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the present circumstances of the personage referred to , it would have been perhaps most respectful to him to have forborne introducing his name into public ; unless indeed the King ' s patronage of Joseph Lancaster had conferred upon him such an honourable distinction as no adversity could render worthless .
The cause of civil and religious liberty nil the world over The Unitarian Fund . May the wisdom of the legislature no longer suffer the Toleration Act to be c < abominably intolerant ^ ' This was introduced with an explanation of the wording of it : the phrase within
comin as was stated to have been used b y Lord Siduiouth , in his speeeh on the rejection of his celebrated and ur » for . tunate ( though perhaps not ill-intenc ? - edj bill ; and it was understood that the phrase had been privately
explained by the noble speaker in reference to the Unitarians . Some judicious and impressive observations were made on the general subject of the Toleration Act , and of religious liberty .
The Rev * W . Severn , the preacher \ who returned thanks in a very animated strain . The Missionaries of the Unitarian Fund : may they go forth bearing precious seed , and the harvest be abundant . On this , Messrs . Wiightand Bennett addressed the company .
The memory of Priestley , Lindsey and Wake jield . This toast , received with silence by the company , was prefaced by some fueling observations . The chairman repeated one remark made by Mr . Stuieh ( who now sat on his left hand ) when he filled the same chair ; namely , that we ought rather to rejoice that such men lived , than to lament that they died .
The Rev . Mr , Lyons , and the Umtarian cause in Scotland . Mr . L . stated , in returning thanks , which he did with much warmth of feeling , that he considered the Society ^ s the most honourable and important work to which the powers of the : human mind could
possibly be directed , that he gloried in the object of the institution , which was no other than the promotion of human happiness ; and that he felt a growing conviction that this object was practicable and attainable by the ¦ l eans witUin our reach . Tbis speech
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was heard with marked attention by the meeting :. The Treasurer , John Christie , Etf q * who gave a very interesting representation of the plan and objects of the institution , followed by an urgent recommendation of its support .
Mr . Frend , and the Unitarian Academy j which gave occasion to Mr F . to explain the plan and present state Of this institution . The names of several subscribers were in consequence given to the Treasurer of the Fund , who is also Treasurer of the Academy * . Mr- Severn next proposed the foflowrnar . after some pertinent and lowing- after some pertinent and
, interesting introductory observations : The Unitarians of Transylvaniay and a speedy comtnunication between them and their British brethren . In giving it , the chairman stated that he believed the intercourse which was deemed so de . sirahle was about to be opened , through a channel lately discovered .
We can add only the names ' of the gentlemen , in order , who afterwards addressed the meeting : Mr . Hardy , vr | u > ]* ror > osed to the chair , Success to the Monthly Repository : the Secvelary ^ on liis health liemg g ^ iven r the Rev .
W . Vtdler ^ whose name was £ iven , in connection with a wish for the prosperity of the cause at Reading r the Rev . E . Butcher , tne preacher eiert : Mr . hatou , for the Coinmif n-f : Mr . Stuich , on proposing the health < jf the Chairman . which was received
with unusual demonstrations of respect : Mr . Thomas Fostor , in con « nection with the book societies f the Rev . T . Rees , as Secretary of the Christian Tract Society , and Mr . HenuelL on bebalf of the Stewards ,
As the company was more numerous than on any former occasion , ' so it contained , we are happy to say , a greater number than we had before seen of country ministers and brethren . We have but one remark to make
in concluding our brief report ; namely , that the pleasantness of the meeting is a pledge of its utility , and that the growiug inferest which the Successive
* A general meeting of the sudj scrihers and Friends to the Unitarian Academy was held * agreeably to advertisement , the next day : the fesulf of the meeting will , we expect , * oori appear on our pages .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/59/
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