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dent of absurd' in Another ; and that plainness of style whifch a mean station may require ^ woufcl be regarded as a species of affectation in a highe / and m&re . ^ foeetable ; f ^ trik And it may be observed , that the circumstances cb ^ ifectea ^ WTtH life arevarying , as tinie wears oh and brings with it new features of mind and new indications of disposition . Times are changing , and !
m ^ e : Cha ^ ngwith them , * j $ i &iwhich under Isome circumstances may be regarded as decent and ptt >|) jer , niay under other circumstances be thought an unnecessary abase * mentapd an injurious neglect . Thus it is obvious to remark , that the English'Dissenters are now in a situation extremely unlike that in which they were placed half a century ago . The number of Dissenters is increased in an imniensfc proportion to the friends of the Establishment , I might almost say , * ag tlte friends of the Establishment have lessened ; in so much that it
may with truth be stated , that their number is equal to the number of the members of the Established Church , notwithstanding all the privileges which the latter enjoy , and the necessity the former lie under to maintain their worship at a considerable expense , which if they please they are at liberty to spajje ... If we consider the comparative situation of the members of an estab % 4 hfrien | , who have a costly worship provided for them at the national and thatof the in
charge ^ Dissenters this country , who have not only the Chufeh ^ sfaljlishnSent to maintain , but their own worship to provide for in attits b ^ ingSj" it is , indeed , a proud thought which we may indulge , that $£ ffi j MaJift ^^ to " that of consistent , steady , and raiihriil ^ hdrtilim ^—perhaps it is even greater ; for b y far the larger proportion of thpse who do not join Dissenting societies can be said to belong ta tKe ^ E $ iaBHshe 4 Chilfch only in as much as they now and then attend its ver the those
s&ftftcj ^ ai ^ ^ rMfy ^ e&lortj or ne except at observance of cere | honWati | i $ fei Mi wHicfr it acts a civil and not a religious part . ' ^ i ^/ 6 ijr 8 ^ of steady , regular Dissenters , who are ^ nfet *^ a ctual support ers of the Dissenting worship , at ^ d ^ t ¥ ^ dahfe' p ^| i ^ it ^ ' ^ tvices , generally with punctuality , has very much ( M n ^ tp ^ ui ^; V ac £ 'of affkirs in this country as it regards the profession of CMstia ' nil ^ l / Tfc Dissenters have throughout the kingdom been the prineftial * tSStfmdters 61 thi ^ ireat schemes which have tended to enlighten the 4
publiSiiiffld : With them originated in most places the Sunday and Charity schools * they have uniformly supported the Lancasterian institutions ; bo ^ 9 n ^| nd | Mding societies had . their origin very generally in pissent ^ rS ^ uDif 6 ; ^ firkries arid philosophical institutions have owed their formation ' ap ^ styp ^ our principal towns to the Dissenters ; , some of th ^ mQ ^ t Wbfe bf the charitable institutions of the metropolis originated with tft&h 5 aWitme more recent and very important institutes for the better instriictioii of" btir mechanics : have found many patrons among ' tfyem . So very di % ^ ht | s the public Mittg of the present day from that wljjch characteriiy $ & yptit ' 1 79 ) , % wijich the philosophical apparatus , the ncji H or ary , arifi Mihvaluclblfe tnafttiseiipts of the immortal Priestley yirere placecf oh tfte fiWgnjl # 8 s » # ;^; ^ dt % a | ed by a minister of the EWii ^ t ^; ajfid ' in ^ Hcn thfe ^^ ^| ime bf ^ tjnitarian was a reproacK dwgPfQu ? , to |> e ^ tMtW fe ^ 1 »^ world ,: and scarcely Know wher ^ Jio , limit our . eMe ^ ijonS Md w ) idt botui ( 3 ary to ^ ffix to our ho ^ ^ , pfe rea ^^^^^^^^ ™ >^ ^ ¥ prosperity strengfliehs ; we cat ^ k tffi flaw ^ i * e ^ i > r ^ 3 m # e ;^ i > f liberality Which $ '' mM * Mt
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 729, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/17/
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