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truly Chtistian spirit a » d ¦ .: conduct have done - feoiipttft ; to . their profession , , Since I waa here before , some of the members of ; jthis ; chkureb : owing to the cireuinstances of ; . -thfe rtinoes ; have been
tinder the qecessiityof removing , but others have beeti added . The society is removed to a more convenient place of meeting , which has been decently fitted upj chiefly , if not entirely ^ at Mr . Millar ' s expense . On the ; whole , thing's kye a promising
appearance I preached two Sundays at Dundee , and one > week evening , in all seven times . The last Sunday the place was completely filled . Many respectable people ; attended , and , I was informed that whenever a regular minister preaches there , most of the
same persons attend . There is good reason < o think , that could a minister be placed in Dundee , the congregation would much increase , and after the first year or two , during which they would need some assistance , be able to support one . This
church ought to h § regarded as an object of attention , on account of the stability and perseverance of its njembers , the populous , ness of the town , and the readiness of the society to allow the minister who should be with them to act as a missionary , part of his time . { To be concluded in the next Number . ] A
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of a civil nature , although u ^ ially ^ on - secr&ted ; by spn ^ e r ^ gfam ; iif ^ asp ^ ff , ¦ + % at , accordingly , ^ , roai 3 fiag ^ # f * J ^ i ^ senters , celebrated inth efface , of tjhei ^ bi ^ ir / congregations , after the date & $ ? . jthe J §? JM * b ration Act , were C 9 iisi ^ ej : ^ 8 ;> vajidr-by < l ? Uk courts of law , although , some , attempt * made to disturb such marrjag . es 4 ' a ^ tjie *
EccIesiastial Courts , served to d ispo $$ th $ majority of Dissenters ( bet vveenivh ^ m and the Established Church there was then no essential difference | iri points . of doctrine ) to conform in tbat ^ pa ^ ticiilar ' to the ritual of the Church . x , , That whilst your petitioners are far from wishing ta impujgn the policy of die ? $ arrmgv Acit , ^' considered as a measure & {
civil regpjatiotii , they beg leave * P suggest ^ , that ; in its , pperatipn , ^ hs connected with , the present ; C | iurcn service , it inxposes a ' burthen on conscience , which they \ mnfo } yl coBceiye was not . int ^ n aed' by t ^ e le ^ isfl ^ tare , as is eviiJeiit from the . exemptr ^ ii , Jii
the act of tlie two classes of per ^ pBki ^ x affainst wliose * reiig-toirs feelings " and < hs * cipline it seemed parpeujary to mintaje .. Th ' dt the a $ | passefl in { he 53 d year ofe his present Majesty s lejgii , c . 160 ^ baa encouraged ! foiif petitioners / to ^ n ope that
their religioiis ' . opinion ^ present no sufficient objection' to the extension in fjieir favour of the recognized ; principles of toleration ; ] biit they hurnliT ^ y submit , th a ^ such toleration is in their case necessafiIV incomplete / while they are obli 2 red 5 l b ' v tn < 5 operation oi the marnage law , to join in a service repugnant in nian , y pfcrts to tlieir
religious feelings and principles . Your petitioners , therefore , humbly pray . t ; hat your [ Rjght ]} Honourable House will take their case . ' into ' , your serious consideration , and afford } hemf such relief in the premises , as iri ' yoiir \ vis * dom shall seem meet . And -Wq ' f petitioners shall , ever pray , &c .
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* ' ^^^^^^^^ BWH ^^**** k Unitarian Association . MARRIAGE LAWSi Thb following has been approved by tlie Committee of the Unitarian Association as a proper form or outline of a petition , on the subject of the Marriage Laws . It is thought proper to make it public for the accommodation of any who may be desirous of coming forward on the
oc-. To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled
or , To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled . The humble petition of the undersigned Shewctby That your petitioners are P ro testant Dissenters of the Unitarian persuasion .
That | he marriage service ^ required by the existing law , is inconsistent in several points wilb the religious belief which your petitioners conscientiously entertain . f y ) mi by the ? municipal laws ; of many ^ nristtan states ^ as well w of this Jcingdqm PM © r W jtfte # ci ofi 2 ^ Geo , II , ^ 33 ^ eooxroonly palled ifye ^ f ^ riiiag ^ Ac ; L ^ f ^ m $ , ~ * Wfl&-fyk PWtraet has b ^ en coiuxdered a » ¦
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Greenavk Chapel * / $ : ' ¦ / ' ¦ : .-j- - ¦' : ¦ ' :. ¦ . Wii $ N I ' recommerided [ p , . 30 Q that the suni collected by Mr . Harris should he divided between the two congregations of ! Glasgow aiid Edinburg : h , I wrote ; underi th e i m press ion , that 9 , 11 reasonable , ex pectation of ^ il ^ ni ^ , a ^ hapel a ^ t ^ Qr ^ enijC . Jk had hem given up ,. ^ . > , .,, '' . . ! : > r > I ba ^ ve since received a letter from fja > very respectable person at Gree ^ c ^ ^ tat ;? .
* T 1 m 3 parafifraph , is . only meant to , state the leg-aj v < ew o $% }} $ qy&Htyo $ r < fi ) Xt course , it has no rjeferep ^ Cj :, ; t $ g ^ ey lojtj gical dispute ^ " ^ be ^ er ^ ^ p ^^ . '" ^ fa opt a r ^ ligri ^ us of dfii ^? e p f sacr ^ pjg ^ , $ | i soM oto ^^ n ^ or ^^ le ^ i ^ . . , , ; .,., ;; ,., ! , ; ..,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1819, page 125, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1769/page/57/
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