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    of spiritual dominion , hostile in all its forms to the progress of inquiry and instruction . From this &tft % gfe has " arisen a new and holier spirit . The rights of conscience from being attacked , sari ; beginning to he asserted , and the pure light of simple gospel truth has burst upon the view of a benighted people . No one can read' the recent admirable work of Dr . Drummond on " The poctrine of the Trinity ; " attd observe the intensity of interest with which it has been received in Ireland , without feeling the conviction that the time has arrived for active and useful exertion for the improvement of

    religious opinion and feeling . Let every devout professor oftfiei ^ iaith once delivered to the saints , " come out from among the threeip ^ w ^ ers ^ f w&feh , te a certain extent have had a common interest in stifling in ^ uj ^ a nd < &a ^; fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made him free . A new and -really Gfavwtian church may now arise . At such a time it is essentialJ that its m&idbers should be so designated as to leave no doubt as to their objects andi principles . They must openly profess themselves Unitarian ? , in therliberal acceptation of the term . The word Arian > like that of Socmian ^ Jsiofiensive to those who wish not to be considered as the followers of mete human

    authority * The term can only apply to a small and perhaps grad « ally : decreasing . portion of those who have abandoned the doctrine of thelFnnily % it draws a limit at which religious opinion must stop , and it perpetuates divisions which are useless and mischievous . Dr . Drummond , ia the work before referred t <> 9 properly ' < divides all Christians into two denominations , Unitarian and Trinitarian . " In his preface to the second edition , the author say $ , ** ; The title pf Unitarian Christiaais one to which we have the first and indisputable claim , - We hope to see it more extensively embraced , and that

    those who have received the name of Arians or Socinians will lay aside those appetlattonSyand assume that of Unitarian or Bible Christians , and not circumscribe themselves ;¦ within a circle drawn by any uninspired mortal whatever gilicje . odelis our Master , even Christ . Let us stand on a space so broad th $ t it will include aSLwfc ® believe in the strict unity of Jehovah , and in his only ; Son , Jem / s Chrkt our Lord . '' It is pleasing to observe a growing conviction ofcithe impolicy and absurdity of weakening the hallowed cause of pure worship , by-creating or keeping up a subdivision among its

    professors , fort which no adequate advantage can be offered , and which ( though once sanctioned by a few names of authority ) is now abandoned by the ? Engli h Unitarians * That the great body of the latter are actuated by no sectarian or restricted views is not to be doubted , and they gladly hold forth the right hand of fellowshi p to every worshiper of u One Grod in one p erson , !'« T ^ British and Foreign Unitarian Association , under which so ? WMft £ proportion of our societies have enrolled themselves , is founded on

    j ^ o narrow and exclusive principle ; and the Monthly Repository 9 the organ qf the body , commenced its " new series" with the resolution to draw no line of separation beyond that necessarily prescribed by Trinitarians themjej ^ efu JLet Unitarians , therefore , whether in Britain or Ireland , combine . ^ j tgQr ^ practical opposition to what is of far higher importance than the mjpox . points on which ^ hey may differ among themselves . Let them shew | h ^ ^ 9 ^ c ^ arian views enter into their contemplation , and let them unite atoj ( e ^ irmings in resistance to all who would trample under foot the most < vWi $ M XW ^? ty ere cting a barrier against ( he dictates of conscience ! and ( , ]^ . c ^ m ^ ai >| ds ot Je ^ us Christ himself . .,, , ! f , ¦ , .- AN ENGLISH UNITARIAN .

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    g 80 Vnitarianism in Ireland .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 880, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/24/