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vocally declare his conviction that Unitarian Christianity is the religion of the gospel of Jesus Christ . What but the holy and irrepressible love of truth could have induced such a mind as his , not only to retire from a church in which he was honoured and beloved ,
to resign his benefice , and to forego the iyrilliant ^ -prospeicts ^ of ^ preferment which he might most reasonably have had in view , from his connexions as well as his high character ;—; but , moreover , to join himself with a society which lie well knows is "
everywhere spoken against , " calumniated , and reviled—a society which has no emoluments or honours to bestow , and which offers no allurements but the unshackled investigation of truth , and the uncontammated religion of the Redeemer ? Proud may we be of such-an accession to our cause ! and
thankful ought we to be to Divine Providence , that while Robertson and Lindseyy Wakejidd and Jebb , are reaping in a better world the reward of their faithful confessions of Jesus upon earth , their mantle has descended upon one so worthy to wear it— - upon one so well qualified to
maintain , as they did , a prominent and commanding position in that resistance to error and delusion of every kind , in that vindication of the rights of conscience , and in that uncompromising support of truth , which form the object and the bond of all Unitarian Christian associations .
' With respect to the resolution which I have the honour to second , the subject has been so fully and so ably discussed by my reverend friend , that it is unnecessary for me to detain you with more than one or two observations , I cannot reflect , without a
feeling of indescribable disgust , on the manner in which the judicious and impartial system of national education devised by our present liberal and enlightened government has been assailed by that political and selfish faction which has been the constant opponent to the peace and concord and prosperity of the people of Ire-
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land . It is shocking to observe that peers and prelates , and presbyters * members of parliament , corporations , ministers of religion , and magistrates , have conspired in one ferocious cry of reprobation against a measure so
well calculated to improve the minds of the populace of this country , and to ^ bind i : n'e ^ risin-g-gen eration 7 "of " allr religious names , in union and love by the ties of early association . It is a melancholy sign of the times , that they have not scrupled to give the sanction of their countenance to the
promulgation of the most shameless misrepresentations ( I may add falsehoods ) in describing the constitution of the Board , and detailing the regulations of the system / [ Having given some instances of these misrepresentations , Mr . Armstrong proceeded" ] :
' Yet amidst this disgusting farrago of fanaticism , hypocrisy , and political rancour , it is consoling to reflect that an over-rulingProvidence has made these violent men the unconscious instruments of setting forth a most imp ortant , and to themselves a new principle , amongst their ignorant and
besotted partizans , —it is most satisfactory to hear from such persons the cheering cry— " The Bible , the whole Bible , and nothing but . the Bible 1 " It seems as if the Lord had ' put a new song into their mouths / I hail this cry with unspeakable delight . ' If it be sincerely adopted , the reign of
bigotry will soon terminate . Down must corne the contradictory articles , the absurd creeds , the anti-christian confessions , and all the other debasing corruptions that have so long inter * posed their dark and hateful atmosphere between the beams of evange * lical truth and the bewildered minds
of men . Gladly do we re-echo the cry they have adopted . Long and widely may it reverberate ! It is the true principle on which our association is founded ; for well am I assured , that wherever the Bible alone is the fountain of religious knowledge , there it will inevitably lead to the adoption of Unitarian Christianity /
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UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . S 3
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1832, page 85, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1717/page/5/
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