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other presents the key which is to unlockit . - . > " The grand fundamental principle of the Society has recently received
the sanction of the legislature . During the debate in the House of Commons on the Irish Budget , " June 16 , 1815 , the Right Hon , Robert Peele declared , that " he was convinced , and he avowed it without hesitation
or reserve , that the only rational plan of education in Ireland , was one which should be extended- impartially to children of all religions persuasions . i—one which did not profess to make
converts—one which , while it imparted general religious instruction , left those who wore its objects to obtain their particular religion's discipline elsewhere . ' This declaration from a
member of the" Irish administration , is peculiarly gratifying and encouraging to the friends of the British System . The Society has , in various ways , ( and particularly by affording , a very able and intelligent teacher , well qualified to superintend the establishment of scriools , ) contributed to the introduction of it in Ireland : their
efforts will liow probably receive the co-operation of the government . * Subscriptions are received by Hoare , Barner , and Co . Bankers , Lombard Street > by William Allen , Treasurer , Plough Court , Lombard Street > and by J oseph Fox , Secretary , Argyle Street , Oxford Street .
^ Though the School "Society has no more to do with Unitarian ism than the Bible Sooieiy has , yet we cannot but view it with peculiar satisfaction , as affording the means of diffusing religious knowledge , from scriptural sources alone . And I earnestly wish that our Unitarian friends in different
parts of theltingdom , ( and especially that class who do fiotscem willing to contribute to the dissemination of Unitarian principles , ) would come for-^ H \ Al \ ' - ' ^ A . A . ' ' 1 ' A wards at this present time and assist to place this Society , on a permanent foundation , and to give the
Committee the power o / promoting-its object abroad , in an effectual and more extensive manner . —Hitherto the Society has had its chief encouragement from the Friends ; I shall rejoice indeed if this statement should assist iji obtaining for it more attention arid sup'port among the Unitarians . * u L . C .
* Among other iubecrijptionj from our
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Rational Christianity a greater vr tection against Scepticism , than re " puted Orthodoxy or Fanatical Zeal Sir , London , Sept . , 1 815 . "T ^ O class of people are more abus . XII ed by the generality of Dissenting ministers than Unitarian Christians . Every possible means is mL
to blacken their characters , and to inculcate an idea that no good Christian can safely hear their preachers or associate with them . To make them , more terrific they are constantly ranked with Atheists , Deists and blasphemers * . They are not only denied the appellation of Christians , but are declared by roan */ to be as certain
of condemnation as if already in hell . And why this virulence ?—Do the Unitarians lead worse lives than other Christians ? No !—Their greatest enemies never assert it . It is merely because they claim the liberty of private judgment , and because they use it , in the
real and strict sense of the phrase , by interpreting the scriptures in amanner consistent with reason and truth ; thereby rendering them intelligible and acceptable to the philosopher as well as Christian : —whereas most
other sects resolutely proscribe human reason and compel you to take every passage of scripture as they understand it , from the common literal translation , by which means the sacred writings appear ridiculous and inconsistent to the intelligent and rational man .
1 was brought up in the vulgar notions of Christianity , and came to London a few years back with a strong bias in favour of what is called " Evangelical religion , " but at the same time-with an - inquiring ;
disposition . -Among the various societies into which I was led by a thirst tor information , was one chiefly composed of persons who rejected' divine revelation . Volney and Paine were imrKediattfv nut into mv hands . l « e
fascinating reveries . of the former seem plausible to the unexperienced reader , and the dry ridicule of the latter fastens on the imagination of the superficial thinker , but the general convention of the company hurrie d men
friends , one is particularly ob ^ | V "J -df « By the Rev . Dr . LiPas ^ , for h *» and fritirif of MQ » kweU-Street »^ ;> 150 /"
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6 l 6 Rational Christianity .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 616, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/16/
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