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Pie looked forward to his approaching visit to Scotlatid . with emotions of pleasure that he could not describe , and he did not doubt that by pursuing - the same measures that they had already commenced and by steady perseverance they should . succeed in
leading men to enquiry and to the light , and in contributing to bring on the period when the earth shall be filled with divine knowledge . He gloried in the character of an Unitarian Missionary
and while he had a pen to hold , or a tongue to speak , he would . with all his powers serve the good cause of Unitarianisrn , and when he could be no longer active his last thoughts and wishes and prayers should be for its success .
Mr . Lyons , and ^ on his visit to Wales , may hejind ' that zee and our brethren in the Principality have in religion tut one language . In returning thanks , Mr . Lyons said that , he was deeply affected with this new mark of the esteem
of the meeting . He felt the honour the more as he considered it to be the renewal of a mutual sacred pledge to support our common cause with all the energies of our nature . The company were too well acquainted with human nature , and witfi the force of prejudice to expect instantaneous success , and he was sure that they did not w . ish Unitarianism to be received , but-with the utmost
deliberation , arjd enquiry and with jperfect conviction : yet our success notwithstanding all our dif * . Acuities , must have exceeded the
Itfost saiigunre expectations of the hesi friends ; of Rational Christianity „ StSll he considered the present as ^ t , he dawn only of the Unitarian day . We lurve foeen sowing tke seeds of
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truth atid have the pleasure to se * f the blade just rising above the ground ; but we see also the blessed showers of heaven descending upon k , and the warm beams of the sun cherishing its growth ; we
are consequently looking forward with the pleasing expectation of seeing not only the stalk but also the ripe corn in the ear , and of having our storehouses plentifully filled with it *
He respected the spontaneous zeal of his esteemed brother Mr . Wright , who had borne the burden and heat of the day alone ,
but it filled him with gratitude to reflect that when he began his labours he had found this society ready to take him by the hand and had met with hundreds to welcome
and assist his efforts . It gave him heartfelt satisfaction to perceive that his feeble , though best , endeavours in the good cause met with the approbation of the Society , and gratitude as well
as a sense of duty would ever constrain hirn to co-operate with the Society to the utmost of his powers ; for to it he was indebted , in a considerable degree , for the enlarged , cheerful and comfortable views , which he entertained of the character and government of the Father of us all . The anniversary of the Fund was to him a welcome day . He felt that in every point of view it was good for him to be here , as what he saw and what he heard
tended to rekindle in his heart zeal for the emancipation of the human mind from error and superstition , and for the promotion of unporrupted , Christianity : and ** hoped that the time was not far distant , when all the Unitarian Ministers in England would be associated with us on these occa-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/42/
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