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REPORT OF THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT OF TEE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION.
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" comfort and peace to cmr hearts . We cling" to it as our besffsupport in trial and affliction ; it is the anchor to our souls , sure and steadfast . We feel that all we can do in the vindication and diffusion of such a religion falls infinitely short of its worth
and its claims . For all the proofs — j \ ve 4 ia-ve-of-its-extension-. and ~ triumphr _ we thank God , and givei unto him the glory ; and in all theMiopes we are permitted to cherish of its final and universal diffusion , we * rejoice , yea , and will rejoice . '
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We heartily congratulate our ; English friends oh this event , and devoutly bid them God ' s speed ; and add to it the wish and prayer that this co-operation in similar plans of benevolence may tend to draw more closely the bonds of brotherhood between us , and to warm the hearts of ^ alLwith a vet moreactive snirit of
benevolence . In Scotland many circumstances have occurred to excite an increased interest in Unitarian views ; several new societies have been gathered , and the Scottish Unitarian Association has been organized . In Ireland , also , our brethren who passed so nobly through their trial , continue to stand fast in one spirit , striving "
together for the faith of the gospel , and in nothing terrified by their adversaries . ' What ; , may be the effect of the present important political movements on the prospects of reli ^ gion in the British Empire , it is difficult to foresee . We cannot persuade ourselves , however ^ that it ^ can be other than good . For a season , it
may , perhaps , distract men ' s attention from religious discussion , but the tendency is unquestionably toward freedom of . mind , —this must result favourably to the truth ; and it is impossible not to think , that when the embarrassments thrown in the way of free' inquiry and free profession "by the operation of the Establishment shall have been
removed , the truth will- run with new speed , and be glorified by an extension that it never yet has enjoyed . We have confidence that this anticipation cannot be disappointed , Meantime , it becomes us to reciprocate every expression of cordial good-will , which , our . brethren . extend .
toward us , and to wish for them the enjoyment and the blessings of that liberty of conscience which has so long been partially denied them . In passing to France , we have to regret " the interruption of a coi > respondent from which we had expected to derive much minute in-
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£ 80 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE *
Report Of The Foreign Department Of Tee American Unitarian Association.
REPORT OF THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT OF TEE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION .
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May 2 . 9 th , 1832 . As respects the condition and prospects of Unitarian Christianity beyond the borders of our own country , there are a few statements to be made , which , although of no unusual interest , are vet of a character to gratify those who are waiting for theimprovement of . the world and the
triumph of truth . In Great Britain , we have the gratification of perceiving that our friends pursue their good work with unabated zeal and a still improving spirit . We have been especially made to rejoice in the success which has attended their efforts to establish
a ministry in London on the model of that of Dr . Tuckernian in this city . The project has been warmly and eloquently advocated , —the necessary subscription liberally made , — and the Rev . Mr . Philp , recently of Lincoln , has actually received the appointment , and , perhaps , has already entered on his important and charitable labours * .
* While this Report is going through the press , we have the high satisfaction oi' learning not only that Mr . Philp has actually entered on his duties in London , but that a similar mission is about being commenced in Manchester j to support which , one individual of the Unitarian Society in Moselystreet has offered between two and three luindred pounds a yeav .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 260, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/20/
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