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ting to the consideration of the Unitarian public , whether it be not both desirable and practicable for an annual sermon to be preached on behalf of the Unitarian Fund , ( and . of course a collection made at the close of it , )
in every congregation which approves of its plans and objects . I am not aware of any objection which can reasonably be made to this plan , nor of any injury or inconvenience it could involve .
Allow me very briefly to state a few reasons why such a plan should be adopted . 1 . Most other denominations of Christians have annual sermons and collections in their various congregations , in support of religious objects , and generally of missionary preaching ,
&c ; and in this way they obtain no small part of the resources by which they are enabled to carry on their extensive plans : and I see no reason why Unitarians ^ should not pursue the same course , nor why it should not be equally beneficial in carrying into effect their plans for enlightening and improving mankind .
2 . The having an annual sermon for such an object , would afford a favourable opportunity for explaining our views and sentiments , plans and objects : and as the attention of
strangers and persons not well-acquainted with our sentiments , might be excited , it is likely it would be the means of leading them to more correct views of the doctrines we maintain , and of
promoting the Unitarian cause in the places where such sermons were pleached . 3 . It would be a testimony of the union of our congregations , in the common cause , and of their zeal for the promotion of what they believe to be the truth of God ; and with the want of such union and zeal their
enemies have reproached them . 4 . It would afford an opportunity for those who could give but very little , and for those who would not like their names should appear to any subscription of the kind , to contribute something ; and it is likely many would subscribe at such a time who
would otherwise never give any thing : consequently , in this way , much might , from the congregations at large , be brought into the Fund , which would otherwise never have vol . xiv . SB i
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been contributed to any Unitarian , nor to any other benevolent object / . 5 . 16 particular it would give the poor in our congregations , who fete ! a deep interest in the cause , an opportunity of contributing a few pence
towards its promotion , which would be gratifying to their feelings , a « 4 tend to increase their interest in it ; for men always feel the more interested in a thing when it costs them something .
6 . It is pretty evident , if an annual sermon were preached in the Unitarian congregations generally in aid of the Unitarian Fund , it would greatly increase its resources , and furnish the managers of it with the means of doing much more to promote the cause .
7 . Hitherto the Unitarian Fund has been supported chiefly by the subscriptions of individuals ; the plan now recommended would bring whole congregations to its aid , and might gradually call out the strength of the Unitarian body at large in support of its plans and objects .
Feeling deeply interested in the success and permanence of the Unitarian Fund , and anxious to see its plans and operations extended in every direction , and in every proper way , before I go to the silent
mansion of the tomb , 1 have thought much on the mode of increasing its resources here stated ; and I hope our brethren every where will forgive the liberty I take of recommending it to their notice and attention , and that
yow , Sir , will be so kind as io give this paper a place in the Repository , which will much obli R ge . WRIGHT .
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Mr . Evelyn a Reformer . IF our preceding extracts [ pp . 22 and 156 ] from Mr . Evelyn ' s Diary , &C-, have represented him in a light at all unfavourable to his character , which , however , was not designdd we shall end our quotations with
a few passages which will set him right in the reader ' s opinion . He was an accomplished gentlerpan , a liberal scholar , a fine writer , a zealous promoter of learning , science and the arts , a generous friend , a pattern of every domestic virtue , and only inconsistent when he was actuated by his family attachment to the Stuarts ,
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* Mr . Wright on theUnitarian Fund . ^^ Mrr Evelyn a Reformer . 2 % Q r .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/17/
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