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    formation . We are , in consequence , only able to state in general terms , that , although the unsettled political condition of the country has , to a certain extent , interrupted the attention which was beginning to be earnestly given to religion , yet the times are there still characterised by

    — srspiritrof"religious inquiry , awakening with fresh zeal after its long suspension , and turning with favourable eyes toward the Protestant faith . Of the inquirers thus engaged , we are assured that no small proportion are desirous to find a more liberal and rational faith than that

    presented by Orthodox Protestantism , and have turned their attention to Unitarian representations of the gospel . Some of the distinguished Protestant ministers are of anti ^ caiviiiistic sentiments , and are engaged in enlightening the public through the press as well as from the pulpit . The design has been agitated of

    creating a society expressly , for-Um * . tarian worship in Paris , which is probably only suspended until more quiet times shall arrive ; And , meantime , the English and American residents have formed such a society , have provided a preacher , are engaged in the regular support of Christian institutions , and have formed the Unitarian Association of France .

    From this body a long and interesting comrnunication has been received , r , which _^ s Jbeen j ^^ fcjgiijsjiy ^ li ^ Qitculatied ,. and to which your secretary has replied in a letter of sympathy and encouragement . , , Concerning Geneva nothing has transpired of any moment , beyond what is already familiarly known

    through the public journals , The Co . mp'tfny" * of'tI ^ "PaS't ^ 7 ' '' vntH" ~ ifs ' accustomed and well-known liberality , has instated amongst its members a new preacher of Orthodox sentiments , notwithstanding the unworthy measures which that party have pursued toward th $ Company . We cannot say , however , that we see reason to hope any conciliating *

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    result from this Christian measure of moderation . Everything shows that the evangelical party are resolved at any rate , and by any means , to pursue their own ends , and destroy , if possible , the ancient establishments of the country . A new theological school has been erected by

    them in the city , and anew set of professors introduced for the purpose of opposing the present order of things , and bringing back the dominion of Calvin in the church . That they will find pupils , and be able , to a certain extent , to distract the public

    mind , we do not doubt . But we trust that , through the fidelity of the watch * men in that venerable citadel , and the blessing of God on his church , they will be unable to arrest the actual progress of tru-th , or turn back for three hundred years the march of Christian improvement .

    We are happy , in being able to announce the opening of & Correspondence with the Unitarians of Transylvania during the past year . A Transylvanian nobleman , ' accompanied by a professor of the university , being on a visit to the United States , brought letters to your

    secretary—expressed great interest in the religious institutions of the country ¦— -gave and received much information—and promised to maintain a regular interchange of letters after returning to their home . It is particularly gratifying to have thus favourably opened to us a channel of communication with that ancient

    fraternity , which still flourishes m wealth , learning , distinction , and numbers , and constitutes one of the most interesting divisions of the church . From this oldest member of oar

    brotherhood , we pass , in the last place , to the most recent—that little , humble , but devout and zealous hand * ful of the faithful , collected in the extreme East by the ministry of that lowly apostle , William Roberts . We should do wrong to name him without an expression of veneration for

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    UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . £ 61

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/21/