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LIVERPOOL.
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James ' s Square , to record in a public journal , that this section of the Unitarian body did not disregard the day appointed to be observed in a devout and solemn manner . Selections from
the printed form of prayer were used on the occasion , and a very judicious and appropriate sermon was 4 > reaclied by the Rev . Edward Tagart , which was heard with great attention and satisfaction by a large and respectable auditory . A Unitarian Churchman . March 21 .
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Sir , —In your paper of this morning you have inserted a letter signed A Unitarian Churchman . ' I hope you will allow me to say a few words in reply . —They shall be very few .
The report which was in circulation with respect to the Unitarians not observing the day appointed by government for fasting and humiliation , proves to have been perfectly correct ; and , so far from incurring blame on that account , it seems to me that
Unitarians are particularly deserving of commendation , for the following reasons : — Openly and fearlessly testifying against the power of the civil magistrate in matters of religion ; neither allowing him to prescribe the time nor the manner of their religious
exer-. Because fasting is generally either grossly misunderstood , or most hypocritically observed . Because the probable practical evil consequences are greater , as they have proved in this case , than the probable speculative advantages .
Because there is reason to apprehend that the appointment of the late fast was a mere political manoeuvre , and granted by the government more to appease the clamours of an intolerant faction , than from any conviction of its propriety or expediency .
And , above ulJ , because there are no particular circumstances connected with the disease commonly called cho-Jeni morbus , which should lead us to
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suppose that it is a mark of especial divine infliction more than many other diseases which have not been so regarded . ^"^ It has neither proved to be more desolating in its ravages , more contagious in its nature , nor productive
oLworseixicid . en . taLeffec . ts ., ^ thanjojtlier diseases which have prevailed , or are now prevailing . But , on the other hand , it has been more productive of many obvious and signal advantages , which it may be hoped will be permanent in their effects—by awakening the attention of the rich and the
luxurious to the condition of the poorby relievin g m any cases of aggravated distress—and by inducing those who have no higher motive than personal security to unite with the sincerely benevolent in fasting according to the true spirit of fasting , viz . ' to loose the bands of wickedness , to undo the
heavy burdens , and to let the oppressed go free , and to break every yoke ; to deal out their bread to the hungry , to bring ihe poor that are cast out to their houses ; when they see the naked that they cover him , and fyat they hide not themselves from their own flesh . —Isaiah , chap , lviii . Leaving to Mr . Tagart any advantages which may arise from the praises of a Unitarian Churchman , I subscribe myself , A Unitarian Dissenter . Rosoman House , Islington .
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40 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE * .
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL .
Christian Worship , by a Society for promoting Union and Chanty among all Religious Sects . Some friends to peace and good will among mankind , have thought that both might be greatly promoted by the formation of " a Society for conducting
Religious Worship and Moral Inptruction , upon those broad principles of Christianity that are taught in the New Testament , and acknowledged by all Christians , and inviting ministers and others duly qualified , of every religious denomination , to take part in them upon this plan .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1832, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1809/page/8/
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