On this page
-
Text (1)
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
gation that rests uj > on' them to act according to the dictates of their conscience , and to pursue the . conclusions of their own judgment , and Unitarian societies will grow up , wherever intelligence and reason are to be found . It is impossible it should be otherwise ; for
Unita---rianism ~ is _ but 4 he ~ result-of--the ^ application of sound reason in the interpretation of the Scriptures . If then we value our sentimentsif then we believe our sentiments to be well founded in the Scripturesit is oui * bounden duty to make them known . If we consider them the
true path to salvation , does hot Christian charity require of us , to indicate this path to others ? At the present time , Sir , all denominatiomareLaw ^ lce . „ X | isanage of excitement . And shall we alone be lukewarm , while others are burn - ing with zeal around us ^ ?
Hereafter , whoever professes will have to be able to give some reason for thlTfarth that" is in him . Tt is a time of inquiry , and people will not be satisfied without reasons . We are in danger , Sir , of being misrepresented . Our silence exposes us to misrepresentation . Are
we , not already ^ misrepresented ? What say the numerous tracts that abound in our land ? that are crowded into every crack aiid crevice of our dwellings } Do they not abound with representations many of which are moist fecKnda-lous ? fs not the finger of scorn pointed at us because we are Unitarians' ?> How then must
these things be met ? We must meet exertion by exertion-, and calmly but firmly vindicating our characters , and endeavouring to correct the errors falsely- circulated respecting us .
I would not wound the feelings of any one who hears me . I impeach no man ' s motives ; but justice requires the truth to be stated ; and I may say , that through the influence of the means to which I haye ^ Uuded , -in this county , and in our own times
Untitled Article
too , ' clergymen who have f reached ' the ' .. gospel of Christ , who ha ve ived the gospel of Christ , who have spent the greater arid better part of their years in diffusing the gospel of Christ , have been accused of wanting religion , of being destitute of piety , and therefore been dismissed from
-their-soeietieST—4-eouid—naTne—individuals , but 1 forbear . Shall we not then , when it has come to this , maintain our rights , and defend our characters ? How , then , is this to be done ? If Unitarians , are-silent , they are charged with concealing their sentiments , if they act , they are
charged with being influenced by a sectarian spirit . What , then , must we do ? Let us go forward manfully , with no ill will to others , and explain arid defend pur . cause . If others are sincere , we are equally so The field is broad , there is room for all . If the cause be of God , it surely will prosper .
REV . MR , THOMPSONVOF SALEM . Rev . Mr . Thompson , of Salem , said , he rose more for the purpose of expressing his hearty concurrence in the objects of this meeting , than in the hope of adding to its interest by anything . which he might say . There was a single thought suggested by
the gentleman who preceded him , on which he thought he might venture , for a moment , to enlarge . It was this—that the , cause of Unitarianism ¦•¦••¦ . ..... ... ^ ¦ , lyaenQfiepilfer than Hieca % i $ eraf ' Christianity . This he believed in the sincerity of his heart ; and he felt most solemnly the conviction , that any
effort made to sustain or advance the cause of Unitarianism , was an effort made for the diffusion and . triumpk of—pure . Christianity . ; ^ and . that , so far as we co-operate as Unitarians , in the spirit of Unitarianism ,
to accelerate its progress , so far we co-operate as Christians in the spirit of Christ to speed the establishment of the kingdom of God in the earth . Si *; , it is not tlje cause of a party that we ajp . e solicitous to promote .,
Untitled Article
UNITARIAN CHttONICXE . Wl
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1832, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1823/page/13/
-