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      light of fr | ee i ^ qufr . y , butftfjr ? ^ ftyff authorised nor even professed to speak for oftiers ^ Our pppo ^ e ^ ts t ^ yje . qoinecteci What' they d&etn most valuable in religion witfi the doctrine of trie trinity , and all who receive Jesus Christ as the eternal God associate togetiaer as brethren , however they iriay differ in other points . This should be atesson to us , and the term Unitarian applied to our places of worship should be understood as denoting nothing more

      than that all prayers are strtetly addressed to the One © od and Father of all , admitting ^ a < Mffe ? Gnce of opinion respecting the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ , the atonement , and other subjects . Those who reject tlie equality of Jesus with his Father and our Father , with his God and our Gocl , and who > at the same time receive him as their Master * and the Scriptures as the rule of their faith , should be connected together by the term Unitarian ; but if it be applied to Humanitarians alone , as some have proposed , it may be so far descriptive of those to whom it is applied , but it will convey the erroneous notion of being descriptive of them ajone , when equally applicable to other worshipers of One God .

      As to the term Philadelphian , proposed by T . F . B ., I - think there are more serious objections to it than to Unitarian , because : it would either be no distinction , and therefore would want the use of a name , or it would intimate that brotherly love was confined to our party . This divine quality may , however , be found in Christians of every varying denomination , as I

      fear it will also be found wanting in some of every sect , not even excluding Unitarians . I conclude with observing , that though we are called ^ Unita rianjs , we enter into no pledge to continue so . We pretend not to infallibility , and if convinced that Unitarianism is an error , we will renounce it ; but whilst we believe it to be the doctrine of the gospel , we need not shrink from the denomination .

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      O bjqt to other worlds , poor child of earth ! Alone for comfort and for peace repair : Believe it , heav ' nly bliss must here have birth s And that must bud below which blossoms > there . True-r ^ fitter soils , and more delicious air , And brighter suns ,, above , iroay impulse give ; But thojv the while , must inward strength- prepare , That ; future life * even a © w > begin / to live . And look fox heav ' nly peace !) since happiness , Shed from above , is free for aMk-rfor tfoee ; . And , i | , thine inmost heart d ^ li ghte ; to bless j And commune with the God of Purity ^ Earth haa no bonds thy spirit to retain , ; And Heav ' n no bars thine entrance to- restraint . I

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/6/