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He gate on its first formation t his tame with fe life ? subscription to it ; and sweb «* a » the interest which ietookm its growing success , that be gave to its fends a life subscri ption every year during bis life :
the money for this purpose passed through the writer ' s hands , and he can confidently assert , from frequent and fern i liar * intercourse , tbat the great success of the Unitarian Fund * and the completion of
the" Improved Version of the New Testament , ** were the two objects that lay nearest his heart ; and when hearing the accounts of the society rftad , and contemplating
toe consequences which , in his opinion ^ they were calculated ultimately to produce , bis countenance would brighten up , and he seemed animated wkh alt that be .
Dtvolent Seal which distinguished h » mere active daysw I wotrld just add , that Mrs * Li&daey , influenced- by the same ardent desire toptowiote the object of the imtitution wkh that of her venerable
awt gem-rows hustemd , made yearly donates to the society afc long a * she tired * *¦ ' J } . E *
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Remarks on the QnHthits ? Ytavly Epitotei Sia , jtog . lfr , 181 ^* In ybwr laS « number you have Ifrte&fc 4 ? 0 > the Quakers' late
Audreys to * the Prince Regent ih *** oht ol » pence , aAd their Annual *|** fe > of Cotnisel and ! Admonr-*^ r t « i the Mieetings iti Friends in ®^ t Britam , Ireland and else-****** i Th « i fiffit Of these doci **
2 ^ nt * is creditable to theit * € hi *» ^ ** b feelirt ^ in thitt c « wise of suiferj ^ utn ^ y ^ ttfi ^ i ttrficfc fes a con-25 ^ ) la ^ ef ^ nce , ^ their * ^ ett ^ Ww ^ tWt * w > i » 5 i a |^ E » ti nlfc war ,
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evet since they became a distinct religious society * Thfc respectful but plain un . critiging nianner m which their Address is drawn up , and its con * trast with some other recent ad *
dresses to the throne , has been very properly noticed in jour Monthly Retrospect of Public At feirs ; nor should I criticise any passage in it as the intent of the compilers is not only good buft
cannot well be mistaken ; did not a similar ambiguity and incor * rectness of expression pervade also the Epistle on subjects highly important and very liable to be misunderstood .
These commendable advocates lor peace say , * ' It is now many years since war has been spread ing its desolation over great part of the civilized world . ' * Which , is
equivalent to declaring there has been a long period of peace since the occurrence of the evils they deplore * Whereas they should rather havtt said war has bees
spreading for maaiy years its devastations , &c- The conclusion of the same paragraph ifc also in ^ correct . It seems intended to < in * timate the propriety of the Prince Regent ' s CounseUurss seeking " di * vtnc direction ^ int order to enable
them to second Ms use of the royal prerogative in " putting , a period to this dreadful state of'd «? vas » tarionV' But it says " We trust the loifd&m of tby councils ^ « 9
they , seek for divine direction , will be enabled to discover , &c . " This pronoun they has no proper ante * cedetit ; and' however truly il may be a mark of widdom in Cabi * nee minristets an « l s&vtvsmen to fifcl agreeably tb < divi nre < diTeCtton . in an undeviaung liegand to f hose great principles tvftich ax ^ of universal
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Remarks ton the ttttefkers * Temiy Epistle . fill
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1812, page 611, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1753/page/15/
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