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' Adhering to the professed object of the Society , which is to exhibit the morality apart from the disputed doctrines of the bible , your Committee have carefully revised each of the old tracts which has been sent again to the press , and have scrupulously excluded everything which had been
inadvertently— admittedr ^ riot-strictly- ^ in unison with the leading principle just adverted to . They conceive that a Society conducted on this principle is eminently fitted to disarm opposition , and highly deserving of support from all who wish well to their species . They believe that the excellent moral
precepts , and the perfect example of Jesus , the views of God ' s fatherly and merciful character winch he so clearly revealed , and the exalted hopes which he held forth to those who truly believe in him , need only to be presented in a clear and interesting form in order to become a most efficacious means
of correcting the prevailing vices of mankind , and of extending on earth that kingdom of God which is founded in truth and righteousness , and which is the source of peace and joy to all who can be accounted its subjects . They call upon those who think with them , to aid in the work which thev themto aid in the work which they
, have undertaken ; and they conclude by fervently commending your institution to the protection and blessing of that great Being without whom no labour can prosper , but who will ever look with an eye of mercy and of favour on those who strive to reclaim the wandering from the paths of sin , and to establish their feet in those
ways of wisdom and of goodness which are full of comfort and delight , and which lead to the possession of neverending bliss . ' As a supplement to the Report , it was also stated , that there have been printed by the Society , since its first
institution , more than 529 , 000 tracts , that there are at present on hand nearly 72 , 000 , and that the estimated value of the Society's property is 464 £ . After making these statements the secretary proceeded nearly as follows * In the lust year more than twice as
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many tracts have gone through the hands of our publishers as in the year preceding;—we have paid off upwards of 11 / . for collecting subscriptions in former years ; and we have now no debt whatever besides the sum of 49 £
owing for paper , towards which we have 40 Z . available ; whereas , at the lastanniversaryrwe-owed-VO / rand-had only 40 L towards it . This may be owing , in a great measure , to the circumstance of our concentrating and using up our old stock instead of reprinting the tracts . ' This , however , cannot be done much longer ; and greatly as I rejoice in the good which must result from the donations which
the Society has lately made , I foresee that it cannot continue to be equally liberal , unless it have some assistance afforded it beyond the mere sale of tracts and the annual subscriptions ; The Society may be said to be in a comparatively flourishing , and certainly in a sound and healthy condition ; but , if it is to do all the good of which"ifis capable , it stands in uch in need of assistance from those who
have the power to give , and who cannot surely bestow their wealth on any better object than that which is contemplated in this institution . ' After the Committee ' s Report had been received and ordered to be printed , thanks were voted to the officers of the past year for their services , and to the authors of the new tracts ; and the following gentlemen were elected into office for the
year ensuing ' . —Treasurer , James Es * daile , Esq . ; Secretary , Rev . S . Wood ; Committee , Revs . E . Chapman , J . C . Means , and R . K . Philp , and Messrs . Clennell , Dixon , Fernie , Green , Smallfield , andWaterlow ; Auditors , Messrs . Eisher , Evans , and Bayley ; Collector } Mr . Wiche .
In the course of the evening , the meeting was addressed by J . T . Rutt ; Esq ., Mr . Hart , Mr . Evans , and the Chairman ,- —several new subscribers were announced , and all present seemed to be animated by a sincere desire to promote the prosperity of this mpst useful institution .
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120 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1718/page/8/
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