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increased , and that with the enlargement of their number a dis position Ija » grown to avow their principles and to associate * ' for their maintenance and promotion ,
especially in public worship , The consequence is that there are throughout the kingdom many small bodies of Christian * * profess * jng the Unitarian faith , who hav < e j ) evei yet been favoured with the services of regular Ministers .
11 must be equally known to you that there are man ) of our congregations in a drooping state , partly owing to conflicts and cL ^ iges of opinions , and partly to local causes , but chiefly to the want of Ministers adapted to smalj and not opulent Societies .
On a review of the state of the JJmtarian Churches , it appears that many of the Societies above alluded to , both of those that have existed for a long period and of those that have newly sprung up , have been kept together only by the occasional services of Ministers
in their neighbourhood , or by the 2 eal and activity of individuals , not Ministers , among themselves , who have officiated in reading the Scriptures and carrying on Divine Worship ,
This state of things ha , d been frequently enforced on the attention of tjhe Committee of the Unitarian Fund , by the representations of their JMissionaries , and by applications for assistance from
Societies suffering under it , until the idea suggested itself of an Academical Institution tor the purpose 9 f educating Preachers suited to the wants of smaller and less prosperous Congregations . The idea was contem plated for some time Without any distinct hope of , its # > emg soon realized ; , but the
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general opinion and wish that have been lately expressed on the . subject , find the offers of support that have been made , have at length determined a number of friends to the Unitarian cause , chiefly
connected with the Unitarian Fund , to attempt the establishment of an Academy , answerabie to the circumstances of a large proporti - on of Unitarian Christians . The extensive usefulness of the Societies , above-meiitioruecl , has , it is thought , created a necessity for further exertions . Our Tracts have been the happy means of
enlightening many minds with i 4 the truth as it is in Jesus , " and our Missionaries have carried the same blessing to many others , and have moreover brought the con * verts to Unitarianism to unite in Christian association : there is , therefore , only wanting to the Complete success of all our efforts a sufficient number and a regular succession of Teachers , whose euueation shall qualify them for scriptural instruction , especially as it relates to the Common
People . For such a description of Teachers the subjoined Plan was intended to provide : the object itself is confidently submitted to your approbation , and it is hoped that the Plan will appear to you suitable to the object .
You will observe that the education provided for the Students , in the new Academy , is purely theological ; and that in this particular , as well as in the aae at
which the students are to be ad . mitted , and in the term of their continuance , the proposed Institution is wholly distinct from Any other Establishment for Academical Education ; amongst the Unita «
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Intelligence .- ~~ Nexjo Unitarian Academy * . 373
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/53/
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