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aa act , Hiake H . iflgperAtw ? upon Hys officiating minister to leave out the devotional parts of the service ^ and the unintelligible jargon attached to the ceremony of the ring , aqd wauta "thu « ^ jrtttaljy ( but ia the least offensive manner ) reduce feist functions with respect t& persons availing themselves of the act , to those of an officer or
minister of the State , leaving the parties at liberty to consecrate th ^ ir vows ill their awn religious societies . Will it be f » aicl that we sacrifice our consistency by recording what , as it con * cer « s wdfty , we agree to consider a eivil contract , before an individual
w ho happens to sustain a character mi religious matters which we < Jp not recognize ? Do we ,, then , object to . appear before a clerical justice of the peace , or do we think of protcMi ^ g ag $ i |* £ t the jurisdiction of the Eecte ~ sie ^ ti-c al Courts in the probate of wills *
in causes of divprce * awl a variety of other matters purely civil ,, which are left to their cognizance ? And if the plqw oi celebration be objected to , a , Dig ^ enter might with equal reason decline to attend a vestry meeting on
parish business . For himself * Mr . R . Confessed be was free to own that hia 4 S $ ociatiGBs were much more in favour Qf ^ visit to * he parish churc h than to tjfie police office i « Row Street , on such an occasion . It i $ also to be
cousidereq , that few country plac ^ contain a building so proper for purposes of registratutf ) a $ \ he parish church * s * nd no on ^ whex h ^ had thg opporljuiiity ojf e ^ timntu ) g % be inftaienee iinportauce ^ f a . ^ npeiimte ^< i agaeasfote register of tranttajctions w material in thai *
consequences to property a «*| social righfe , wijl h « disposed to go ^ &tep beyond tlie strict ti ^ eessity of the ca ^ # wheii the consequence wqmM be an inroad upon , tile e ^ tnbliftlied policy 6 U > d gy ^ t cm of the Legislatutftf , the ge ^ neral good effects of which are
unqiAestiaoah ^ o . M r . B ,. ther ^ fope tru ^ d ^ that fee proposed w ^^ ure would re * ceive the di ^ p % 8 ^ ionMie c « o « idemtion « f this petitioners , and woqjd be found Oajetdatcd to attain tifio obj ^ t of tho
petitit > i * H , awid > alao to relieve Prot «^ twt EHs ^ eu tfjrs Qf otl ^ r denQOMii rttiona without ra » ldy 4 e » troyi « ga & > 8 te * ur in the oiainteimnce qf % vhivh , in * civil ppint of voew , Chur ^ hnifcn ^» d Ii > i ^ wontewi ane «« wi 41 y interwted . Mi ^ Sutt followed , wd cmprcsMv
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hi « decided appr ^ lt h plan pfoppafd by the hill alluded to . He wiah ^ d to have marriage co nsidered ail a civil contract entirely , and should he very unwilling to accede to the plan of renaovmg the celebration of it to Dissenting places of worship , and thereby giving our sanction tp treating it as a religious ceremony .
Mr . Aspland expressed his concurrence in th ^ plan suggested , although he had on its being first mentioned objected to it on the same grounds as Mr . Durnmt , supposing it tQ be in * teuded only ta alter the religious
service . He begged U > assure their fris » eit m the c $ w * try 9 tfeat they wight rc )« y with perfect oonfideoce upon the Committ ^ e ' s neiver sarictkuibg aj ^ y thiu ^ like ^ sa ^ rif | e « or compromise vi prlaciple . . ¦ '
Th ^ tfeanM the meeting w&ts then givea tp Ihe Treasurer , Secretary ^ Ccwmittee aad Chmm ^ h and tb ^ meeting broke up .
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Mmria@ 8 Law , As might be especl&ct ftom the general fe ^ Uog ex pressed on thi « subject , maoy petitions pr ^ yiii ^ for r «| ifef have been prepared and jwesented to the Houses of P ^ rWanaeni , chiefly in
the form recommended by the Cow ^ Tuittee . We hme no correct list > but aoaoug ^ t t U ^ m were p ^ tHiona from the Graved Pit congregation , Ha-ckney ; Pawliarnent Court , London ^ Slk Tbo ^ maa '{> , Ujonougb ; the society iprtfteting io the Gjpe « fc « utr J ^ win Street ; a g £ * ncra 4 one foom London aod
Waitvainsten ; a » d petitious from JLiv ^ rppoJ , Nottingham ^ Norwich , B ristol , Exeter , Sheffield , Plyi » outb , Ghieh ^ t ^ r , Gtocester , JL ^ iin * , M ^ id ^ t ^ u ^ , Newport , Ten ^ pden , Thorny Creditw , F ^ mlingham , Rattle LincQlu , Falmoutli , &c
Since the general meeting , at which the * nl * j # pt of the iwltef u » a » o ^ nmder * ^ bl ^ discussed * il bK © cw » e ^ aoenwrry for the Conmaittee t 0 d ^ t « # wai ^ i ^ on some uitiafiuw tQ b 0 proposed , w Mr . Wil * liaw ^>» iitti h ^ 4 given iwrtiea « f mQtioii for the 16 th of Jiine , and th ^ y
IMr « ' to tfi « following uiiawnaoua refclQluliou : 44 That M a « ip € ar « to tho Cfimwttw tfe »* : lhii plw pnoppaed in tte draft <* a Uiihfiwwwl . b ^ . Mr , Uwhmwrfi wA wm hfiftwe ttoan ,. ii « i ^* ti «« " *¦* MttfWfife ? tolraiHto ttiit « c « wiv * li o # tv
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1819, page 382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1773/page/38/
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