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EXTRACTS FROM THE SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF T&t COMMITTEE O * THE UHITAR 1 AK VytJ > , / . ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ . »• ¦ ¦ ¦ v .. ' ¦¦¦ •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ „ . " ¦¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ / ¦ ' . ¦ j . ¦ " i ¦ . ¦ ¦* ¦ ¦ ' . ' j Read to the GeneralMsetmg ' % jfaw % & 1810 .
3 'Anothdr year baa set its seal upon the Ufihanan Fiirid i ^ ahd * janctlon « d , and confirmed , and in no slight measure accomplished its . bbjfect ^ : &ti& the Com * mittee : ;* neet their brethren * the subscribers at la % e , toiththat satisfaction whichsprings from the consciousness of being , engaged in . t ' -an useful and honour able design >< and that joy which results fedtti ; the conviction of not having lal
boured in vain . In prbportien as the Society gains , confirmation and respectability byage * indeed , it must lose part of the attraction which belongs to novelty i but this loss is mote than supplied hy the delightful tokens wkich cycry ye&r is presenting to view , of the Resign of Providence to make the
humble instruments now employed in the great cause of truth , efficacious in its promotion . The Committee sincereiy congratulate the society , in the com- * menc em en t of thi * their He port , on tixe prospects , which are every day expending ^ and brightening , of the diffusion of iMpure doctrines of the glorious gospel < rf the blessed-God ;
f . / Jt is -with gratitude to the good and cceat Beingv > who has all hearts <; in his hands , and who disposes tliem at his l ^ lea ^ urej -that the- Committee reflect tiprinSthe-steady support which the so «* eisij ha * Teceivcd , during the past year § from its earliest patrons , and upon the accession of friends that it has gained , not fewer . or less substantial ia their
kmdu ^ ss , than kave been acquired in any preceding year . Large expences have htcn happily met - and provided for by l 4 Cgeiii » era | ity . s 1 ¦ ¦ . y-fJPne of ^ the-z-fyredtcted good effects of the establishment ^ of > the Unitarian Fund * lias been the excitement of a spirit of
zcalybefore unknown ^ in various parts of the country . Ihis spirit' has prompted individuals aind congregations , in vari * out places , ^ . consult ^ heOonxraktee on dipbcat oieAn , a , Qf promoting the objecn > of ihoiSoci ^ ty , ia th ^ ir respectitc neighbdupbooda ^ : Ja aonie places , fpruvinciai aaaociations'have been proposed *^ Xhe ^ ontmiU « e «< ir » ovaly dciib ^ rated * on the fubjeat , and 1 W ih * > % »»^ o / wthtfir olelibcramipn came . to ,. r ^ lsalutioj ^ i mbkh ( hey now rcspectu > lly-ieubmittt > the gcfioml Jbody f hoping ^ for th& \ r approba- » t ^ Mf&jmtftoMprfo *^
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First , That it appears to them highly desirable that all the" friends of the Unitarian Fund , in the country , should coorJerate -with the Comniifctee , in promoting the-interests ^ primarily of the Fund , and ultitcately of the Unitarian doctrine , Andi secondly , that it be recommended : to subscribers in the country , s ^ ierever thei * e ate not less than seVeii
residing in one place , or sufficiently near to be able tcf meet regularly and punctually , to form SiVb-Gortlniittees to deliberate upon the interests of the Society , and to correspond and co-operate with the geperal Obmniittee . Theftr w ^ re * led to these resolutions b y the consideration , th at one general
society must p 6 ss " e $ sv greater powers , in propoftibn , ehan a number of scattered societies f that One feo ' cieQr aan act with more promptitude in the general cause , than numbers ; and that a central society in the metropolis , is useful in collecting the benefactions df a large number of dispersed individuals , and turning them into ^ he variot&fc channels wherdh
they areiivaftted" , < a , rM will be effectual . The * resolutions have been communicated to' the « Tissjohariey , and others partieiilatriy inticrested in them , a # d have 4 « eceived their entire ^ approbation , which the Committee haNre interpreted as att earnest ' of * the afip 5 rov 3 l or the general meeting .
The Committee are tempted to transcribe the observation of Mr . Wright , in reply to the communication of their resolutionsv ^ It : is highly important /' ha remarks ^ t 5 cort « ctftrate the
collecciVe itt « ngfth of the Unitarian body , as much as possible , and to connect and bring into co-operation alt the friends of the cause . Union is strength , * and the Concentration of fxrwetsi , feeble when detached , may produce a mighty imp « lfte . At th ^ la « t aiitiivefsaty ^ the Soticty iHidulged ^ ibe pleasing prospect of Mr *
W « igtit s undertaking a missionary Journey in Scotland- - tfihis he acccNipltshed ta'ltoe month * of Jol y ^ August and tefttrtmbrir , ^ As M abstract of his journal was piibiished , agreeably H > 1 a vot « < rf the last rtice ting , in the Moo , Repos . voK iv . > $ p * ' ^ 3 ** $ * W * is unnecessary for < the Committee t ^ ^ ter ihtb ^ a detait «*^ iie u * # wto ** esmg
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46 § Inteltigen ce ^ ^ V ' nitaryx ^ Fund Report .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/44/
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