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fixed ^ qn& 1 more fifHy satisfied of their correctness by what . I have see " n and heard during this last jou ^ n ^ y . Fully am I convinfced that our attention opgfit to be steadiIy directed towards North
Britain ; among different parties there is some stir about opinions , atuj a variety of circumstances whiqh are ^ operating to prod dee mpre of the spirit of free enquiry and Christian liberality . The yrptk is undoubtedly great , and
the difficulties many ; but they rriust give w ^ y before persevering efforts , if well-directeci * Perhaps , no v ^ ere are we m ote secure of the ground we gain than in the North , owing to the more steady habits of rbe people . May God crow ^ wit h success our efforts for his g ! 6 ry !
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On the Christian Tract Society ; a Letter from the Rev . Tm liees , to the Editor * Siu , T The interest which you have t&kep in promoting the success of t | ie Cb ^ risiian Tract Society , aa institution which may be said to
awe its birth to your valuable mi&v C&llany , induces me to hopp you will allow ri ^ e a smal l portion of the space usually allotted to co n * respondents , for a short statement , fexplanatory of its present ponsti - tutip | i anc | plans .
> I hardly need iiiform ypur je ^ ders of its origina ) design ^ wh » ch was , as expressed ir ) , the rirjea ^ ble tflVntite , J * il i ^ ^ Sip ^ idis ^ hute ftflaong&t A \ m > . « poqu $ jb ^ IL cixeap
fra ^ i incm c&ftng rifiomloondu ^ t 0 h ' -j&i ^ ty ffil ^ &it £$$ ing ^ tftftsg o i ^ 6 r . pfl ^ s rf cliff ^ r ^ n ^ ^ rbT ^ atferj ^ of opi nion wfai < ih we- « fen tp ndiride ma ^ y persroiis ivho yefriakree ori thegreat
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practical bnnciples of tkd gps ^ L It vra ^ TVitn tli e vre w of embracing all such persons that the general terra " Christi ^ n ^ was applied to it , rather than any other bf more resifictedsigniflcrati ( n ' , which migfit appear to bledge the members to
the peculiar tenets of some one sect or party . ^ y a re fertnee to the tract ? already published , now Fifteen in niimber , it will be seen tWt thd principle which led to the choice of the title , has uniformly been adhered to in the books of the
society ,- ^ - no doctrinal topics . haying been admitted , except in u very fpw instances , wherein som ^ tena t may have been brought forward for reprobation on accoun t * of itsobvious tendency to sap the foixp * dation of Christian morality ; *** To
carry v thelTenevolent de 9 igris of the society into execution ^ it i $ provided that c * any pecxmhhfy subscription shall be reteived , but that subs ; cribers of half a . guinea
»•¦ • • * . -4 . f .. . . * - ^ annually shall be entitled to vote at the general rheeUn '^ s : * aB d that a donat ? ori of frve gpineas at one time shall constitute a membeffi > r
life ^ witl ^ same privilege . ' The practice , of the society , in respect to the distribution of its tracts , has , from the firfet , been to allot to each subscriber ^ w ^ fiout regard to the amount of liis coir tribution , a certain number of
every book oii its ptibiicatioijf ; that is , twelve of each qf ^ k&di retdilecl at one j ^ enny , and $ ^ » of each of thbsp ofhigbetfprffcfe * : and also to ^ rve tp the m ettt bers the privilege of t pti ^ chasi ng /^ ai ^ tifres for cKt ^ u rit ^ We purposes at A very reduced
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144 Intmigente . ^ - On the CkriM Tfrdbt Society . . • : *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/60/
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