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dividual as Well as liational opinion from the gazeV of the stranger ; Though an observer of character , h £ was not sure that he understood the real opinions of any one individual in Scotland with whom he had been
acquainted . Unitarianism , in the ^ northern paYf oOhlTislanci , requirelif all the aid which could be afforded its advocates from this country . Not less did the sister-island stand in need of our warmest sympathies . He hoped , with the Chairman , that the Irish Unitarians would very soon determine to make a voluntary surrender of the reqium donurn . Ireland
was borne down by an ecclesiastical ' oligarchy , which infested the land on , which stood their forsaken and ruined churches , worse than the vipers and toads which croaked in its fens andmarshes . Never was a poof country so paralyzed by a system of misrule and oppression ; but he hoped a brighter day had begun to dawn upon her destinies , and that the doctrines of religious truth wouH ?
acquire power and permanence by the diffusion of education , and the blessings of a milder and more generous government . He begged permission , before he sat down , to propose ' The health of the Chairman , ' who had made his speeches on this , as on other occasions when he had the happiness to hear them , the vehicles for disseminating the . noblest , sentiments .
The Rev . F . Baker , in acknowledging the honour which had just been done him , not only by the complimentary manner in which his health had been proposed , but by the way in which it had been received , was at a loss to express Himself in words exactly suited to the occasion . Were he given to bandy compliments , he should say , that such
eloquence as was contained in the speech of the last gentleman , he had not very often heard . He was happy that such frequent opportunities occurred for the interchange of their sentiments , What he had been able
t © do for * ifos advancement of MBet ? alK opinions had fallen $ lio # o # his own wislieSj however indulgen ^ r they might be appreciated by others * He should always consider it as a part
" of his public duty to adhrooate 1 ihe principles of truth and justice m ~ ptrliticspin ~ mo ^ believing , as he did , that they were all intimately and indissolubly connected . Before he sat down he
desired to give them an opportunity of paying a tribute to those into Whose labours we have entered , and who are gone to their reward ^ alter sowing the seecl , without being a 1 > lB to reap the fruits of their labours . He would propose that they should drink in silencey ' To ihe memory of
those departed worthies who ^ so abl j ^ and hoflestly defended the cause ol Unitarian Christianity in times past - —times of peril and persecution ^ times which we hope are now passed away&CeverZ _ The Chairman then gave as ~ a toast , * Success to the cause of truth in all parts of the world / The Eev . J , Whitehead , of Cockey Moor , had
been requested to speak to this sen * timent . It contained a wish which every Christian , and especially every Christian , minister must entertain , whatever be his party or his opinions . He would be doing violence to his nature if he were not to cOn * fsss , that jt ; wa § . one of his mo $ t ! ar * dent prayers that truth shouJK prevail * fnr \\ Pi was nnnvinnfirl that it was
only in the spread of just principles and views of moral and religious truth , that any improvements cbuld take place in the conditiofi of i 3 aan , and in the prospects of society . The Chairman ; hopedhermightrbe allowed to take particular notice of those who had honoured the
meeting by their attendance , not being resident in the district , nor consequently members of the Association . He begged to propose * The healths of the Rev . Mr . Dymook and the strangers , who have favoured' us with their company on this occasion /
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1832, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1823/page/30/
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