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P . S . I am happy to add the following recommendation of the above case , by my worthy friend Mr . Lyons , of Chester . ** 1 have witnessed , with great pleasure , the very zealous and liberal exertions of the Unitarian congregation at Boston , and , being well acquainted with all the circumstances of their case , do most cordially recommend it to the attention of our
brethren . " JAMES LYONS . ' Subscriptions are requested to be sent to the Rev . R . Aspland , Hackney ; the Rev . W . J . Fox , 4 Suffolk Place * Hackney Road ; or to the Rev . D . W . Jones , and Mr . C . Wright , Boston , Lincolnshire .
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just to add , that if 1 can in any Way forward the views of those societies'in the country which have declared an intention to assist the Madras congregation , I shall < Vel great pleasu re in co-operating with them either officially or otherwise . If ; m \ thing is to be attempted it would be well I think , that it should be done in concert . " ~
THOMAS REES , Secretary to the Unitarian Society . " To the Secretary of ike Unitarian Society , of London * " Reverend Sjk , " I have received your letter , and the ample benefaction of books , safe
on the $ 6 th of last mouth . My good master not being at Madras at the time of its arrival , it being left in his office , on his return I received them . Our joy and gratification on the
occasion were great—no earthly possession can ever give such pure pleasure and sensation to the mind . May the Lord our God give us due sense and wisdom to profit by them . By this large collection some of mv books are now
doubled . I can now lend some of them to others more freely than I could do ^ before . M \ self and my friends return our heartfelt thanks and obligation to Ihe respectable Unitarian Society for their benefaction and kindness , and hope in the day of retribution it will not be found as lost
upon us . " [ The next paragraph relates to an application to the proper authorities for leave to print in Tar-mil , some of the books which Roberts had pre * pared for the use of his flock . This part of the letter cannot be published
at present . The writer then gives a . copious analysis of two tracts which he had drawn up for publication . They relate to the Hindoo Mythology and superstitions , and are designed to lead the worshipers of Brahma , &c , to the knowledge of revealed religion , and the principles of Unitarian Christianity . ]
" My present labour in hand , " he proceeds , 4 < is notes and discourses on the Gospels . Dr . DoddridgeVFamily Expositor , Dr . Priestley ' * Notes , Mr . Lindsey 8 Works , your I mproved Version of the New Testament , ttn <* all other Unitarian writings tha ( t is [ tfre ] in my potoes&ion , are ; Wiy guide *
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6 & 8 Dr . T . Reess Account of Correspondence-with W . Roberts , of Madras .
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London , November 15 , 1819 . Xh \ T . Hees * s Account of a Correspondence with W . Roberts , and the Native Unitarian Christians at
Madras , Sir , THE case of William Roberts , and his little congregation of native Unitarian Christians at Madras ,
having excited considerable attention among our Unitarian friends in the metropolis and in the country , it will , I doubt not , be interesting to them to learn what has been done in that
quarter since the last account was published by Mr . Belsham , in William Roberts ' s second letter , which was addressed to him . Last year , I was instructed by Ihe Unitarian Society to open an official correspondence with William Roberts on their
behalf , to convey to him a donation of books , and to assure him of their disposition to give him every encouragement and assistance in tlieir power , towards prosecuting the work which he bad so honourably and ably cotnmeneed . On the 8 th instant I
received a long letter from him in reply , dated Madras , the 30 th of April , 1819 . From this I transmit some extracts , in the -hope that you will admit them into the Repository . The
lette * is at present under the consideration of the committee , and will , I suppose be , like the others , printed entire , or with the exception ouly of some communications which are of a private nature . I take this occasion
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/36/
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