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means of which knowledge could be advanced , errors exploded , and men could mutually improve their fellowmen . He concluded by proposing- — * The health of the Chairman . ' Mr . M'Roberts said , his words
were few , but his heart was full and warm?—Were--he- ~ separ . atei _ Jby _ seas _ and mountains from this congregation , his heart would thrill with delight , in even hearing of the scene which he now had the happiness to witness . 1 The Ministers who officiated today . '
Mr . Mitchel , in returning thanks , said , that this day amply compensated for the days of trial and of trouble they had witnessed here , and for the insults offered , at one time , by the
disturbers of the peace of the congregation . He had no doubt , that here , as elsewhere , good would arise from transient evil , and that their principles wouldfbe more widely disseminated . " He concluded , by .
proposing' The congregation of Kilmore— - may peace , harmony , and the blessing of God attend it . ' Mr . Bingham returned thanks , ' Mr . White , and the Presbytery of Bangor . '
Mr . White returned thanks for that Presbytery , 'in whose veins , ' an eminent patriot once had said , the milk of human kindness flowed . ' In those days , the Bangor Presbytery was undivided ; and , Calvinists and Unitarians agreeing to differ , dwelt
together as brethren . Of late , things had taken a different turn . The labours of some of the Calvinistic part of tha"t Presbytery , in this portion ofthe vineyard , were anything but labours of love ; and their zeal in compassing sea and land , savoured , he feared , of something else than
Christianity . 4 Rev , Fletcher RIakely , and civil and religious liberty / Mr . jBlakeiy returned thanks , in an able speech ; and dwelt , especially , oft the fact , that a ^ empts of oppres-
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sion , whether in civil or religious niatters , had ultimately )> een the means of extending- liberty and knowledge , and of annihilating tyranny and bigotry . He saw , around
him , many of a profession that had suffered much persecution from the J ^ go ^ yjoJ ^ the present day ; and who were generally " am 6 ng"Th ~ e most ~~ strenuous promoters of everything liberal . He begged leave to
propose' Our friends of the medical profession . ' Doctors M'Cutcheon . and Macoubrey returned thanks . The latter said , it was nothing new to find meinbers of this profession foremost among the assertors of the liberty of
mankind ; and whilst struggling for the best interests of their species , in common with their clerical brethren , ' foremost also among the victims of persecution and obloquy . He made some touching allusions to Locke , Harvey , andthemartyred Seryetus . * Doctor Nelson , and the Presbytery of Antrim . '
Doctor Nelson regretted that Doctor Bruce had been prevented from waiting for dinner , as he could have , done more justice to this toast . For himself , he was too much affected by recollections connected with the place in which they were assembled . Here he had spent his early , happy days ,
with parents , and brothers , and friends , now no more . ^ heJPresfey : tery to which he belonged , holding similar sentiments and principles with their remonstrant brethren , rejoiced in the progress of the remonstrant cause , and rejoiced in the issue of their struggles . Here they had l § , nt thejir aid , and tjiey were ready ,
when occasion might require , " to ' lend it again . He observed , that the distinctions of JVmcw 4 Old Light would have been unknown , had not the original light been obscured by the inventions of men , If used , we claim the title of Old Light to ourselves , —for we derive it not from the middle centuries antf the dark
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250 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/10/
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