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To the Editor * v f Sm , j 5 fe q / ^ A ^ J ^^; i % ^ 2 ^ ^ Having observed , pry my return from the Continent , a paragraph \ n jtlje English Papers , intimating that I had seceded from tfje tJnitarianrj faith , I think well to state , that my belief remains unchanged that Unitari ^^ n >/ is t ^ Doctrine of the Gospel , L . CARPENTER-
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To the Editor . Sir , I read with some little regret the letter of T . F . B . in your last Number , en the Use of the Term Unitarian . It is scarcely probable that the writer
will find many supporters ; but , as a Unitarian , I hope I may be allowed a short space to express my disapprobation of a proposition which , did no other objection attach to it , appears to me to strike at the root of fair and honest dealing , at the same time that it tends to renew , at the eleventh hour , an unprofitable controversy . ^ , |; ^
The foundation on which your correspondent rests his argument , is twcfold . In the first place , it would appear that his opinion on the doctrine of the Divine Unity is not yet made up . It is still with him , an * f obscure dogma , " ** a great dispute , " a question " involved in much real obscurityi " Secondly , on the ground of the truth of the Unitarian doctrine , it is more politic to resort to the " honest art" of inducing " the inquiring , th ^
wavering , the timid , the careless , and the irresolute , " to enter our ebapeis by assuming a name which is to lull suspicion of their real character . Into this trap T . F . B . expects many would fall " who were not prepared either to deny or defend the Trinity , but who were so mvnded as to be besi pleased when they heard least about it . " And how are these persons to be brought to the study and knowledge of the truth ? Precisely , on T . i F . B , te plan * , by
keeping all allusion to it , even in name , studiously out of sight , How any cause can be so advanced , I am quite at a loss to perceive . On the contrary , as a question of experience and of mere policy , it can scarqelj ^ be contradicted that the Unitarian doctrine has made most progress , and <* ur societies have best flourished , where the opposite course has been purged of judipjtausly advocating it , openly and honestly , on all seasonable occasions . of the as
YQur / C ^ eBp pudent speaks term Unitarian , implying (" a contentious and controversial sound , " and as * f shewing a . domineering jealousy about th # fa \ tk Qfio # * en 3 » " But why , I would ask , are not thosewho think alike and worship th $ sa ^ ie ob je ^ , to assemble \ u \ 4 m , tjfc . < denomination whi $ J ^ rr 4 ctly ma * fe tfyeipa , wi ^ o ^ being $ n $ > jecte < J to imputation ^ ujisupi portlymhm >< W , & $ WvflqpfflWMli . % ?* TS ^ qan ( as 8 U |^ % i fpun ^ sed& under any new designation he thinks proper , but it is too much to exjpect that those whose opinions axe fixed , after mature deliberation , are to retrace
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BR . CARPENTER ON HIS REPORTED CONVERSION . , !
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ON THE USE OF THE TERM UNITARIAN .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1827, page 580, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1799/page/28/
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