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whom the north of Ireland can boast , they enjoy the sweets of comfort , respectability , and affluence . They are not obliged to cringe or fawn on power ; and they can walk with an erect front , and fearless step , in the presence of their fellow-man . I
believe , Sir , that they are also inde-~ pendenTin mind as in circumstancesy and that they regard the maintenance of their liberties , civil and religious , as of paramount importance . I am of opinion that they have , in general , a clear apprehension of what these invaluable privileges are ; and that
they are not to be deluded from a Tight discernment on these great points , by any sinister influence , specious artifices , or subtle machinations . And , allow me , Sir , to add my hope anid" trust , ; th at their moral and religious character is creditable to themselves , and such as will bear
a fair comparison with the general community of this favoured province . I am . also ,. Sir , gratified tothink ,, that their free and unanimous choice of me to undertake their pastoral oversight , at the present juncture , is an acknowledgment , on their part , of attachment to those religious
principles which I distinctly avow- —which ) I believe , I hold in common with most of my remonstrant brethren- ^ which I have long maintained under many disadvantages- —and which I am determined to maintain , as , in my wi ( i < J . thia ; eacc ^ pti ^ iple . s . io £ . C . bri . S 7 .. tiari truth and liberty . If , Sir , I am right in the estimate I have thus
formed of tfre congregation ofKUmore , I think I have reason to congratulate myself on my present settlement , and on my future prospects of comfort and satisfaction in my ministrations , Hi 5 i 6 ^^ t ^ sor *^ especfaKIS " a "
portion of the Presbyterian community . There is one other circumstance to which I must allude , as adding to the gratification I feel on the present occaHion—and that is , my future connexion with the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster . There is no body of men , whose principles
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I more folly recognize , * arid whose character I more cordially esteem ; and I feel satisfied that 1 shall be able heartily to co-operate with them in all their public measures . I have the pleasure of numbering among them the personal friends whom I truly value , and I have received kind " ' assurances of a cofdiarwelcome from
all . I , therefore , regard myself , Sir , as about to commence my ministry in this congregation , under favourable auspices . I am sensible of the kindness I have already received . I assure you , Sir , this respectable company , and my congregation at
large , of my warmest wishes for their prosperity and happiness , and of my future exertions to promote their best interests ; and I return you thanks for the honour you have done me . ( This address was received with loud applause . )
* The Moderator and Remonstrant Synod of Ulster . ' -Mr ,. Davis returned thanks . He felt peculiarly gratified in looking round the present company . There were few of them with whom he was not intimately . acquainted . In common with Mr . Crozier , he had been
educated within these walls , by those highly gifted men who so long conducted Redemon Academy . To them , under God , he was indebted for whatever he at present was ; and especially for whatever independent principle he was possessed pf . They had early taught him to use his
rational faculties , and to consider all his actions and habits as intimately and necessarily connected with his happiness here and hereafter- Revering , as he did , the memory of those worthy men , he had now great com-¦ forTiiTseeingTlettM'in ^ th ^ iFplaceTa "
successor , who was so eminently fitted to give satisfaction to this flock . With the Remonstrant Synod , he felt happiness and honour in being connected . After dwelling , at considerable length , on the principles of the Remonstrants , he maintained , that these were the only principles by
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40 NITAHIAN CHRONICLE . . £ 4 §
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/9/
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