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not expired , and appears recently to be awakened . That during late years , penalties amounting to 901 . have been recovered in Wales , "under that Conventicle Act , which we trust that a wise and liberal legislature will speedily repeal . That in th « current year , the
prosecution of persons guilty of daring outrages at Wye in Kent , has exposed the Wesleyan Methodisrs to heavy chargesc That in Berkshire 300 / , have been
expended in resisting the conviction of Mr . W . Kenjt , of Childrej- , in a penalty of 20 / . for praying at a prayer meeting : and that to resist the unprecedented persecution which has occurred at Wickham Market in Suffolk , against the BaptistaTidIndependent Dissenters , who have united their exertions to
instruct the ignorant in that place , an expenditure exceeding 5001 . will be required . The unreflecting or the selfish only can desire that such e : xpences should be defrayed by individual generosity or local contributions . Interest and duty must evince the justice and
expedience of forming a plan by which all friends to religious liberty niay equally contribute to the defence of a cause by which they are all affectedy and which by every j < jst principle they must be impelled consc ntaneously to
support * -The Dissenters , vast in numbers , but more important to the state for their morals an'J usefulness , are the only public body who have neglected b _ y union to increase their strength * They * re scattered as single twigs easily to he broken . Each separate
congregation is but an atom , but their general harmonious systematic cono . bination , will render thern , through the Divine 'bless .
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ingy a rock , which tempests of persecution will ineffectuall y assail . If such union be important and the formation of this societ y be obviously desirable , we submit that no existing body can render the eitablishrwnt superfluous . County associations are eminently
useful , but they are limited to particular denominations and to local utility . Public acknowled gments are also due to the Deputies from the congregations of the Three Denominations in and near
London ; from whom you wilr probably receive an address congratu . latory on our recent deliverance ami our prospects of futures uccess . Although unconnected with any
congregations but those by whom they are chosen , they have kindly assisted , on many occasions , other persons who have solicited their aid . But the nature of their
institution , unavoidably excluding many of the most numerous congregations in the metropolis , and all country congregations , precludes them from representing the general body of Dissenters , and their limited revenue must
prevent that ext ? nsive protection which the new institution will endeavour t > afford . The intelligence and liberality of their congregations will probably induce them to constitute parts of our
society , whom they may usefully assist by their experience ; or if they continue to select separate delegates for their particular congregationsj we shall be most happy to be stimulated by their efforts , and to benefit by their concurrence and advice * To render this measure either practicable or useful , it must however acquire general support
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Toleration Act * 357
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 357, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/37/
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