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sential to a Christian corornuriUy , jniiet * lesssbptlld they in any ipaUr i # jr ' i * e considered as forming a separate body . Wherever they appear out of their particular comjnunity , they are to be looked
ugon in no other light than any o $ her Christian : if they are delq . g $ tes , they would be coiisidered as such ; if elders , as such ; if
leaders , as such ; if itinerants , ^ such : and I trust that the nuqaber of that latter character wi } l be greaUy increased , and be the means of very much improving Christian , union .
The union of Christians is as great an object as that of Christian societies , and it is a great cause of sorrow to me , that I feel si * Uttls ptiion ia the body , with which I am connected . In fact , \ yecan scarcely be said to have
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extension , of Christ ^ spiritual kingdom . Each society , ther efore , I could wish to see united in classes of about a dozen in each
class , who would meet for an hour in the week , devoting that hour to prayer , to exhortation and to the reading of the scriptures . Here would be made the small
collection from each Individ uaj for congregational , district and far general purposes . The leader of the class would carry his contri * but ions to the monthly meetings , and thence , they would be carried tq ibeir proper destinations .
I bus every member would be en « gag ^ djn the work of the Lord . Each would be employed in . some way or oth ^ r ia coramunigatipg or receiving instruction , and all would pantake of the benefits of social union .
r l he world has its meetings ^ and fashion brings people together , in which it is reckoned in some classes a greatjsingularity not to unite . ^ i , t any rate we must mix together ip son ? $ degree with people of tti #
world , whether as neighbours of relation Sorely one evening ia the week may be employed by us with great advantage , where we may set aside all" worldl y distinctions , consider ourselves only in
the rel ^ tJ Qj * to * owe comraoA fyead , a « 4 through him to each * o , ther . In sqeh , a inee * i , ng Jt should cqo * terp p late tjhe a ^ 1 va ntage to my cjbfil 4 xenf . wip m ^ y hf ? r ^ bxe ^ k through that associa ^ tipn , which , however dt ? birgii ^ X nw $ be ^ ok-eep
fxotn their mij ^ s ^ others , n ^ y take ^ plje ^ s vw ^ Qf } inpylf&ting ,. Weuc ajl V ^ eq ^^ J- We i *? is no ( < dKtinc , tJQfli p / rich qx poof , grea , t o ^ spjaM . In , the ^ l ^ s ^^ li ^ gf ^ U | , ^ fwm > e , d the ,, CUn ^ ia ^ c ^ ac ; j ^ f , tyuJi , ifr tk ^ JOTger m £ ftif& ; ° * k ) lk * iAv& ., * - . ¦ "
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Oik the Flan-qf&n Unitarian , dtsaciatwn . . 571
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/39/
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