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fnieUi ^ mcei ^ UnttaUan Fund Ketoort 461
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Journey ( next to Mr Lyons ' s , on the same object ) which was ever undertaken Bt the instance of the Society . The Committee feel higher gratitude to Mr , Wright tkan they can express , for his abundant labours in the north , labours which at --the : time he denomi *
nated ^ delightful ; ' * and they would be unjust to him , not to state the impression of respect and esteem made upon their minds , by his conduct on his important tour . E ^ ery thing was made to give way to his one great work And his success was proportionate to his exertions , for not only from his
journal , but from various concurrent statementsj they learn , that his journey , succeeding Mr . JLyons-s * -feas raised a spirit of inquiry , which is every day strengthening * , and making converts to the Unitarian doctrine . At Glasgow
and Paisiey , particularty ,, the public attention was aroused * and multitudes were brought to hear , and some , to embrace the truth as it is in Jesus . Indeed throughout the west of Scotland , the . seeds of National religion ate thickly scattered * and in the minds of so
reflecting , intelligent , inquiring- a people as the Scotch , they cannot perish ,, but will spring tip , sooner or later , in beauty and abundance . < , - ^ - Public conferences were among ^ thc most effectual -means of giving publicity to Mr . Wri g ht ' s preachings and these were unavoidably brought on by title
custom of giving notice , after the : conclusion of a service , that if any persona wanted ; further information upon the subject of the discourse before delivered they were at liberty to wait , and to put inquiries ^ and . state difficulties .
One of £ h $ uaos . t * tvikirvg good effects ofct&e missions undertaken . by the . Society in Scotland * is tbe establishment of * a affiliated Socie ty * for the same purposes . Scotland . top h #$ ite Unitar * a n FimD ; vpfi of the chief objects oi which
** to < , defray * hc charges attendant « jn missions from England . In thi * event f ^ c Com mittee «* r < fejitiy rejoice , as uniting the brethren ift the best bond , * h at £ 1 / active , exertion ; , j and as facilitating Miturevinu ^ i ^ nai- y ; Wrniefl-r : 7 j
^ Wifa respect t « the Scou-Ji Fuad , Mr . Wright h # s the followin g * -notQj in ins l « VtisnaJr ^ . a ::. » J ^; . . .-. i-r ; , :-. V / ¦ .., ¦ •? i .:: . > ¦ . nV ^> n ^ he ? la ^ t S ^ UJrd ^ y Iw » 9 aj : < Jlaa-« ° J ¥ * wk i had v ^ he we ^ Wg . AC ^ -9 Wlo the ^ ° ual ^ u ^ tte so of the 'FundL'S the next W > l pn&f £ * d 0 » e sern ^ n feonv ^ iUujy
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went forth , taking nothing of 3 tHe OeiH tiles ' . I endeavoured to shew how Christianity was fi r § t promulgated by popular preachihg , achd the establish - ment of Christian societies ; and that die first : Christians , by their Christian libe *
rality ^ enabled those who > were employ ; - ed in evangeHzin ^ the Oentites ^ to < ie *»" vote themselves to the work , without : leaving them exposed to the necessity ofc taking any thing of those who had not avowed their belief of the Christian doc *
trine . I ako gave an hisroric acboti ' ttt of our Fund in London , and explained the nature of that kow established l ii » Scot and . Lastly , I urged rea prrs why the friends of truth and liberality ought to exert themselves in support ^» f out plans . I believe more ^ th&n 6 / , was : ub « scribed on the occasion ; ; One important
object of the Fjrnd in Scotland , is to enable some of the brethren , who arfe approved preachers , to go from hom ^ occasionally , to preach iii different pla * ces . They are all person ^ dependent oqi business ^ and . cannot well afford to bear fr
their own expences ^ vrhertthie y go ont home oi > such occasions , especially if they should occur very Virequentl y ^ which I hope will be the case ; besides , places to preach in cannot be procured without "some expeoce . I am well per * suaded , if some of the brethren at Gla € b-
gow and Paisley can be induced to ite * nerate , it will be productive of much good ; - —Tf my journey to Scotland had been productive of no other good than the actual establishment of the before
projected fund , 's and the cutting out work for the brethren there , I should h ave thought the objects ; oi suffic ieni importance to ha , vc justified the under * taking . * ' - ¦ ¦ .-iq !• . - . ; . . ¦ ¦ , , ' ; ' ^ J ¦<• - ¦
From Scotland the most grateful r ^ c * knowledgments have beenr j ^ deiwiiiib y the Committee . One of the Patslm brethren thus writes in behalf of himself and others , and the Society : will not be displeased to bear , in mind , daring the recitation of the passage , th at the writer is a labouring niechaxiic ^ oaepf 'a numerous class in Scotland , who , though
pQpr * are in the highest . degree in t ^ liS * gtnty and * are prepa . « d arid panting fo * the most ample theologicai instruction ^;/ « cj Wd need not- « ay vho ^ v > mucb' we were pkfcsdd with both Mr ; JbyottK jmd Mr . Wright , as you would yourself ani ticipate that 3 < bat / inc ou ^ ht to - 6 tate « that their preAchiug was well attended an « L atteotivtfy heayd ^ ouui ^ avc ^ coitfral
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/45/
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