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zt . which reason does not rewHf ipf U ^ j of ancient c superstition ; and pal t $ e exchange ; a £ one absurd syatero far am ^ eiy \ vhiqb * is also , unreason able . On the whole , it must be con * fes&ed that the proposal o £ Mr . A . is of too much importance to share the
fate of a thousand others which , strike the eye for the tfipment ^ hot are soon abandoned . It cannot be put in execution without expense ; and that in the aggregate a very formidable one ; bat it appears to me tjiat there can tee
nothing further necessary than the same portion of zeal as others discover in the furtherance of missionary esta ~ blishmeets , which they seem to Ue labouring for with comparatively little success and little fruit . .
I have no data to assist me in an estimate of the Unitarian part of the population in this country , but eup ^ pose they cannot ^ e overrated at 20 , 000 . A subscription of one penny per week from each : pf whom would raise a sum of 4336 A 6 * . 8 rf * annually
If it be supposed too much to average one penny per wqek from this number , which-, considering the wealth and consequence in society of a large proportion ; of them , I am sanguine enough to think is not ; the subscription of one half or two-thir < Js would surety be sufficient - to effect a vast deal .
I believe there are some who are . at tb is time , from the < wisli to ' promote such a cause in any shape , subscribing to the Church and other 1 Y 1 is ^ ioiwy Spcieties , wbp would gladly pay their money to a more congenial eatftjritah- ? ment ; and I l > ave no doubt , i ^ ut tjiat
theppe ^ re others who bave Withdrawn frqni the Society * opjpn ^ ly founded on 4 ^ principle of tending tfbv&h tha Bittf * to - th $ ? world tpithmt note ~ w conwwftf ; but \ yha bw 0 &n *» $ tb «
tone of thaV iaetitHtion ^ so altered , aa to dissatisfy theuju woujd became 8 uscrit ) eF » to a tJnitarifttt Alb ( ite < -ln India * Tlieselooa ^ feints it i » nwy object to : stigge ^ t ^ in or ^ r % ^ % tte ? y maybe improved « po ^ tiy mi > fo competent p ^ rs ^ nsr •• ;; ' 1 / 'i - -m ! *• ' ¦^ ' * - ¦•• ¦ »• r ' ' ' \ > - J )> 4 t&v ¦ ¦ ¦
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ration ; and . Teat ^ Aet ^ a ^ d Iiieaanot help ttinkiog that the Di ^ wtei ^ ar | chargeable with mdofciBc ^ , a ^ d indif ference to the cause of RelirioiD ^ 14 * Berty , ip having / so Jong negfected ^ ta assert their claim to a pai-tieip ^ tiort in ihe rights and privil ^ es at present
monopolized by the seot endowed by law , or only conceded to . them p H favour . Many , if not most of those wfaoi distiqgmshed themselves as the advocate ^ of our rights , are dead ,. and a generation has arisen , tp inany of
whom the agitation . of tins- que ^ tiQH vfiJl , I fear , ^ pp ^ ar rather iy ^ w a , tenipt to revive aii obsolete and neefU Jess dispute , than an ^ se ^ tion of _ a just claim . It has been suffered to sleep tgo long—much too , lpng . ., Wje
shall be asked , If any inconveni ^ noe had been felt from Iheae laws , vvhy have tUe Db ^ enters ceased for po Iq ^ g a pe 3 fi 0 d to urge their repeal 2 . Wh y for thirty yejars have they been sii ^ ut and acquiesiceat ? ' And I confo 33 I s ^ o
» ot whal satisfactory answer cp J ^ e given to tbese .. questions . I ^ owey ^ , it is useless now to , indu lge in the ^ e regrets , Jjet us atpive . fiQR ow fipQW * indifference and n ^ gUgence l > y pu ? gi « ture z ^ al and activity . AUo \^ $ UA let
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Repeal of the Corporation and TeU < 4 eH . \§ b
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/27/
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