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    thre ' B , whoso we highly esteem , ( tftough they differ from us on the subject of baptism , ) distinguished as they in general are for their virtue and piet \ . What then can be the ground of the extraordinary purpose

    for which this numerous assembly are called tog-ether this evening *? Have we at Worship Street been deficient in our subscriptions to this charity ? No 5 almost evevy person of property amongst us is a subscriber ; and a very few years ago , owing to the pressure of the times , when

    the support of the school was diminished , I among others was called upon to double my subscription 5 which was immediately done . Have we at any time been backward with our annual chanty sermons , when it came to oar turn ? No ^ last May two sermons were preached for this

    purpose at Worship Street ; and both myself and colleague gave up to two respectable ministers—Dr . Philipps and Mr . Foxunder the idea of their obtaining a larger sum for the charity . Have our deceased friends beeu deficient in legacies to the institution ? No : far from it . Within

    these last ten years , no less a sum than £ 1200 hath "been bequeathed for the benefit of the Wood-Street Charity School I My late worthy friend and constant hearer ( Mr . Joseph Coope ) , who left you £ 1000 sterling 1 , a little more than twelve months ago , was attached to this school on account

    of the liberal principles by which it is characterized ; and hence his munificent legacy ! Had this cloud of illiberality which has teen gathering , around our institution appeared in his life-time , and been suffered to obscure its glory , not a farthing of his money would hare been

    now in your possession . But on account of its catholic principles he befriended it through life , and at his decease left a permanent memorial of his regard to posterity ! Thus the living- and the dead aj : Worship Street have been studious of the welfare and intent on the prosperity of the charity . After this are we to be told that

    it is in contemplation to remove the children from their attendance at Worship Street ? Justice and gratitude dictate an opposite conclusion . But our religious principles , it seems , are dangerous , and pregnant with mischief to the minds of the children . As to our

    principles , they are now what they have always been 3 founded on the New Testament . We firmly believe in the divine mission of Jesus Christ , who lived and died for the great family of mankind . Our creed is indeed summed up in the words of the Saviour : " God so lored the

    world , that lie gave his only-begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him shall not Parish , but have everlasting life . " But , Mr . € hairmati , it is not theoretical principles that make the Christian ; it is the

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    temper and dis posit iaiirr-tfee heart Uself that the Supreme Bjeiiig regards with approbation . We touch one another on every side . It is therefore our behaviour ai ? d conduct towards each other through life that will be inquired into at the last

    great day of account , when the plaudit will he uttered , " Well done , good and faithful servant 5 enter thou into the goy of thy Lord . " We trust nevertheless that

    we are right in our religious principles 5 but being * fallible creatures , we would avoid all dogmatism and ud charitable ness . We only claim that liberty which we freely grant to others . We condemn not our brethren of different sentiments . To bear

    and forbear is the indispensable duty of humanity . They diiFer no farther from us than we differ from them . We would view all our feilow-ellristians with an « ye of love and benignity . " Judge not , that ye be not judged 5 for with what judgment ye judge , ye shall be judged , and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again . "

    But we are not met here , Mr . Chairman , to discuss confessions of faith ; we are desirous of joining h

    has been established upwards of a hundred years ; and last year you celebrated with joy and g-ratitude its centenary anniversary ! On that , as well as on every aunual occasion , its liberal principles have been mentioned in terms of the highest commendation . . And I well recollect how

    at your annual dinners the late Dr . Henry Hunter , your revered and perpetual chairman , ( and he was a Calvinist , ) dwelt on the catholic basis of the school , descanting most eloquently , r . o as to electrify and delight , by his expanded sentiments , the whole company . Your institution , indeed ,

    reared on its broad foundation , has stood the test of time , whilst other institutions , of a more narrow and contracted spirit , have sunk and disappeared for ever ! Your charity having ' survived a century , with increasing * prosperity and glory , resembles

    the British oak , which , through each successive period , only strikes deeper its roots , and extends more widely its branches ; blessing , by its grateful shade , those who seek and enjoy its protection . And thus it is that the most excellent of all our

    religions societies for " distributing Bibles without note or comment , " hath spread itself to the ends of the earth . * * In the account of the British and Foreign School Society , it is admirably remarked , ^" -Education conducted on enlightened principles , while it inculcates the purest morality and the most impor-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1819, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1768/page/57/