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6 § 8 Intelligence . —Constitution of Unitarian Society ^ Philadelphia .
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST SuC . IKTY OF UNITARIAN CHRISTIANS Itf THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA , ADOPTED 23 , 1 807 .
Preliminary Declaration .- —I . That this SQCfety claims , and by the present act exercises , the right , which as intelligent and accountable beings they possess , and which is guaranteed to them by the excellent constitution of their country , of Judging for themselves in matters of religion , and of performing the social acts thereof in that form and manner which
conscience dictates as most rational , deeint and acceptable . % . That the onMy proper object of supreme adoration and worship is the One jt&ing ant ? true GoJ the Father , in whom tflfcy believe as the Maker of the heavens , the earth , and all things therein . 3 ,. That they receive the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the
authentic records of bis revealed will to mankind . 4 . That they cordially and thankfull y acknowledge Jetus Christ as the Son of God , the promised Messiaji—to whom al ) obedience ought to be rendered as to the disting \ iisihe 4 and approved messenger of the love of Goci to the human race- —whom he raised from the
deadand by whom he will , at the last day , recaj all mankind to life and render unto them , according to their works . t That they believe the Holy Spirit . e that extraordinary , divine energy and , power ,, which was granted to proph ^ ta and holy men of old , but which viras manifested pre-eminently in Christ , and afterwards in his Apostles and other
believers of the primitive age , whereby Ifchey were enabled to bear miraculous testimony to the truth of the Gospel , and to $ pjxad it through all nations of the world . Being moreover of opinion that , every ( Uhri ^ ian Society constitutes a com plete Church within itself , with power to establish regulations for the conduct of
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its affairs , so that the same be not contrary to the word of God , and to revise , alter and amend them as may appear to be needful , they ordain and consent to ( as on the whole best adapted to their present situation ) the follov * -ing
RULES . I . Public Worship . —I . All t&e deyo * tional services of this Society sl } all be addressed to th « ONJE GOD and FA * THER of all , in the name of the one mediator Jesus Christ , w . conformity with the foregoing declaration . a . The doors of their place of worship shall be open to all persons whatsoever .
3 . The stated periods fbi ? the celebrar tion of the Lord ' s Supper shall be the first Sunday in the months of February , April , June , August , October , and December ; but un extraordinary celebration , may at ajiy other time be h ^ d on reasons stated and previous npt-ice given .
4 Every person , whether connected with the Society or not , ihajl be admitted to a participation qf this ordinance , who maintains a serious and proper behaviour , and who has not been notoriously guilty , or does not * live in the ; practice 06 any flagrant breach , of decepcy and good , morals .
II . Gyufll ificvticn * Jiflmijsipn and Excur sion of Members . —i . Persons , of either sex ,, of fui } age , and who contribute in their own right , not less than four dolr lars per ; annum to the funds of the Society , may , beepme memjmrs thereof and
vote in its , proceedings , having first subscribed the declaration and . rul # s . ^ * yided oevertheless , that if by rea . spn of poverty , any member be rendered unable to continue his or jber cqntribution to the said amount , he or she shall not on that account be disqualified * »• JEy . ery person previpue to admiision
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si tion . Indeed he , never witnessed a more entire resignation to the will of heaven . Her calm and quiet departure was a memorable instance of the triuspphs of Christianity . December aa , 1808 , at the house of her husband the Rev , W . Vidier , at Westham , Mrs . VIDLER , after a long and painful illness .
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Nov . 11 , —la -his- , 6 oth year , the Rev . ROCHEMONT BARi ? AULD of Stoke Newington . [ Of this gentleman we have obtained a Afetxoir , which will appear i » the Supplement . Dec . 5 , —WIUtJAM HAWES ^ M . D . at his house in Spital Square . [ A Memoir of this gentleman also will be given in the Supplement . ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/52/
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