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    merry meeting may be wished , God prohibit it . "—Examiner * June 13 .

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    United States of America . Unitaricmism in America : Extracts from several Letters . [ From a Friend iu America to # an Unitarian Cortvert in England . ] I must own I was somewhat surprised to hear of your dereliction from our Church , [ the Church of England , ] hut I am too much a citizen of the world not to

    he tolerant to all systems of . religion to condemn any , though I may be individually attached to one . The religious opinions you have adopted are rapidly gaining * ground in this country , the most

    popular preachers in Boston are of that persuasion . The heads of the College ( that is Harvard or Cambridge College ) disseminate it to the students , so that it appears to me in a short time it will be almost universal .

    [ From a letter dated Liverpool , 16 May . ] After all , in America we must expect the most rapid progress of Unitariauism . I have seen many people from Boston lately , who agree in calling it the established religion of that place . Certainly

    it is leaving all other systems in the back ground there . John Wright gives very favourable accounts from the neighbourhood of Washington , where he has raised a . good congregation . He has twice preached before Congress at the command of the Speaker , who has requested him to publish his sermons . He says he gave sound Unitarian doctrine .

    [ From a Letter dated Philadelphia * 6 th May , 1819 . ] We do not now stand alone in this city as Unitarians . You may recollect the Universalist Church in Lombard Street , and that the congregation was Calvinistic and Trinitarian , also that they held the late Mr . Murray ' s wild notions about

    universal salvation , believing- that the wicked will not be punished because all their sinjg are washed away in the blood of Christ . Last fall , « £ Mr . Abn «? r Kneeland was introduced as a preacher in that church , as a candidate , a man of about 45 , from the Eastward , ingenious , self-taught ^ but of a clear head and an excellent character .

    Mr . Kneel and is a Humanitarian , and such tk Universalist as Dr . Priestley , Mr . Winchester , &c . He had the manliness to give a full exposition of his sentiments : the consequence was , that although a few were offended and went off , he was elected minister of the congregation , and his church is well attended ; he has obtained leave to introduce our hymn book , which

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    is also used at Baltimore ; and a * he only preaches on Sunday mornings and evenings , he occasionally attends us on Sunday afternoons , he speaks without book , in plain and familiar , but not incorrect laag ' liage . In a word , lie is doing a great deal of good ; more than if he deliveied

    polished and elaborate discourses ; and incomparably more than if he pursued that equivocal plan which some have com * pi i men ted with the epithet of prudent , but which , although sometimes adviseable , and perhaps even necessary , ought to be continued no longer than imperious circumstances demand .

    [ The same letter states that Mr . Jared Sparks , from Cambridge University , was ordained pastor of the Unitarian Church at Baltimore * on

    the day preceding ; eight or nine ministers attending from Massachusetts and New Hampshire , The elegant place of worship belonging to this congregation was opened in October

    last , when Dr . Freeman , the father of Unitarianism at Boston , preached an excellent discourse , from Luke xii « 579 in which , having pointed out th $ proper province of reason , he gave a view first of Calvinism and Trinitarianisro ,

    and then of rational Christianity or Unitarian ism , concluding with an exhortation to judge impartially between these opposite systems . ] The following is from the Column hian Centinel , Boston , May 1-2 , ISlQt

    Orcfination * The following was tbe order of performance , at tbe ordination of Mr . Jared Spar&s ± to the pastoral care of the first Independent C * lturch of Baltimore , which took place on the morning ° * the 5 th instant , according to the ancient and established usages in New England :

    1 . Prelude on the Organ ; 2 . Introductory Prayer , by Rev . Mr . Edes , of Providence , R . I . ; 3 . Lesson from the Scriptures , by Rev . Mr . Parker , of Portsmouth , N . H . 5 4 . Anthem ; 5 . Sermon , by Rev . Mr . Channing " , of Boston ; 6 : Ordaining * Prayer , by Rev . Dr . Ware , Professor of Theology

    in Harvard University ; 7 . Anthem ; B . Charge by Jthe Rev . Dr . Porter , of Roxbwry , Mass . ; 9 . Address to the Society , by Rev , Dr . Thayer , of Lancaster , Mass * } 10 . Right-hand of Fellowship , by Rer . Mr . Palfrey , of Boston ; 11 . Concluding

    Prayer , by Rev . Mr . Nichols , o > f Portland , Maine ; 12 . Hyrnn ; 13 . Anthem ; 14 . Benedictiori ; 15 . Voluntary on the Organ . On this solemn and interesting * occasion the house was * filled with a very attentive auditory , among * whom were some of the most eminent of the Baltimore clergy *

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    453 Intelligence . —Foreign : United States of ' America .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1819, page 458, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1774/page/58/