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brte af " otirer <* f the largest to tons in the kingdoiB alternately , &nd a se rmon or sermons to be preached on the occasion , and a collection made in aid of the Genera ) F . und :
and , after choosing a president , secretary and treasurer , the general business of the Association to be transacted , and the result to be printed in an Address to the body of Unitarians , and
transmitted to the different county delegates , to be by them transmitted to the delegates of the district meeting , and by them communicated to each separate society .
The General Association would be of great utility in devising schemes for the support of decayed ministers , and for the relief of the widows , and for the education of the orphans of deceased ministers , as well as for the establishment of seminaries of
ministerial education . They might also undertake the publishing of popular Unitarian books and tracts , and of lessons , according to the plan of Mr . Lancaster , which are naqcb wanted for the use of
Unitarian Sunday schools ; and ; by printing large impressions , might supply the Unitarian body with books , &c . at a cheap rate * They might also send missionaries to preach throughout the kingdom , by means of whom , and aided by the General Fund , new interests
might be raised and the cause revived in those places where it has hitherto been deciding for want of support . 4 , General Committee . —A stand * i * Sg Qommittee iq be chosen
anni * aUy by the General A ssociation , consisting of such of its members as ? £ filte * # *> r wear London , wfro are to carry fata « $ & « Afce deci-
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sions , andjto follow the in ^ tnw ? - tions of the Association , and to watch oVer the interests of the body at large ; with a powfcr of calling an extraordinary general meeting upon any emergency , such , for instance , as an intended invasion of the religious rights of Dis * senters in general , or of Unitarians in particular .
The expences of the respective delegates to be defrayed out of the funds of the Association to which they are deputed . In order to form the necessary funds , each particular society en ~ tering into the Association , to have an annual sermon and a collection .
One-fourth of che money so collected to be reserved by the society for their own particular exertions ; three-fourths to be transmitted tp the district meeting , who are to transmit one-half to the county meeting , by whom the remaining one-fourth is to be transmitted to
the General Association meeting : so that one-fourth will be appro * priatesJ to the funds of each socie - ty , —one-fourth to the funds of the district Association , one . fourth to the funds of the County Association , and the remaining onefourth to the funds of the General
Association . It is probable that the fumfe might be considerably augmented by donations and bequests irau opulent friends . N . B . The object might fife
promoted by the exertions of & London Unitarian Fund Society and of their missionaries , w | & might transmit to each sejuaratp Society a priiiterf copy of the piaa deemed qp ^ i eJigibk , mwt mtiwfc theirtmnammnce . - T «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 433, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/25/
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