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Preamble . Unitarian Christians believe the doctrines they profess , to be the perfection of reason , and the glory of revelation ; they coacei ve their views of divine truth to be honourable to the Deity and ennobling' to man they know that their direct tendency it to ' inspire the purest reverence of God , and the most lively aspirations after holiness they feel them to be cheering in the totir ' of prosperity , and consolatory in the moment of adversity ; that they elevate the mind above the vicissitudes of life , avid £ 11 the heart with peaceful hope on the approach of death . It is their sincere and solemn conviction that many doctrines maintained by other denominations of Christians , if pursued into all their consequences , would produce effects totally opposite to those professed
by the Unitarian Christian . They indeed rejoice in the conviction , that in numerous instances such effects are not produced They love the piety of many of their brethren and applaud their zeal . But they are convinced that that zeal would burn
with a purer flame , and that piety glow with a more divine ardour , were they with earnestness and feeling' to embrace those views of divine truth which the Unitarian maintains . Unitarian Christians therefore cannot but think and feel , that if they are generous and benevolent and virtuous , it
is their imperative duty to display this pure system of truth and righteousness before the eyes of their fellow-christians , in its genuine and native light . These are the reasons which have led to trie formation of The Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Christian Association .
Its objects are to promote the honour of God and llie happiness of man . Its means of producing- these great and good effects , those sanctioned by the Anointed of the Most High ; the sending' persons to and ho that knowledge may be increased ; and
rt * justification ( if any should be deemed necessary ) the solemn * and expressive language of that great Beibg * , who declared , 1 man when he hath lighted a candle , P'Jtleih it in a secret place , neither under a biisliel , but on a candlestick , that they * l"ch come in may see the light . "
Rules , 1 . That it is a most desirable object to ftr and maintain a regular correspondw with the different religious societies ln Lancashire and Cheshire , which arc " ! ™ on ^ e common principles of the * r'et unity of God , and of liis universal Io ? e to big creatures . ada > i 1 n ° lliean $ appear to be better the ¦ t 0 acciwl P *«« h that object , than thoBp ! - - 1011 ° a Generi 11 Association of uatel / 8 u societic > s > to 1 > e held alterc * i « t ^ 1 Pja-ees in which . such societies Bfl&itttaiQing' rrespondence i
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with each other through tbe medium of a committee . 3 . That such an Association is calculated not only to unite the societies themselves in a spirit of friendship most worthy and illustrative of the Christian name , but will also tend to check the progress of infidelity , and will likewise afford an
excellent opportunity to explain to the public the real principles avowed by Unitarian Christians ; to expose the misrepresentations which ate circulated respecting them , and to remove the unjust imputations too frequently cast upon them by many of their fellow-christians .
4 . That a General Association of the Unitarian Christians of Lancashire and Cheshire be therefore established , to be denominated " The Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Christian Association " 5 . That the objects of this institution are , 1 . To promote and keep up an
intercourse and correspondence between the different religious societies in Lancashire and Cheshire , which are united upon the common principles of the strict unity of God , and of his universal love to bis creatures . -2 . To co-operate with the ( London ) Unitarian Fund , in promoting" the principles of Unitarian Christianity by means
of popular preachings by the employment of permanent missionaries in the two counties ; by forming districts for preaching around the populous towns- ; by promoting the interchange of ministers ; by supplying- those congregations which are destitute of ministers ; and by the distribution of tracts in those places to which the missionaries are sent .
6 « That this Association shall be supported by donations from the congregational Fellowship Funds , and by individual subscriptions . 7 . That with a view to carry into effect
the objects of the Association , the different Fellowship Fundfe in the two counties are requested to transmit to it a sum of money annually , according to their respective resources , to be placed at tlie disposed of the Association .
8 . That every member of any Fellowship Fund connected with the Association , shall be considered a member of this Association , and his presence shall entitle him to vote . 9 . That in every town and village in Lancashire and Cheshire where the 113 are
any Unitarians , the friends be requested , if they have not previously donn so , to form themselves into societies , to he denominated , 7 ^ e * Unitarian Fellowship Association Fund **
10 . That the Secretaries of the respective Fellowship Funds l > e requested with the ad vice and confirmation of the members , before whom their reports must be previously read , to flend an annual account of
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* . > Intelligence . —Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Christian Association * 765
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1819, page 765, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1779/page/49/
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