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    UNITARIAN CHE 0 N 1 CLE . £ 65

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    Montreal lias been called to witness the death of many ministers of religion , and where those personages have merited a good report , obituary notices have been admitted into our public prints , in which their zeal and piety , their usefulness and

    perseverance in the cause of religion , have —b een _ de , s , ejxedL y _ arid ^ justLy-4 ) raised . I have read many of these articles , and although the venerable subjects of them , whose devotion to the sacred work of religion gave to their memory a just claim to such brief commendations , differed widely from

    me in matters of faith , never till now did I think that any person would allow themselves so far to overstep the boundaries of good feeling , as to make the peculiarities of their respective creeds subjects for uncharitable or Unkind remarks in the public journals . The faithful Catholic priest has often received

    just commendation for his devotedness to his sacred office from Pro--testants . Catholic editors , and their correspondents holding the same religious belief , have dwelt with pleasure on the labours and good of distinguished Protestant ministers ; and the sincere pleasure and good feeling with which these remarks have from time to time been received

    by all denominations is highly creditable to the liberal and tolerant feelings of the people of Canada . Unitarians have resided in this city for upwards of a quarter of a century —have joined heart and hand with their orthodox brethren in works of charity , benevolence , and mercy;—have expressed their pleasure at the progress of Christian principles , and the gathering" together of

    congregation s ., jvvho > -,. thQugh ^( ii | fering . fro m them in some essential articles of faith , are , nevertheless , sincere and conscientious professors of religion ; but never have they lifted the pen to wound the feelings of mourning relatives , weeping over the bereavements of death , or to denounce the $ oom of fin . a | condemnation upon

    » those who conscientiously differ from them in reli g ious belief . With pain and sorrow am I constrained to say , that their liberality has been thus requited . A Unitarian minister came among us , and was the first who openly and avowedly preached those doctrines in this city . He brought —with Ji im _ an ^ unsullied ^ character , ~ he ~

    ---conducted himself with the utmost propriety , disarming even envy of her darts ; he was suddenly carried away with pestilence , under most melancholy circumstances ; and not ^ withstanding all these collateral aggravations , which ought to have disarmed the most obdurate resentment , his mourning widow and

    weep-V" * r ing orphans have had their wounded hearts rent by a public denunciation of their B \ eloved relative— -a denun- ,. ciation which denies to him the name of Christian , and avers for him' there is / no salvation . ' I do not write to you , Sir , to treat such conduct with resentment or harshness . Unitarians have long" been

    accustomed to hear their faith condemned , and they have bowed in meekness under such treatment , and prayed for their persecutors ; and , in this instance , I do not know one Unitarian in this city who would not , from the bottom of his heart , offer up for your correspondent the supplication- — 4 Father , forgive him . ' Your

    correspondent has done an act of injustice to his Trinitarian brethren in assuming th e sign at n re h e wrot e . I have extensive acquaintance among Trinitarian Christians in the city , and I bear them testimony , that they participate not in the spirit of your correspondent ; and I think I am safe in saying , ninety-nine out of a

    hundred of them condemn his present conduct as harsh , ill-timed , and injudicious . Such a censure of his conduct by his orthodox brethren will be the only one cast on him ; for Unitarians , who have been long accustomed to receive reproach from without in meekness and forgiveness , will not dare to denounce him ; white

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/25/