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Unitarianisra ; in farther proof of which , it may be well to mention , that a very large and expensive place of worship , which Jias been recently erected to enforce Calvinistic doctrines ^ has completely failed , and it was expected would
be sold to its opponents . An intelligent bookseller in Boston , / has republished Griesbach ' s Greek Testament , ( the first work in that character which has been printed in America , ) and the Improved Version of the New Testament .
One thousand copies of the former , work were subscribed for by Harvard College—an ; academic institution , which is deservedly considered as the first in ihe United States . The office of President of
that college haying lately become vacant , Dr . Kirkland , a professed Unitarian , was elected by a great majority of votes . — Until very recently Unitarjanism has been confined to the town of Boston , but at the last annual meeting
of the congregational clergy of the spates of AJ assachusets $ nd Con * necticut , it appeared that upwards of 10 O ministers , declared themselves converts to the new
doctrines . The . Jown of Boston contains ( according to the last census ) upwards of 33 , 000 inhabitants .
" Out of nine congregational ministers in this town , ' * says an father friend , eight are either Brians or Humanitarians , i ^ otning like Calvinism is to be heard . ' *—
pp . 26 , 27 . Letter to the Rev . Mr . Griindy , of Manchester , V London , Feb . 20 , 1812 .. Revp & Dear SjjR p -tyfc t-ttt . / was kin (| ejnpugh to tencjj me a sermon , ^ hjcb ^^ yqii t delivered a short time since , at the
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opening of a chapel in Liverpool . U contains , towards the ^ lose , a note , respecting ihe supposed progress of Unitarian is in in the northern and eastern parts of the U . States , and particularly in Boston . As J am a native of that placeand ,
, excepting a short visit in this country , have constantly resided there , and from my acquaintance as a student of divinity , with most of its ministers , and attendance
upon their preaching , tjave had the best opportunity of knowing their sentiments , as well as the general state of religious opinions among us , 1 hope you will pardon , dear Sir , the liberty I am taking , of mentioning some misstatements
in your note . The account Jt gives of the general progress of Unitari - anism in America , is certainly incorrect . I will first mention a few facts , for which I can answer ,
with respect to Boston ; and I think you will see , that the gentleman , who gave you the inforrqation , on which you relied , in his zeal forUr ^ itarianism , has imagined occasions for triumph , which do
not exist . . We have , in Boston , twenty-one placesfor . public worship . Of these , ten are Congregational or Independant . But tjhere are also two Episcopalian , in which the service of the Church of England is read , with no
other alterations , than those , which are adapted to the different state of the country . Qf course , all the Trinitariandoxologies , the addresses of thp Litany , &c . are used * One of the clergymen is an high
churchman } and I believe I am correct in saying , that b # th arede ~ ci ^ ed Trinitari ans . There are also three Bapfift churches , the ministers of \ yhi £ h , ii ^< j l their leading hearers are Calvinists , and Cal-
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Intelligence .- — Unitarianism in America . , 1 ^ 9
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/63/
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