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    speh a degree as to justify the conclusion tfcat there nre , at least , aa hundred perspns in Reading who are prepared to form the foundation of aa Unitarian cau § e in that populous , and , heretofore ,

    orthodox town . 5 . These persons , in general , are now in the habit of seriously reading the Scriptures , and paying the utmost deference to their authority ; which is the more to be wondered at as , a few of

    them only excepted , they had long given lip any particular attention to them , because having taken modern corruptions of Christianity for scriptural doctrine , they had strongly doubted the truth of revelation * 6 . They have , under the direction of Mr . Wright , established a chapel library , which is increasing both in number of subscribers and in hooks . This

    institution promises great utility in promoting the progress of Christian knowledge and virtue , especially among the younger part of them- I observed also that many persons in the middle , and some even in the decline of life , weje inquiring after the knowledge of God and of Christ with all the avidity of youth .

    ' 7 . They make no enthusiastic pretensions to what is usually called religious experience ; but they have thus far attained in Christianity that having believed the doctrines of I he gospel , they are persuaded that obedience to its precepts will insure to them eternal life without enduring the pains of the second death . .

    8 . Their general character is a pleasing union of candour and simplicity , in R eceiving and obeying every doctrine and precept which comes to them recum mended b y the authority of the New Testament . Their first and leading desire being to become 'Bible Christians in doctrine ; in temper , and in practice .

    9 . They have the prospect of procuring a convenient place of worship , in a good situation , in about twelve liiomhs -time ? , meanwhile they continue 'to 1 Use ihe building with which the benevolent

    zeal of oile of theii friends has ftirmshed themJ Nor da they thinkafc diihonbur * * hle thai 1 the religion of the dmrpentt r ^ son is preached ; to » thuman a carpenter s i ) Gpr 1 i vi . , . vi (• • 1 £ *> j - ¦ -I 1 -j r 1 { I ; fn I&ian intedl ^ ent , active ^ * nd pious

    XJ ^ nitiu * iaaa minister coAilt }! be , uindpced tb scttte 4 rQ ( 6 ng tncin ^ iaarit ) persuadcd thaft . fed w 6 i ^ l * i ^ sobtt rftoilccfr qn& : &fb $ h 6 imost t

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    numerous and respectable congregations that any provincial town in England contains * ' * - : ^ It remains only to add that your indefatigable missionary , t Mr * Wright ,

    spent the last Sunday at Reading , and that the intervals between the visits heretofore described were tilled up by Messrs . Eaton , Marsom , and B . Flower , to whom the Society is much indebted for their ready and acceptable services .

    Many reflections occur to your C « m * mittee upon reviewing the occurrences of the last few months at Reading ; but they must content themselves with remarking that this is probably an example of what might be done by similar

    means m many populous towns , and that no case could more fully shew the urgent necessity for a Society like yours , authorized and prepared to seize promptly every opportunity for spread ing the knowledge of the pure gospeL

    We must , though unwillingly , conclude our extracts , with one quotation from Mr . Wright * s Journal of a tour to the north in the autumn of last year . " Newcastle upon Tyne *

    " Here J preached twice ; one evening * in the Hapover Square Meeting-house , where we had a'pretty large congrega * tion , considering that the people-are not used to week evening leeturea We had some Calvinists and Methodists ; for

    hearers . The other evening I preached in Mr . Campbell ' s place , which was pretty well filled , some of the Hanover Square people attending , as weliassom * Calvinists and Methodists , ? Of Mr . Campbell I must give some account . He was of late a preacher of Mr . Haldane ' s , and Iris renunciation

    of reputed orthodoxy is quite rectent ^ A Baptist congregation at Ivendal was iu Haidaue ' s connection , until of late tlu > minister tmil people became Unitarians ¦ Hn-ldane ; Hiidi his , people at ii «> inlitir ^ h > beuig infortutd of thif change , wrote a curious tetier 4 tOvMr . Cave , the ministery andx his people at

    Kendat , informing -. ^ hc-. m that they coirld have no uiyre couaijection nor iuicreourse nith tlieiri ^ l > ut that tbey would pray'fuv therein , Cave aiid his friends wixit ^ ini rfcpcly , that a 3 . they did not see that prayer could be uf ^ any ^ ae fu rthei- than at led tliase who prayed to uste all I h « nieane . itt t ^ heir

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    ^ Extracts from the Report of the Unitarian ThinS * 181 ^ . 773

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1812, page 773, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1755/page/45/