that his unborrowed, underived, and unchangeable love is the only fountain of what flows to us through his Son. We conceive, that Jesus is dishonored, not glorified, by ascribing to him an influence, which clouds the splendor of Divine benevolence.
X. We farther agree in rejecting, as unscriptural and absurd, the explanation given by the popular system, of the manner in which Christ's death procures forgiveness for men. This system used to teach as its fundamental principle, that man, having sinned against an infinite Being, has contracted infinite guilt, and is consequently exposed to an infinite penalty. We believe, however, that this reasoning, if reasoning it may be called, which overlooks the obvious maxim, that the guilt of a being must be proportioned to his nature and powers, has fallen into disuse. Still the system teaches, that sin, of whatever degree, exposes to endless punishment, and that the whole human race, being infallibly involved by their nature in sin, owe this awful penalty to the justice of their Creator. It teaches, that this penalty cannot be remitted, in consistency with the honor of the divine law, unless a substitute be found to endure it or to suffer an equivalent. It also teaches, that, from the nature of the case, no substitute is adequate to this work, save the infinite God himself; and accordingly, God, in his second person, took on him human nature, that he might pay to his own justice the debt of punishment incurred by men, and might thus reconcile forgiveness with the claims and threatenings of his law. Such is the prevalent system. Now, to us, this doctrine seems to carry on its front strong marks of absurdity; and we maintain that Christianity ought not to be encumbered with it, unless it be laid down in the New Testament fully and expressly. We ask our adversaries, then, to point to some plain passages where it is taught. We ask for one text, in which we are told, that God took human nature that he might make an infinite satisfaction to his own justice; for one text, which tells us, that human guilt requires an infinite substitute; that Christ's sufferings owe their efficacy to their being borne by an infinite being; or that his divine nature gives infinite value to the sufferings of the human. Not ONE WORD of this description can we find in the Scriptures; not a text, which even hints at these strange doctrines. They are altogether, we believe, the fictions of theologians. Christianity is in no degree responsible for them. We are astonished at their prevalence. What can be plainer, than that God cannot, in any sense, be a sufferer, or bear a penalty in the room of his creatures? How dishonorable to him is the supposition, that his justice is now so severe, as to exact infinite punishment for the sins of frail and feeble men, and now so easy and yielding, as to accept the limited pains of Christ's human soul, as a full equivalent for the endless woes due from the world? How plain is it also, according to this doctrine, that God, instead of being plenteous in forgiveness, never forgives; for it seems absurd to speak of men as forgiven, when their whole punishment, or an equivalent to it, is borne by a substitute? A scheme more fitted to obscure the brightness of Christianity and the mercy of God, or less suited to give comfort to a guilty and troubled mind, could not, we think, be easily framed.
Y. We believe, too, that this system is unfavorable to the character. It naturally leads men to think, that Christ came to change God's mind rather than their own; that the highest object of his mission was to avert punishment, rather than to communicate holiness; and that a large part of religion consists in disparaging good works and human virtue, for the purpose of magnifying the value of Christ's vicarious sufferings. In this way, a sense of the infinite importance and indispensable necessity of personal improvement is weakened, and high-sounding praises of Christ's cross seem often to be substituted for obedience to his precepts. For ourselves, we have not so learned Jesus. Whilst we gratefully acknowledge, that he came to rescue us from punishment, we believe, that he was sent on a still nobler errand, namely, to deliver us from sin itself, and to form us to a sublime and heavenly virtue. We regard him as a Saviour, chiefly as he is the light, physician, and guide of the dark, diseased, and wandering mind. No influence in the universe seems to us so glorious, as that over the character; and no redemption so worthy of thankfulness, as the restoration of the soul to purity. Without this, pardon, were it possible, would be of little value. Why pluck the sinner from hell, if a hell be left to burn in his own breast? Why raise him to heaven, if he remain a stranger to its sanctity and love? With these impressions, we are accustomed to value the Gospel chiefly as it abounds in effectual aids, motives, excitements to a generous and divine virtue. In this virtue, as in a common centre, we see all its doctrines, precepts, promises meet; and we believe, that faith in this religion is of no worth, and contributes nothing to salvation, any farther than as it uses these doctrines, precepts, promises, and the whole life, character, sufferings, and triumphs of Jesus, as the means of purifying the mind, of changing it into the likeness of his celestial excellence.
Z. Having thus stated our views of the highest object of Christ's mission, that it is the recovery of men to virtue, or holiness, I shall now, in the last place, give our views of the nature of Christian virtue, or true holiness. We believe that all virtue has its foundation in the moral nature of man, that is, in conscience, or his sense of duty, and in the power of forming his temper and life according to conscience. We believe that these moral faculties are the grounds of responsibility, and the highest distinctions of human nature, and that no act is praiseworthy, any farther than it springs from their exertion. We believe, that no dispositions infused into us without our own moral activity, are of the nature of virtue, and therefore, we reject the doctrine of irresistible divine influence on the human mind, moulding it into goodness, as marble is hewn into a statue. Such goodness, if this word may be used, would not be the object of moral approbation, any more than the instinctive affections of inferior animals, or the constitutional amiableness of human beings.
AA. By these remarks, we do not mean to deny the importance of God's aid or Spirit; but by his Spirit, we mean a moral, illuminating, and persuasive influence, not physical, not compulsory, not involving a necessity of virtue. We object, strongly, to the idea of many Christians respecting man's impotence and God's irresistible agency on the heart, believing that they subvert our responsibility and the laws of our moral nature, that they make men machines, that they cast on God the blame of all evil deeds, that they discourage good minds, and inflate the fanatical with wild conceits of immediate and sensible inspiration.
BB. Among the virtues, we give the first place to the love of God. We believe, that this principle is the true end and happiness of our being, that we were made for union with our Creator, that his infinite perfection is the only sufficient object and true resting-place for the insatiable desires and unlimited capacities of the human mind, and that, without him, our noblest sentiments, admiration, veneration, hope, and love, would wither and decay. We believe, too, that the love of God is not only essential to happiness, but to the strength and perfection of all the virtues; that conscience, without the sanction of God's authority and retributive justice, would be a weak director; that benevolence, unless nourished by communion with his goodness, and encouraged by his smile, could not thrive amidst the selfishness and thanklessness of the world; and that self-government, without a sense of the divine inspection, would hardly extend beyond an outward and partial purity. God, as he is essentially goodness, holiness, justice, and virtue, so he is the life, motive, and sustainer of virtue in the human soul.
CC. But, whilst we earnestly inculcate the love of God, we believe that great care is necessary to distinguish it from counterfeits. We think that much which is called piety is worthless. Many have fallen into the error, that there can be no excess in feelings which have God for their object; and, distrusting as coldness that self-possession, without which virtue and devotion lose all their dignity, they have abandoned themselves to extravagances, which have brought contempt on piety. Most certainly, if the love of God be that which often bears its name, the less we have of it the better. If religion be the shipwreck of understanding, we cannot keep too far from it. On this subject, we always speak plainly. We cannot sacrifice our reason to the reputation of zeal. We owe it to truth and religion to maintain, that fanaticism, partial insanity, sudden impressions, and ungovernable transports, are anything rather than piety.
DD. We conceive, that the true love of God is a moral sentiment, founded on a clear perception, and consisting in a high esteem and veneration, of his moral perfections. Thus, it perfectly coincides, and is in fact the same thing, with the love of virtue, rectitude, and goodness. You will easily judge, then, what we esteem the surest and only decisive signs of piety. We lay no stress on strong excitements. We esteem him, and him only a pious man, who practically conforms to God's moral perfections and government; who shows his delight in God's benevolence, by loving and serving his neighbour; his delight in God's justice, by being resolutely upright; his sense of God's purity, by regulating his thoughts, imagination, and desires; and whose conversation, business, and domestic life are swayed by a regard to God's presence and authority. In all things else men may deceive themselves. Disordered nerves may give them strange sights, and sounds, and impressions. Texts of Scripture may come to them as from Heaven. Their whole souls may be moved, and their confidence in God's favor be undoubting. But in all this there is no religion. The question is, Do they love God's commands, in which his character is fully expressed, and give up to these their habits and passions? Without this, ecstasy is a mockery. One surrender of desire to God's will, is worth a thousand transports. We do not judge of the bent of men's minds by their raptures, any more than we judge of the natural direction of a tree during a storm. We rather suspect loud profession, for we have observed, that deep feeling is generally noiseless, and least seeks display.
EE. We would not, by these remarks, be understood as wishing to exclude from religion warmth, and even transport. We honor, and highly value, true religious sensibility. We believe, that Christianity is intended to act powerfully on our whole nature, on the heart as well as the understanding and the conscience. We conceive of heaven as a state where the love of God will be exalted into an unbounded fervor and joy; and we desire, in our pilgrimage here, to drink into the spirit of that better world. But we think, that religious warmth is only to be valued, when it springs naturally from an improved character, when it comes unforced, when it is the recompense of obedience, when it is the warmth of a mind which understands God by being like him, and when, instead of disordering, it exalts the understanding, invigorates conscience, gives a pleasure to common duties, and is seen to exist in connexion with cheerfulness, judiciousness, and a reasonable frame of mind. When we observe a fervor, called religious, in men whose general character expresses little refinement and elevation, and whose piety seems at war with reason, we pay it little respect. We honor religion too much to give its sacred name to a feverish, forced, fluctuating zeal, which has little power over the life.
FF. Another important branch of virtue, we believe to be love to Christ. The greatness of the work of Jesus, the spirit with which he executed it, and the sufferings which he bore for our salvation, we feel to be strong claims on our gratitude and veneration. We see in nature no beauty to be compared with the loveliness of his character, nor do we find on earth a benefactor to whom we owe an equal debt. We read his history with delight, and learn from it the perfection of our nature. We are particularly touched by his death, which was endured for our redemption, and by that strength of charity which triumphed over his pains. His resurrection is the foundation of our hope of immortality. His intercession gives us boldness to draw nigh to the throne of grace, and we look up to heaven with new desire, when we think, that, if we follow him here, we shall there see his benignant countenance, and enjoy his friendship for ever.
GG. I need not express to you our views on the subject of the benevolent virtues. We attach such importance to these that we are sometimes reproached with exalting them above piety. We regard the spirit of love, charity, meekness, forgiveness, liberality, and beneficence, as the badge and distinction of Christians, as the brightest image we can bear of God, as the best proof of piety. On this subject, I need not, and cannot enlarge; but there is one branch of benevolence which I ought not to pass over in silence, because we think that we conceive of it more highly and justly than many of our brethren. I refer to the duty of candor, charitable judgment, especially towards those who differ in religious opinion. We think, that in nothing have Christians so widely departed from their religion, as in this particular. We read with astonishment and horror, the history of the church; and sometimes when we look back on the fires of persecution, and on the zeal of Christians, in building up walls of separation, and in giving up one another to perdition, we feel as if we were reading the records of an infernal, rather than a heavenly kingdom. An enemy to every religion, if asked to describe a Christian, would, with some show of reason, depict him as an idolater of his own distinguishing opinions, covered with badges of party, shutting his eyes on the virtues, and his ears on the arguments, of his opponents, arrogating all excellence to his own sect and all saving power to his own creed, sheltering under the name of pious zeal the love of domination, the conceit of infallibility, and the spirit of intolerance, and trampling on men's rights under the pretence of saving their souls.
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These contribute to a huge number of serious accidents each year. If you are injured while in a vehicle, walking near a road, or riding a bicycle odds are that one of the following things was involved.
If you are distracted for two seconds on the highway you cover almost 200 feet, at 65 miles per hour, without being fully aware of the road ahead. You might know better than to fish around in the glove box for something or take a picture while driving, but people make these sorts of driving mistakes every day.
These conditions alone might not constitute reckless driving alone, depending on road conditions and other violations. Speeding is a form of reckless driving when conditions make excessive speed particularly dangerous. Those conditions vary, but speeding when pedestrians are at risk or when traffic is heavy are often enough to draw a citation for reckless driving rather than for speeding. Tailgating a school bus or passing a stopped school bus might also constitute reckless driving.
Bad weather is one of the many causes of car wrecks in the Fort Worth area. We don't really get blizzards, but we do get black ice. Old tires and slick roads after a rain make a crash more likely. Ice, flash flooding and sudden downpours all make driving more dangerous, in part because lots of drivers fail to slow down enough.
A light rain seems harmless enough. It isn't true. Light rainfall washes oil and grease out the pavement, making for a slippery surface. Braking and emergency steering become much more difficult than they would be owing to water alone.
Heavy rain at night is particularly dangerous. We've all seen someone driving 65 down the interstate at night in a torrential downpour. Stay safe on nights like that by slowing down, driving on good tires, and taking care that both headlights work properly.
Tires with worn treads make rain more dangerous. Take good care of your vehicle and you will be less likely to fall victim to either the weather or mechanical problems.
Animals do cause accidents when drivers hit them or try to avoid a crash. Deer and stray dogs may be the two leading causes of accidents. Deer crossing signs are there for a reason. Many wild animals come out at night and crossroads from dusk to dawn. The poor visibility is good for them in nature, but a danger for drivers who can't see an animal in the road until it is too late to avoid a collision.
No one wants to run over a dog or a raccoon, but people who try to avoid hitting animals can end up losing control or clipping another vehicle. Deer can cause serious damage and injure the driver or a passenger.
If you were injured in an auto accident around Fort Worth and the accident was not your fault, you may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, property damage and more. Feel free to contact our bilingual office to discuss your case or fill out a free case evaluation. In addition, read up on what you should do after an auto collision and our FAQ's.
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A new regulation establishes timelines for Labour Relations Board decisions to ensure timely resolution of workplace disputes involving matters under the Labour Relations Code. Board decisions must be managed within 180 days from the filing of an application. Extensions to the timeline can be approved by the chair in specific cases. The timeline applies to all applications received on or after Sept. 1, 2012.


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Latest 'Pretty' Anime, Kiratto Pri Chan, Centers on Streaming Idols
posted on 2018-01-23 23:05 EST by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Koko Hayashi , Miyu Kubota play girls who sing, dance to net stardom this spring
The company syn Sophia announced at a press event on Wednesday that Kiratto Pri☆Chan (Sparkling Pri☆Chan) is the next anime series in the Pretty Series idol franchise . The anime will premiere in April on TV Tokyo , its network affiliates, and BS Japan .
The new anime will have video uploading and streaming sites as a central focus, and will once again have themes of singing, dancing, fashion, and friendship as part of the series' themes. The series will center on two first-year middle school girls named Mirai Momoyama and Emo Moegi, two aspiring idols who decide to use the "Pri☆Chan System," a system used by famous people and companies to broadcast content. Like many girls starting their own channels and uploading content, the pair decide to become their own producers, starting their own channel in an attempt to become Pri☆Chan idols.
The cast includes:
Koko Hayashi ( Run Girls, Run! unit, Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter 's Ayumi Hayashi) as Mirai Momoyama, a first-year student in Kirarigaoka Middle School. While she has a curious spirit, she is nevertheless introverted, and dislikes being the center of attention. She likes drawing poorly drawn but charming illustrations. Her catch phrase is "Kiratto" (Sparkling).
Miyu Kubota ( i☆Ris unit, PriPara 's Sophy Hōjō) as play Emo Moegi, a first-year student in Kirarigaoka Middle School, and Mirai 's longtime friend. She is good at sports, and is the type to not look before she leaps. She is very well-informed and updated on the latest trends, but she can also be very fickle. She is member of her school's cheerleading squad. Her catchphrase is "Emoi" (That's pretty emo).
Nanami Atsugi ( Run Girls, Run! unit, Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter 's Itsuka Atsugi) as Rin Aoba, a first-year student in Kirarigaoka Middle School. She is very calm and collected. While she is a quiet and excellent student, she somehow knows a lot about Pri☆Chan, and acts as a supporter and manager to Mirai and Emo.
Hiroshi Ikehata ( Robot Girls Z , Magical Circle Guru-Guru , Seiyu's Life! ) is directing the anime at Tatsunoko Production and Dongwoo A & E. Kazuho Hyodo ( Robot Girls Z , Akiba's Trip: The Animation , ReLIFE ) is in charge of the series scripts. Hajime Mitsuda ( Akiba's Trip: The Animation ) is designing the characters. Tatsuya Katō ( SukaSuka , Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club , Love Live! Sunshine!! ) is composing the music, and the idol unit Run Girls, Run! (featuring Hayashi, Atsugi, and Yūka Morishima ) is performing a theme song.
While the anime is not directly a sequel to the PriPara franchise , it is the second part of syn Sophia 's "Pretty Series New Project," which involves both the Pretty Rhythm anime and the loose followup PriPara . The previously announced "Pretty All Friends Project" commemorates the overall Pretty Series franchise 's 10-year anniversary, which will take place on 2020.
The Pretty Series began with syn Sophia 's Pretty Rhythm : Mini Skirt arcade game in 2010. The game inspired four television anime series, as well as anime film. The sequel game PriPara ( Prism Paradise ) launched in 2014. The first anime series inspired by the game premiered in July 2014. The franchise 's first film, Gekijō-ban PriPara Mi~nna Atsumare! Prism Tours , premiered in March 2015, and the second TV anime season premiered in April 2015. The second anime film, Tobidasu PriPara ~Miina de Mezase! Idol Grand Prix (Spring Out PriPara ~Aim for the Top, Eeeeveryone! Idol Grand Prix), premiered in Japan in October 2015. The anime's third film, PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari ( PriPara Eeeeveryone's Longing Let's Go PriPari), premiered in March 2016, and the third television anime season followed in April 2016. A new anime series titled Idol Time PriPara premiered in April 2017, and is currently airing.
The Pretty Series franchise also includes KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm and King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO , two anime films that opened in Japan in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Unlike the main Pretty Rhythm and PriPara series, which focuses on female characters, the two films focused on male characters.
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Sony E3 2018 Presentation Recap
by Adam Whiles June 14, 2018 June 14, 2018
Sony kicked off its E3 presentation in a brilliantly subversive way, with audience members being seated in church pews, fairy lighting dangling from the roof and a smaller venue than E3 goers are used to. The stripped back nature of the show was furthered when composer Gustavo Santaolalla took the stage with acoustic guitar in hand; it wasn't hard to see where things were going. Though as Santaolalla finished up, Sony's plan came into focus, as we load in on a Last of Us Part II scene identical to that of the venue the audiences were sat in. It was a brilliant moment only furthered by the incredible demo that followed it.
Our first look at The Last of Us Part II's gameplay shows a gritty, harrowing and, more importantly, human apocalypse where the player's actions and moment-to-moment gameplay actively contribute to the game's feeling of desperation. It says something in a gaming landscape in which shooting enemies is the norm that every shot fired in the gameplay demo made me wince.
With Sony's interactive experience underway, the audience was moved to a more conventional venue for the second trailer. Similar minimalism was used as a flute player serenaded the audience before Ghost of Tsushima was shown. Sucker Punch's new open-world samurai game looks to be everything gamers have wanted and missed in an authentic samurai experience since the genre died off last generation. The graphics are stunning, gameplay looks like the right kind of Arkham inspired and overall the game looks to be an evolution of all the lessons Sucker Punch have learned from their years with Infamous.
Control, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Kingdom Hearts III
Straight after Ghost of Tsushima, audiences were treated to the surprise announcement of Control, the new game by Max Payne developers Remedy following the Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break. The reveal that Remedy were behind Control received more of a response from the crowd than the actual trailer; however, it's still one to look out for.
Following that came a trailer that has been long awaited (and long overdue), the first look at Resident Evil 2 Remake. The trailer showed the true extent of the remake with stunning current gen graphics and redesigned gameplay in the over-the-shoulder style made famous in Resident Evil 4, however, now rendered using the RE Engine which was used to create the more recent Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
We also got yet another look at Kingdom Hearts III (it's finally starting to feel real) revealing yet another world to the audience, this time the return of Pirates of the Caribbean. The demo showed off some stunning graphics on the more realistic characters of the franchise, as well as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag-style ship combat.
So we got an eight-minute long gameplay demo for Death Stranding. Finally, a chance to understand what the hell this game is about, right? Of course not. Is it a stealth game, survival game or delivery service simulator? No clue, but none of that seemed to matter when everything happening was so captivating. Legendary developer Hideo Kojima's new game is an overload of style, Hollywood level cinematics and classic Kojima weirdness. Few things mix genuine intensity with the goofiness of Norman Reedus taping a baby in a jar to get its attention.
Unfortunately, Sony weren't lying when they were adamant that they only had the four exclusives to show, luckily it was hard to be disappointed when the four delivered so well, and what a way to end on a high with Marvel's Spider-Man. Insomniac's take on the veteran franchise feels like a true love letter to the character's glory days, and the E3 2018 demo shows it to be an ambitious take at that. We see Spidey take on a total of five of his classic adversaries among a sensory overload of explosions, slick combat and, of course, stellar looking web slinging.
Further on, the game's floor demo shown after the event gave us an extensive and encouraging look at the game's free-flowing combat system that will instantly invite memories of the Spider-Man 2 glory days.
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Youth Endowment Fund
Founded with an endowment from the Home Office, The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity that will invest £200m over the next decade into finding the most effective ways to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in street violence.
Interview – Ndidi Okezie, chief executive, UK Youth
Derren Hayes speaks to the UK Youth chief executive.
How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service
Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National Youth Advocacy Service, on her career landmarks.
How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise
I left home at an early age, and after several jobs including potato picking and working on a turkey farm, I first came into contact with youth work when I was 19, working in a supermarket.
Youth Work: Special Report
A decade of deep funding cuts has seen a huge reduction in provision for young people. But increasing recognition of the valuable role played by youth workers could signal a change in fortunes for the sector.
Ask the Experts: My boss is micro-managing me
Our expert panel offers advice on an overbearing boss, gardening in the nursery, returning home from care and a vegan diet.
Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training
Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.
Sharing risk in youth work
Youth mutual boss identifies four principles for providers and commissioners to deliver effective services.
CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016
With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.
Child and youth projects among beneficiaries of £21m funding ?
Projects designed to benefit children, young people and families are among 648 community projects across England to receive a slice of £21m Big Lottery Fund cash.
Guide to Youth Investment Fund
Voluntary sector organisations in deprived areas can bid for a share of a new £40m fund for youth projects.
Green Party calls for youth minister role in government
The Green Party has called for the introduction of a dedicated minister for youth following a report that found young people in Britain are "a generation in crisis".
Council launches youth service mutual
An employee and young person-led youth mutual has begun delivering youth services for a London council.
Council plans to cut early help services by £4m
A council has announced plans to cut early help funding by £4m one the next four years, with 11 children's centres at risk.
Staff-run social enterprise set to take on council youth service
A council in the south west of England has announced plans to commission an independent staff-run social enterprise to run its youth service.
Ambition announces new chief executive
Youth organisation Ambition has appointed education and training expert Emma Revie as its new chief executive.
Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food
Our expert panel offers advice on children who are particular about what they eat, the "whole family" approach and sport as part of youth work.
First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise
Since taking on the running of youth work in Knowsley and Kensington and Chelsea, youth mutuals have increased income, maintained services and reduced overheads, but it has not been an easy transition, say those in charge.
Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target
Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.
BYC chief to step down
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HTC Vive Cosmos (2019) details updated
Chris Burns | Jun 25, 2019
This week the folks at HTC revealed more details on the release model for HTC Vive Cosmos, their newest VR headset. This machine has a "flip-up halo design" so users can pop in and out of VR without removing the entire unit. It's also got a new vented front design that "keeps air flowing so users can stay in VR for longer without fatigue and stay cooler."
HTC Cosmos update: More cameras!
In January of this year we got a look at the then-newly-revealed HTC Cosmos VR (for PC) headset. Fast forward to now, June of this same year, and we're getting another look at the headset, and it looks ever-so-slightly different. Now the device has two additional cameras, both attached to a faceplate that'll come standard with the headset when it's released, presumably soon.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Viewer RD runs standalone, PC, phone-based AR and VR
Chris Burns | May 29, 2019
There's a cool headset capable of both AR and VR, and Qualcomm's at the helm. They've created this "Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Viewer Reference Design" as a sort of guide for other manufacturers to make their own, to sell to you. As such, you probably won't be using this headset specifically, but the resulting headsets made by brands you've heard of before. Cross your fingers for soon.
VR pants, shoes, gloves, and other things Sony has planned
Sony's PlayStation VR system is well and away the easiest form of non-mobile virtual reality in the world at the moment. With the introduction of VR to the console world came the possibility that there'd be more than a couple splits in content - and usability. Interaction with the 3D content in a virtual reality, from your couch, in your living room - that's the true dream. Now add a pair of pants.
Oculus Quest and Rift S released: How to choose
Eric Abent | May 21, 2019
Today is a pretty big day for the folks at Oculus, as the company is launching two new virtual reality headsets. Coming out of the gate today are the Oculus Rift S and Quest, and though the goal of each headset may be bringing VR to the masses, they both do it in very different ways. The headset you go for ultimately depends on what kind of set up you're looking to have.
Oculus Quest and Rift S release date and order info: Starting now
Chris Burns | Apr 30, 2019
Today Facebook revealed the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S head-mounted-display virtual reality headsets release. They've confirmed the ship dates on both products, and have prices set. Now all they've got to do is convince the world that such products are necessary, or at least enticing for the average young person with four hundred spare dollars lying around.
HP Reverb VR Headset might've hit the sweet spot
Chris Burns | Mar 19, 2019
The HP Reverb VR Headset Pro Edition has 2x smaller LCD displays where most competitors have larger AMOLED. But the HP headset has more pixels per eye, a larger field of view, and a slightly lighter overall weight than HTC Vive Pro and Samsung Odyssey. This device weighs approximately the same as the current Oculus Rift headset, and works with both Steam VR and Windows Mixed Reality VR systems.
Qualcomm's making the mobile PC real, at last
Don't be turned off by the VR-like imagery in this article - this goes way beyond games, VR, and AR. Qualcomm-made headsets are about to get simple, easy to use, and able to be utilized in a number of different ways. If what Qualcomm's got onboard with "Qualcomm Boundless XR for PC" is plausible, there'll be no need for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, or mobile VR headsets of any sort. Those brands might just be using Qualcomm's tech to replace what they've got today with what's common tomorrow.
HTC Vive Cosmos up close: Pre-active, not quite turned on just yet
Chris Burns | Jan 11, 2019
Today we're getting up close and personal with the HTC Vive Cosmos, a VR headset made for the masses. The device itself doesn't power on - not for the press at the moment, anyway. Instead we're forced to only look at the most basic elements at play - the industrial design, and the details we've been given by HTC on its near future.
HTC reveals Vive Pro Eye VR headset with built-in eye tracking
Brittany A. Roston | Jan 7, 2019
HTC has announced the HTC Vive Pro Eye, a new virtual reality headset that includes built-in eye tracking. The new hardware enables experiences that aren't possible without tracking the user's eyes, including gaze-oriented menu navigation and the ability to control the VR experience without using controllers. As well, eye-tracking provides developers and corporations with data for optimizing their products.
Oculus Go gets Sling TV, ESPN, FOX NOW and a new holiday promo
Brittany A. Roston | Dec 17, 2018
The standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Go has been on the receiving end of three new apps for video content: ESPN, Sling TV, and FOX NOW. The latest additions join a number of existing video options, including Pluto TV, Netflix, Plex, YouTube, and more. As well, Oculus is offering customers the opportunity to get an $80 credit for Sling TV, a livestreaming television service.
HTC VIVE Wireless Adapter Review
Chris Burns | Nov 16, 2018
The HTC VIVE Wireless Adapter is a bit of technology that changes the overall feeling of reality in a room-scale VR experience. This is an add-on to the original HTC VIVE and the HTC VIVE Pro. This adapter isn't required to enter virtual reality, but it'll make the process a lot less painful if you're not particularly sure-footed. Less painful, that is, if you didn't have a rough time setting up the VIVE in the first place.


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Image: Detail from Francisco de Goya, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, 1798 © Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Goya: Exhibition in focus
From formal royal portraits to more intimate depictions of family and friends, 'Goya: The Portraits' tells the story of Goya's career as a portrait painter for the first time. This feature encapsulates the exhibition, exploring a selection of the extraordinary people whose images reveal Goya's technical, stylistic, and psychological development.
The first portraits
Painter to the aristocracy
The Spanish Enlightenment
Official court painter
Liberals and despots
The private Goya
'The Family of the Infante Don Luis de Borbón'
This is Goya's first portrait masterpiece, painted in 1784 for the young brother of King Charles III of Spain, the Infante Don Luis de Borbón. Not unlike a scene taken from Mozart's opera 'The Marriage of Figaro', Goya has chosen to depict Don Luis's family in an informal setting engaged in daily routine. The lady of the house, María Teresa de Vallabriga, is having her hair arranged by her coiffeur, while her elderly husband Don Luis (32 years her senior) plays a game of solitaire. Watching on is an assortment of servants and members of the household, including their three young children.
Goya has inserted himself into the left-hand corner, painting 'live' the scene we see before us, probably on the very canvas he used for the painting we see today. Goya had spent two summers with the family, residing in their newly built palace 90 miles south-west of Madrid. Don Luis's promiscuous affairs had caused scandal at court and his elder brother had forced him to marry and live in exile. Undeterred, Don Luis set up a 'mini-court', inviting leading artists, architects, and musicians, including the celebrated cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini, to work for him. Surrounded by a great art collection, excellent hunting grounds, and good company, Goya was delighted with his stay. In his letters to his friend Martín Zapater, he writes excitedly about how he has been out hunting with the infante and that his portraits were received with 'unexpected applause since other artists had already been there and not made a success of it.'
Francisco de Goya, 'The Family of the Infante Don Luis de Borbón', 1783-4
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PHA665752 inhibited HGF activated invasion in A549, Flo 1, and Seg 1 cells, suggesting that c Met is involved in the regulation of invasion in these three cell lines. Collectively, these findings show that HGF differentially induces EA cell motility and invasion through c Met signaling and further supports the notion that cell linespecific differences Survivin occur in a reaction to c Met inhibition.
Pleiotropic response to c Met service could be described, in part, by various intracellular mediators that communicate c Met signaling. Because ERK and Akt are involved in c Met signal transduction and subscribe to cell growth, success, motility, and invasion, we hypothesized that c Met differentially modulates ERK and Akt signaling in EA. All three EA cell lines exhibited constitutive ERK phosphorylation, that has been further enhanced following HGF excitement. PHA665752 reasonably attenuated constitutive ERK phosphorylation in Bic 1 and Seg 1 cells and inhibited HGF caused ERK phosphorylation in all three EA cell lines.
Even though effects of PHA665752 on constitutive ERK phosphorylation in Seg 1 cells raise the probability of chemical nonspecificity, Seg 1 cells show HGF, and we have reported the constitutive phosphorylation BI-1356 of c Met in these cells. Constitutive phosphorylation of Akt was not observed in any of the EA cell lines, and treatment with HGF stimulated Akt phosphorylation only in Flo 1 cells. In keeping with induction of action by HGF, Akt phosphorylation was inhibited in a dose dependent fashion by PHA665752 only in Flo 1 cells.
Taken together, these studies show that c Met differentially modulates ERK and Akt signaling in EA cell lines and suggest that the response Endosymbiotic theory of EA cells to c Met inhibition Our earlier observation that c Met was not expressed in standard squamous esophagus or nondysplastic Barretts esophagus but was often overexpressed in EA supports the potential for treatments that inhibit c Met in the treatment of EA. We have shown that HGF/c Met dependent signaling differentially causes proliferation, survival, motility, and invasion, as well as ERK and Akt signaling, in a screen of EA cell lines. Although all three EA cell lines overexpress c Met, PHA665752 induced apoptosis and inhibited invasion and motility only in cells where PI3K/Akt signaling was stimulated by HGF.
Our results support the utilization of strategies to prevent c Met as a viable therapeutic option for EA and suggest that factors other could be dependent, at the least in part, on intracellular mediators that participate in c Met signal transduction. We hypothesized that PI3K/Akt signaling mediated these HGFinduced effects, because activation of c Met promoted natural product library the best effects on survival, motility, and invasion in Flo 1 cells. Inhibition of PI3K with LY294002 canceled HGF stimulated phosphorylation of Akt and triggered an elevated number of equally late and early apoptotic Flo 1 cells.
Unique to this disease is the AMPK inhibitors fact that the microorganisms associated with initiation and development of periodontal illness are arranged in a biofilm mounted on the tooth structure, which places the microorganisms in intimate contact with the soft tissues without effortlessly invading the host. Although bacterial invasion has been shown in the periodontal tissues, many of the biofilm is situated in proximity with the tooth surface, beyond the tissues. The effectiveness is significantly impaired by this fact of host immune defenses, in addition to of therapeutic techniques using antimicrobial chemical agents, to totally erradicate the illness. For the past two decades, the host response to the microbial challenge via the dental biofilm has been thought to play a significant part on both initiation of the disease and on the tissue damage connected with its development. The importance of host microbial interactions is reinforced by epidemiological data suggesting different susceptibilities to Bicalutamide Cosudex periodontal illness among individuals, in spite of the long run existence of common biofilm. Other studies showing increased susceptibility and greater severity of periodontal disease in people who have impaired immune response due to systemic problems also indicate the significance of the host response to the microbial challenge. Periodontal illnesses offers special situation to review microbial host relationships. Over 500 different microbial species can be found in the oral biofilm, however just a few of the are connected with periodontal illness. This recognition of pathogenic bacteria by the number is originally mediated by the innate immune response through recognition of pathogenassociated molecular patterns by the Toll like receptors. Moreover, since the other mucosal surfaces in addition to mouth area, are constantly colonized with low pathogenic bacteria, there has to be an negative Lymphatic system regulatory mechanism for TLR signaling to stop an overt host response with bad effects. An example of the results of deregulated TLR signaling is Crohns infection, that will be related to genetic variations in TLR signaling intermediates. Host response to periodontal disease requires expression of several of bioactive brokers, including pro and anti inflammatory cytokines, growth factors and enzymes which would be the result of the activation of multiple signaling pathways. This activation of intracellular signaling might initiate solely being an innate immune response related to TLR mediated feeling of PAMPs. But, the natural mediators portrayed as a result of TLR signaling include co stimulatory substances mixed up in induction of adaptive immunity. This results Gossypol 303-45-7 in a stream of events that may create very complex cytokine and signaling networks.
As a result eukaryotic cells are suffering from a complex network of signal transduction pathways that allow them to sense and repair damaged DNA. Lack of function of important proteins from these pathways could leave cells with increased sensitivity to DNA damaging agents.
The ATM kinase can be an crucial component of VEGFR inhibition these DDR pathways and cells deficient for ATM display hypersensitivity to certain DNA damaging agents. Based on these observations it has been suggested that specific inhibition of ATM function in conjunction with current radio /chemo therapeutic treatments may lead to improved cancer cell killing. This key has been confirmed by the power of specific antisense/siRNA to attenuate ATM function and sensitize certain cancer cell lines to IR.
More over, the new identification and characterization Bicalutamide structure of the ATM chemical KU55933 has strengthened this hypothesis and demonstrated that specific tiny molecule inhibition of ATM in vitro is capable of sensitizing human cancer cell lines to IR and topoisomerase poisons. Our purpose in this study was to characterize and identify a novel inhibitor of the ATM protein kinase with another goal of altering this modest molecule for characterization and use with in vivo models. In this paper we identified the non toxic compound CP466722 being an inhibitor of ATM and provide a contrast to the established ATM inhibitor KU55933. In reaction to IR, ATM initiates a cascade and phosphorylates downstream targets on features websites which can be used as a way of measuring cellular ATM kinase activity.
CP466722 upsets these mobile phosphorylation events in a dose dependent manner in a number of distinct cell types and recapitulates the signaling defects noticed in A T cells. Carefully relevant kinases share some downstream targets with ATM and phosphorylate common sites on these substrates, but we unearthed that CP466722 doesn't inhibit ATR kinase activity in vitro or the kinase activities Ribonucleic acid (RNA) of ATR or DNA PK in cells. More over, unlike the skillet PI3K inhibitor wortmannin, CP466722 doesn't inhibit PI3K activity in cells. Apparently, phosphorylation of Akt at serine 473 is reported to be controlled by many PIKK household members including DNA PK, ATM and mTOR. Even though, Akt phosphorylation was inhibited by wortmannin, neither CP466722 or KU55933 affected this modification. This means that ATM is not required for this phosphorylation occasion under these experimental conditions and could show that these inhibitors order MK-2206 do not affect extra PI3K like protein kinases such as mTOR.
Similar to KU55933, these results emphasize a marked improvement on previous compounds used to restrict ATM, such as wortmannin and coffee and CP466722 as a somewhat specific inhibitor of ATM.
Apoptotic cell death was analyzed by ow cytometry employing the Annexin V conjugated Alexa Fluor 488 Apoptosis Detection Kit according the companies instructions. Information are presented since the imply buy peptide online the standard error for that indicated quantity of independently performed experiments. Signicantly dierent with P. 05 making use of one way Students t test. In human prostate DU145 carcinoma cells, DHTS considerably induced cell death in dose and time dependent manners, and showed a 64. 92% and 91. 18% reduction of cell viability with 0. 1 ug/mL and 1. 5 ug/mL of DHTS, respectively, at 24 h of remedy ). Applying microscopic observations, cell shrinkage and rounding were found in DHTS handled cells in dose and time dependent manners and 1 ). Cell death was also characterized employing ?ow cytometry with propidium iodide and Annexin V Alexa Fluor 488 staining.
The lower ideal quadrant on the FACS histogram represents early apoptotic cells, which had been stained with the green ?uorescent Alexa488 dye, and also the upper appropriate quadrant with the FACS histogram represents late apoptotic cells, which had been stained with both the red green Bcl-2 inhibitor ?uorescence PI and Alexa488 dyes. As shown in Figure 2, the late apoptotic cell population increased from 11. 05% to 35. 95% in cells treated with 1. 5 ug/mL DHTS. We upcoming determined the cleavage of PARP and activation of caspases in DHTS treated cells. Right after treatment with DHTS for 24 h, the cleavage of PARP and cleavage varieties of caspases 3 and 9 were found in DHTS treated cells in a dose dependent manner. However, neither Bcl 2 expression nor the cleaved type of caspase 8 modified in DHTS treated cells.
These results recommend that DHTS induced cell death via an apoptotic pathway in prostate carcinoma cells. To examine whether DHTS leads to ER pressure in prostate DU145 carcinoma cells, a number of ER responsive proteins and ERspeci?c signals were detected. We ?rst measured the expressions of GRP78/Bip, Urogenital pelvic malignancy which plays a purpose as gatekeeper in activating ER worry, and CHOP/GADD153, a transcription element enhanced by ER worry. The Western blot evaluation showed the expressions of GRP78/Bip and CHOP/GADD153 signi?cantly elevated just after DHTS treatment in dose and time dependent manners. We up coming detected the phosphorylation of ER speci?c signals, such as PERK, eIF2, and JNK, which are known to become activated in response to accumulated unfolded proteins inside the ER lumen.
Dizocilpine selleckchem As proven in Figure 4, DHTS certainly induced the phosphorylation of PERK, its substrate, eIF2, and JNK in dose and timedependent manners. The outcomes advised that DHTS is capable of induce ER worry in prostate DU145 carcinoma cells. To examine whether or not DHTS can inhibit proteasome activity, bring about ER strain, block UPR, and subsequently set off apoptosis, lysates of cells handled with DHTS have been subjected to a Western blot evaluation with an antibody towards ubiquitin. As shown in Figure 5, polyubiquitinated proteins of a variety of sizes have been observed in DHTS treated cells in the timedependent method.
This is certainly very similar to ndings while in the ANBL 6 cell line suggesting other mechanisms for synergy in between IL 6 and HGF than IL 6 induced upregulation of c Met expression. Within the patient sample MM9, the IL 6 induced proliferation was not dependent on c Met signaling, and there was no improve antigen peptide of c Met expression following IL 6 treatment method. Mainly because elevated HGF expression has become reported to characterize a subgroup on the hyperdiploid myeloma patients, we analyzed many of the most com mon genetic aberrations in our primary samples by FISH. Of the responders, two had IgH translocations whilst one had not. Response to c Met inhibition was for that reason not dependent on the presence or absence of an IgH translocation. None with the non responding individuals was good for IgH tranlocations.
As IL 6 did not modify c Met expression in ANBL 6, we determined to further examine the intracellular checkpoint inhibitor pathways involved in potentiation of IL 6 induced proliferation by c Met within this cell line. Cells were induced phosphorylation of STAT3 was independent from the c Met inhibitor PHA starved for 4 h to improve endogenous HGF amounts. PHA 665752 decreased the modest phosphorylation of p44 42 MAPK from the management wells, indicating that the autocrine HGF activated p44 42 MAPK weakly. Incorporating IL 6 increased p44 42 MAPK	phosphorylation	substantially. When cells have been taken care of using the c Met tyrosine kinase inhibitor PHA 665752 there was nearly total abrogation of IL 6 induced phosphorylation of p44 42 MAPK. Similarly, the antibody blocking HGF binding to c Met inhibited IL 6 induced p44 42 MAPK phosphorylation in a equivalent manner as PHA 665752.
Taken Organism collectively, the results indicate that IL 6 was dependent on c Met signaling for total activation of p44 42 MAPK. In contrast, IL 6 665752 plus the antibody inhibiting HGF binding to cMet. The p44 42 MAPK are downstream targets of lively Ras. As viewed in Fig. 5B, Ras activation by IL 6 was also dependent on c Met signaling as PHA 665752 reduced the effect of IL 6 considerably. Consequently, the dependency on c Met in IL 6 mediated p44 42 MAPK activation is usually a consequence of dependency on c Met in IL 6 mediated Ras activation. Taken together, the results recommend the basis for your potentiating position of c Met signaling on IL 6 induced proliferation is upstream of Ras.
In analogy with previous reviews, we observed that the Ras MAPK pathway was crucial for proliferation of ANBL 6 cells since the MEK1 2 inhibitors PD98059 and U126 each inhibited proliferation in these cells. The outcomes above indicated that molecules upstream of Ras are possible mediators from the synergy Ataluren Inflammation concerning HGF and IL 6 in inducing proliferation in ANBL 6 cells. Among candidate molecules in this pathway would be the tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 as well as the adaptor molecule Gab 1. In Fig. 6A,B, we examined the potential of HGF and IL 6 to induce phosphorylation of Gab1 and Shp2 in ANBL 6 cells.
SOCS1 and SOCS3 inhibit not merely LY364947 STATs but also other signaling pathways for example Ras/ERK and PI3K, which aect cell proliferation, survival, and dierentiation. Interestingly, SOCS3 is tyrosine phosphorylated on cytokine or development component stimulation, and phosphorylated Y221 of SOCS3 interacts with p120 RasGAP, resulting in a sustained activation of ERK. Even though SOCS proteins inhibit development component responses, tyrosine phosphorylation of SOCS3 can guarantee cell survival and proliferation as a result of the Ras pathway. The SOCS box is also found in other miscellaneous proteins. The SOCS box interacts with elongin B and elongin C, Cullins, as well as RING nger domain only protein RBX2. VHL gene merchandise, whose gene product or service could be the principal adverse regulator of hypoxiainducible component continues to be shown to bind to SOCS1 and induces the degradation of Jak2.
Chuvash polycythemia buy Apatinib connected VHL mutants have altered afnity for SOCS1 and do not engage with and degrade phosphorylated JAK2. These final results indicate that CIS/SOCS family members proteins, at the same time as other SOCS box containing molecules, perform as E3 ubiquitin ligases and mediate the degradation of proteins that happen to be linked to these family members by means of their N terminal regions. The central SH2 domain determines the target of every SOCS and CIS protein. The SH2 domain of SOCS1 immediately binds on the activation loop of JAKs. The SH2 domains of CIS, SOCS2, and SOCS3 bind to phosphorylated tyrosine residues on activated cytokine receptors. SOCS3 binds to gp130 related cytokine receptors, like the phosphorylated tyrosine 757 residue of gp130, the Tyr800 residue of IL twelve receptor B2, and Tyr985 of your leptin receptor.
So, SOCS3 while in the brain has become implicated in leptin resistance. SOCS molecules bind to a number of tyrosine phosphorylated proteins, Cellular differentiation such as Mal and IRS1/2. Consequently, SOCS proteins frequently induce the degradation from the target molecules by binding by the SH2 domain and ubiquitination through the SOCS box. While SOCS1 knockout mice are regular at birth, they exhibit stunted development and die within 3 weeks of birth, with activation of peripheral T cells, necrosis on the liver, and macrophage inltration of big organs. The neonatal defects exhibited by SOCS1 mice seem to occur principally as a consequence of unbridled IFN? signaling, since SOCS1 mice that also lack the IFN? gene or the IFN? receptor gene do not die neonatal. Because SOCS1/Rag2 double knockout mice survived considerably longer, SOCS1 has become thought to be an essential adverse Ataluren molecular weight regulator of T cells. That is conrmed by analyzing T cell specic SOCS1 conditional KO mice. T cell specic SOCS1 cKO mice developed a number of inammatory disorders with substantial levels of IFN?.
To investigate the eect of tanshinone I alone on memory, tanshinone I was provided to mice forty min prior to the acquisition trial. To avoid a ceiling eect in unimpaired animals, foot shock intensity was set at 0. 25 mA. This lower intensity shock permitted a behavioural window to determine LY364947 no matter whether tanshinone I enhances finding out and memory. The eect of U0126 on memory impairment in the passive avoidance endeavor was also investigated. Our pilot research conrmed that the eective dose that can induce memory impairment was over 1 nmol. Thereafter, we adopted 1 nmol for more study. U0126 was manually injected into lateral ventricle under anaesthesia, as previously described, thirty min in advance of the acquisition trial, and animals had been then returned to their property cages. The management animals were injected from the exact same method with 5 L of 0.
2% DMSO. It is acknowledged that a common increase in locomotor activities induces a skewing of latency instances measured within the passive avoidance job, and that strain brought on by i. c. v. injection and anaesthetic agents also aects individuals parameters. Dizocilpine dissolve solubility From the current review, we measured the spontaneous locomotor behaviour, as described previously, to assess whether or not the anaesthetic agent or tension by i. c. v. injection with or with no U0126 modified the standard locomotor behaviour, and whether or not tanshinone I alone or mixed with diazepam or MK 801 altered standard locomotor behaviour. Briey, the mice had been positioned during the centre of a horizontal locomotor exercise box, and their locomotor action was measured for 10 min making use of the video primarily based Ethovision Program.
All tests were conducted thirty min after the final therapy. Horizontal locomotor action was converted to total ambulatory distance. A pilot study was carried out to examine the eect of tanshinone congeners on ERK phosphorylation. Within the pilot review, tanshinone IIA, cryptanshinone, tanshinone I or 15,16dihydrotanshinone I had been offered 40 min ahead of death. To determine Eumycetoma the eects of tanshinone I around the expressions of brain derived neurotrophic element, phospho CREB and phospho ERK, tanshinone I was also administered forty min just before death. To determine the temporal eects of tanshinone I on pCREB and pERK protein levels, tanshinone I was also provided 0, 10, thirty, 60, 120, 180 and 240 min before killing the mice. In the course of the main research programme, some mice were killed instantly following the acquisition trial inside the passive avoidance activity.
Hippocampal tissues were supplier GDC-0068 homogenized in buer containing a protease inhibitor cocktail. Soon after centrifugation at 18 000 g for 15 min at 4 C, supernatants had been subjected to sodium dodecyl sulphate?polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Proteins were loaded and size separated by 8?10% SDS?Webpage, and gels were processed for antigens and blotted onto polyvinylidene diuoride membranes for 1 h.
Equivalent to scorching HPH, the lipid is/are melted at 5?10 C over its/their melting points and the drug is dissolved PDK 1 Signaling or homogeneously dispersed from the melted lipid inside the cold HPH system. Then the drug lipid melt is quickly cooled down by means of liquid nitrogen or dry ice and subsequently milled to microparticles by way of a ball mill or mortar. These microparticles are suspended in the cold aqueous surfactant resolution after which homogenized at or beneath room temperature forming lipid nanoparticles. This cold HPH strategy is suitable for hydrophilic or thermo labile drugs as this strategy is expected to prevent temperature induced drug degradation and drug distribution into aqueous phase throughout homogenization.
Nonetheless, finish avoidance of drug publicity to large temperature is not possible since the drug desires to dissolve or disperse within the molten lipid and a few heat is generated during the homogenization process. Typically, scaling up of a course of action encounters several problems. Nevertheless, histone deacetylase inhibitors utilization in the more substantial scale machines throughout HPH prospects to an even better top quality from the product with regard to a smaller sized particle dimension and its homogeneity. On top of that, HPH system is broadly utilised and effectively established strategy in pharmaceutical and food market. SLN prepared by HPH may also be generated in non aqueous dispersion media provided that the dispersion medium isn't going to dissolve the lipid, e. g., liquid polyethylene glycol or oils. The rst part of this strategy is comparable to HPH. Briey, the lipid is/are melted at a temperature of 5?10 C over its/their melting level and also the drug is dissolved/dispersed from the melted lipid.
Then a sizzling aqueous surfactant solution is added on the drug lipid melt and homogeneously dispersed by a substantial shear mixing gadget. Infectious causes of cancer Coarse scorching oil in water emulsion obtained is ultrasonicated applying probe sonicator till the preferred sized nanoemulsion is formed. Eventually, lipid nanoparticles are obtained by enabling sizzling nanoemulsion to amazing to area temperature. Nevertheless, metallic contamination with the products may well happen during sonication by probe sonicator. Microemulsion strategy for that preparation of SLNs was created by Gasco et al., which has been adapted and/or modied by other researchers. Within this system, rst the solid lipid is/are melted as well as the drug is dissolved/dispersed within the molten lipid.
Right after that, aqueous surfactant?cosurfactant option is extra towards the lipid melt with mild agitation to obtain transparent microemulsion. Subsequently, the microemulsion is dispersed in cold water with mild agitation, wherever the microemulsion buy MK 801 breaks into ultrane nanoemulsion droplets which right away crystallize to type SLNs. Sturdy dilution in the particle suspension due to usage of big volume of water is the primary concern of this procedure. So, the extra water demands to clear away both by ultraltration or by lyophilization to obtain a concentrated dispersion.
We calculated the compound entropies across the RGS panel, and employed them for ranking, which immediately distinguishes the scaffolds that are certain. The top are ID 24785302, a pyrazole phenoxy derivative, and ID 24834029, a bicyclo octane derivative, that are most likely to get superior lead optimization beginning factors than far more promiscuous scaffolds. mGluR Triaging compounds by entropy is usually a far more time productive and unbiased way than guide evaluation of four parallel columns of information. Indeed, listing of the selectivity entropy in public databases of screening data would supply users	with	immediate	information	on	scaffold promiscuity. Eventually, the selectivity entropy can be used to examine clinical good results. Selective compounds are produced mainly because they are believed for being much less toxic and thus better doseable to effective ranges.
To check the hypothesis CDK8 inhibitor that clinically accepted inhibitors are much more selective, we binned the compounds while in the public kinase profile in accordance to their clinical historical past, and calculated their regular entropies. In comparison to the typical discontinued compound, the typical marketed kinase inhibitor just isn't far more selective, and the average Phase III compound is even considerably extra aselective. To exclude therapy area effects, we also performed the evaluation for compounds inside the oncology place, which is the only therapeutic spot using a statistically considerable volume of projects. This leads to a related conclusion. To exclude results of time from this analysis, we repeated the evaluation for compounds that entered clinical phase I before 2005.
This shows a lot more plainly that extra succesful compounds are, if something, extra broadly selective. Behind Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection such statistics lies the results of, for example, the spectrum selective medicines dasatinib, sorafenib and sunitinib, and also the failure on the very selective MEK targeted medicines PD 0325901 and CI 1040. MAPK cancer Since 66100% of your analysed compounds in each and every clinical bin are designed for oncology, our conclusion is generally legitimate for oncology, until a lot more kinase inhibitors enter the clinic for other indications. Nonetheless, the acquiring that a selective kinase inhibitor has fewer odds of surviving early clinical trials fuels the notion that polypharmacology is in some cases necessary to attain result. So that you can quantify compound selectivity like a single worth, based on data from profiling in parallel assays, we have presented a selectivity entropy strategy, and in contrast this to other current approaches. The top technique must keep away from artifacts that obscure compound ranking, and demonstrate constant values across profiling strategies.