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Roman Catholic , tlie Jew , and the Mahometan ; and -encouragement is afforded to individuals in various countries who are themselves inquiring , or are stimulating others-to inquire , " a 1 ter religious truth ; " — that " there are at the present time two
native preachers in India connected with the Association ; that each has a con gregation ~^ respectab 1 e ^"' as" ~ to numbers and character , though poor in circumstances , and schools are attached to both ; that Wm . Roberts , of Pursewaukum in Madras , has been
supported by the Association for some years , in order that he might devote himself entirely , to the promotion of pure Christianity among his countrymen ; that his son , Joseph Roberts , is receiving , under the auspices of the Association , instruction in this
country to qualify him for continuing and extending the good work begun by his father . " —And last ,, though not least , I find that the Committee have sent forji'h a domestic Missionary , whose duty it is ' - ' to seek out and visit the poor and ignorant a | their own habitations , and to communicate
to them moral and religious instruction , avoiding theological controversy and sectarian opinions , "— " to act as the almoner of the charity of individuals and congregations ; and by the relief of distress , the introduction of destitute children into schools , and similar means , to alleviate
wretchedness , and promote the comfort and improvement of the poor . "^ -Now , Sir , am I doing any injustice to the Unitarians of England , when I say that if these objects were distributed over half a dozen Societies , they would feel it to be their duty to
support each and all of them ? . and if so , is it an unreasonable question to ask , whether the average income of this Association of 1000 / . or 1200 / . a year , is such a sum as the Unitarians ought to be content to raise , or such a sum as is sufficient to enable the
Committee to do justice to that great cause which you profess . I will not take up the time of the meeting by
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any further observations ;^ and I hope to be excused for making this long comment on the accounts which I now have the honour of laying before you for your approval . ' Mr . Rutt . T- ' Before I put in your hands , Sir , the Resolution which naturally grow ? out of this Report , I cannot deny myself the pleasure of
expressing the " peculiar gratification which I feel in meeting you on the present occasion , and in times so eventful and interesting , —recollecting , as I do , the numerous occasions on which , through a course of many years , I have acted with you in promoting that object , which we both deemed most conducive to human
improvement , and most calculated to bring about that period when there shall be universal peace on earth , and lasting good will among men . I am sure , Sir , that you will agree with me that any course likely to produce such a result would form one of
the highest objects for which any body of men could associate ; and you will likewise agree with me that there is a connecting link which is well calculated to join all worthy ob- * jects together . The promotion of the Unitarian cause in the world gives us * , in my opinion , ample reason to
anticipate the universal growth of good will ; and when the time shall come that every man considers his fellow man as a brother , then will no man suffer another to be a slave ; and thus , too , when all believe in the paternal character of God , no man will use his own advantages to the
prejudice of the advantages of others : the whole world will be as one family , and that equality which Christianity is so calculated to promote , and which is so consonant with reason and justice , will prevail umversallyi We ought all to feel extremely grateful
at the progress which our cause has made , and especially those who remember what it was in its infancy . In the present clay the Unitarian bears a name in society , instead of , as formerly , being hardly known , or only
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1815/page/3/
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