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    means of subsistence , and lay aside his preferments to make way for some worthless -orthodox churchman , only because his sentiments differ from his former profqssiQja ^^ Who can /" read the Thirty-nine Articles , and say with candour , " I be-\ Heve them all ?** Whistonius wishes ^ sneeringly , that Mr . S ,

    had styled-himself the <« late Rector of Cold Norton , " and I will venture to say that be inwardly wishes himself his successor , I almost suspect , from the tenour and spirit of his remarks , that this writer is not a Unitarian , though he affects to be so : from his name , we may infer that he is as much a disciple , of Hoyle as of Whiston . C . G . *

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    INSTITUTION OF TRANQUILLITY . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , The very liberal and handsome manner in which you were pleased in your Repository ( Vol . I . p . 434 , ) to approve of the Institution which I have proposed to the Public , under the name of " Tranquillity , " has given you a claim upon me , for every degree of information with which I might be able to furnish you relative to that Institution ; and if I have hitherto appeared insensible of the obligation , it has been

    because until now I have not been able to report any intelligence to you , relative to its progress , that could have been in any way ^ satisfactory . The Institution will doubtless be more likely to ameliorate the condition of the people by proceeding surely , than advancing rapidly ; and it is so essential to an establishment in which great confidence must be placed ,

    that every species of jealousy and suspicion should be set at defiance , that it would have been a wanton waste of reputation , and a prodigal hazard of failure , to have taken any step towards raising a Tund , previous to the formation of a respectable and independent trust , who should guarantee its due appropriation . Five gentlemen have kindly -condescended

    to sustain that character , of whose respectability it will be unnecessary to say one \ vor 3 after giving a list of their names . They are , Sir Walter Stirling , Bart . ; Maxwell Garthshore , Esq . ' M . D . F . R . S . F . A . S . ; Charles Pears , Esq . F . L . S . ; John TowillRutt , f ! sq . ; and William Watson , Esq . But , I may venture to pay them the compliment of saying , that they * Having inserted the " Remarks' * orl Mr . Stone , we tould not refuse to admit

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    Institution x > f Tranquillity . s 1

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1807, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2376/page/21/