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acknowledged to' be reproached , and railed at , and misrepresented . Great must be the pleasure that you , Sir , must feel , at having been one of the main instruments in removing the legal stigma from the Unitarian name , a stigma that was a disgrace to any
country calling itself civilised , and enjoying enlightened -institutions *—I will not now detain the meeting longer , further than simply to express my satisfaction at the observations which have been addressed to us by the treasurer . I , like him , trust that
the great objects of our institution will be supported , and that every individual in this Meeting will go away with the firm resolution of lending all the assistance he can towards carrying our great cause forward to a prosperous result .. I have now only to move : — 1 . ' That the Treasurer ' s Report be received and allowed /—which having carried ,
The Rev . James Yates read to the Meeting the Report oflhe proceedings of the Committee for the past year . Dr . T . Rees . — <• The Report which has just been read by my esteemed friend , the Secretary , opens a wide and interesting field for observation , on which I would most gladly expatiate , were I not warned by
circumstances of a painful nature , personal to myself , that I must forbear , But I cannot avoid taking this opportunity of expressing the gratification which I myself have derived from listening to its details ; and in the motion which I have to make , I shall give this company an opportunity of also expressing ( which I am sure they gladly will ) their satisfaction at
the statement they have heard . The Committee . in that Report do not pretend to call the attention of the subscribers to any great , striking , or brilliant successes ; but without adverting to any exciting circumstances of that kind , enough has been stated to afford us the satisfaction of perceiving that this Association is doing great and extensive good—great good
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not only in this country- ^ -but . also great and permanent benefit in the remotest parts of the civilised world . Sir , I shall not detain you , for I am
sorry to say that my strength will not permit , further than to state that the purport of my motion is to recommend that this Report be received . and ^ a | 3 proved .- ^ Iay-oxiidjwining ly _ add , _ with a view to the information of those
who have not heard it , that it be printed ; but that is not necessary , as its printing is provided for by a permanent law of the institution . ' Dr . Rees then moved , — ' 2 .. ' That the Report now read be received , ' - —which was seconded and passed . The Rev . Mr . Fox . —* Mr . Chairman , in the arrangement of the business of the evening it has fallen to my lot , under the direction of the Committee , to call on the meeting to discharge a debt of justice and gratitude , by an expression of thanks to our preacher of this morning , for what is rightly
denominated the " able and interesting " discourse then delivered : and I must say that , in doing this , we shaK only thereby be giving a voice to the feelings of those who heard it , and ex * pressing an opinion which ought to be conveyed to the minds of those who
were not so fortunate . I must say that that discourse was alike worthy of the high character of the preacher by whom it was delivered , and of the society to which it was addressed . The individual who was selected by the Committee to address us on this
anniversary has been honoured by occupying the Unitarian pulpit both at Exeter and at Liverpool , and from those scenes of popular exertion has been called to the not less laborious ,
and more learned and profound task , of instructing those whose religious training is to furnish us with a succession of Unitarian ministers . These facts indicate that he is possessed of talents not often combined in one
person ; talents fitting him for the education of those who are hereafter , by their learning and critical erudition ,
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100 UNlTARIAtf CHRONICtE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1815/page/4/
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