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tution was ftrst established . If , then , it was regarded as an experiment , it lias long ceased to he so regarded ; it has long been well established , and niay now be regarded as a parent institution , others-having sprung from it , in certain districts ; and I ardently wish
that its children may rise up in every district of the kingdom , to aid and be aided by , and act in concert with their venerable parent , the London Unitarian Fund . I bless heaven , Sir , that I have had strength to go on ki its service until it is so well established , and has produced such important effects . " Mr .
W . then referred to the new aspect which Unitarianism has assumed during the last few years , to the new churches which have been formed , many of them consisting of the poor and unlearned , and stated as facts , which had been proved by the operations of the Fund , and of which he had witnessed the proof , that
Uaitariaoism i 3 capable of being , and now is in many places , the religion of the poor and unlearned , and his full conviction , that of all religious systems it is eminently calculated to be the religion of those despised and numerous classes , as being perfectly level with their capacity , containing a provision for their moral
and spiritual wants , and requiring nothing but what they are capable of doing ; that Unitarians can no longer be charged with dwelling in the frigid zone of Christianity , with being without zeal ; and that he had seen its efficacy in destroying bigotry and producing Christian charity . He expressed his deep regret in having been compelled by
increasing years and infirmities to withdraw from an office in which he experienced the purest pleasure ; but that though he retired from the field , before the conflict with error , superstition and bigotry was concluded , it was not till the victory was ensured : and with the
determination that if the enemy assailed his quarters , they should find him still in his armour and ready t £ - » renew the contest with all the strengfh ,, he had remaining . Hiis led him to mention the controversy in which he is now engageVi , having been attacked by a Calrinist minister £ t Trovvbrid ge . In wjiich controversy he stated , that one important point is ascertaine
d , i . c . that though the Unitarian doctrine can be expressed in the words of scri pture without addition or comment , the Trinitarian doctrine is acknowledged ky Ms opponent to be incapable of being s expressed . Mr . W ~ < 8 stinctly expressed the obligatfcm * he felt to the successive Committees and officers of the Unitarian Fund , and concluded with sayln " You may have missionaries of
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superior learning , of greater talents , but I have been resolved that-you shall have none who will be more devoted fcp < ihe cause , who will serve you more , faithfully , or with greater zeal . " *
? We learn that Mr . W . intends pubtt $ hine * a Review of his Missionary life 1 ^ labours at as early a period aa circumatfc # sce& will enable him to do it .
The next day , Thursday the 22 d , the first stone was laid of the new Sinsbury Unitarian Chapel r when Mr . "Fox delivered an address , of which , as well as of the ceremony , we hope to be favoured with some account .
On the same day was held the Anniversary of the Unitarian Association , when an interesting Report was read , which , together with the Resolutions * will be found attached in a separate form to this number .
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InteUigen < M < r * P ' < * fiQ te £ tmt Society ; Mr , WU jktff Speech . 3 ©§
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Protestant Society for the protection of Religious Liberty . The Twelfth Anniversary Meeting of the Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty was held on Saturday , May i 7 th , at the City of London Tavern , Lord Dacre in the Chair .
The Chairman , having made a few prefatory observations , requested Mr . Pellatt , one of the honoraiy Secretaries of the Society , to read the proceedings of the Committee since the last General Meeting , which being done ,
Mr . John Wiuks , the other honorary Secretary , rose to address the Meeting . He thanked them for tfieir attention to his former hints afr preceding anniversaries , and after alluding to soine congregational disputes at Amersljam and Guildford , related the results of some proceedings
which were pending at the last meeting . He then entered upon the circumstances for the present year ; and first , according to custom , ne would advert to the subject of pecuniary demands . As to turnpike tolls , a new act had been passed
since their last anniversary , introduced by Mr . Frankland Lewis . By this act , 3 d fteo . IV . chap . 126 , sect . 32 , it was enacted , that no toll ^ should be taken ' * of or from any person or persons going to or returning from his , her , or their proper parochial church or chapel , or of
or from any other person or persons going to , or returning from his , her , or their usual place of religious worship tolerated by law , on Sundays , ot on any day on which djvine service is by authority ordered to be celebrated . " By sect . 53 , ' a penalty , not exceeding £ 5 is enacted for demanding a toll from persons exempt ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/49/
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