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    to undertake the task of proposing this resolution , if I did not know that it was to be seconded by a gentleman who has far greater opportunities than I can have of acquiring information on this subject . I recollect that in the days of the Unitarian Fund , which preceded this Association , this country was so much separated from the

    Continent , that it had scarcely the means of knowing whether there was any one abroad taking part in that great object which has always so much interested us . I remember the time when even the mere idea of meeting with kindred minds to our own on

    the Continent was regarded as a dream ; and when it was thought to be a vain wish to express a hope of the time arriving when we might communicate with our brethren in Transylvania , or in those other countries still nearer to our shores- —the

    genuine successors of the Grotiuses , the Le Clercs , and other liberal divines of Europe . But now , happily , the time is come when our foncjesj hopes are realised , and wjien we have seen at our Anniversaries persons of kindred sentiments with our own , not

    only from the continent of Europe , but from the remotest quarters of the globe . We have seen , in this chapel , minds of the highest order rejoicing to contribute and assist in our labours . And I may mention , that the Resolution which I hold in my hand has more particularly in view the establishment of a Unitarian Association

    at Paris , and the valuable labours of the pastors of the Church of Geneva , who have found it to be their duty to come forward with a bold and manly avowal of opposition to those corrupt tions of the Christian Church , which it has always been the object of us all to endeavour to remove . We now

    have the pleasure of seeing in our catalogues of books the names of four valuable tracts , written by M , Cheneviere , professor of theology in Geneva , and by M . De Luc , belonging to one of the most distinguished scientific families of Europe , who , though a

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    layman , has been foremost in leading the way to a free discussion in matters of religion . And we are also informed * in the publication called " Le Protestant de Ge ' nevtj , " that a demand has been made on the Church of Geneva for a supply of ministers attached to free inquiry , for the purpose of finding them occupation in the Proto

    testant French CEurch ^ which I may add , that churches at Florence , Turin , and Genoa , have already been supplied from the same source . It is also right that I should mention the labours of two distinguished ministers at Nismes—M . Vincent and M .

    Fontanes—who conjointly edited a monthly publication , advocating liberal theological opinions . I cannot , however , allude to this subject without expressing my regret , that , for want of encouragement , this publication is likely to cease . To every admirer of French literature , and every one who knows how capable the French language is

    of being made the organ of sacred eloquence , sucha publication must be invaluable ; and those who delight in the productions of a Channing , would equally have cause to admire the productions put forth in this Journal * , I therefore say , that if it should unfortunately be discontinued , it will be a great loss to the cause of Unitarianism . And I mention the

    subject the rather because there are many Unitarians in this country who axe not aware that they might learn from this periodical what is doing , not only in France and Geneva , but in Germany , and in the other countries of the Continent , together with ample

    details on all Unitarian subjects . I sincerely wish that it formed part of the duty of the Committee to correspond with these gentlemen , and to express to them the concern of the Unitarians of London at the prospect of the discontinuance of their Journal .

    I am not prepared to bring forward a , proposal of this kind at a General Meeting of the Association , but I shall * A specimen may bo seen in No , JLX , o £ the Monthly Repository .- * -Kb ,

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    104 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 104, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1815/page/8/