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rians ; The projectors and supporters of it would have shrunk back from their object , how fondly Soever contemplated , if they had conceived that the pursuit of it would have interfered with the
usefulness of tbe Manchester New College removed to York , to which no one wishes success more heartily than themselves . They are of opinion that the two Institutions may very well co-exist ; being intended to raise different classes of
Preachers , and to benefit different classes oi Congregations . At the same time that the new Unitarian Academy is not instituted with a view to the education
of learned Ministers , properly so called ; it is hoped that none of the Students that may be sent out from it will be ignorant . With the means and within the time
allowed ^ it is calculated that the Students may acquire a respectable degree of knowledge in general , and of the Scriptures in their ori - ginal tongues in particular ; fitting them not only to sustain the
Chri'tH | n Ministry ,, in the spheres for which they will be qualified , with credit , but also , if necessary , to improve their condition by undertaking the education of youth * From the age at which Student * will be admitted into the new
Academy , it is presumed that a tolerably correct estimate may be formed of their moral and religious character ,, of their talent * , and of the bent p » f their minds ; and that thus the chances of failure in the
Objects of their education will be considerably diminished . The natne Ct Unitarian' * has been chosen as the denomination of the new Academy , not for the purpose of pledging the Supporters f-it ^ aud of binding the JHlMfcnte
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in it , to any particular system of faith ; but merely as expressive of the leading opitifon of those who have interested themselves in its formation , and of their expectation from the institution . They Ube the term Unitarian" in the broadest sense , including under it alt Christians that agree in the sole worship of the one God , the Father , whatever may be their
views on minor topics , or their practice in less important matters . And although it be the first object of she New Academy to traifr up Ministers for Unitarian Worship ,, the freest inquiry will be encouraged in the students ; it
being taken for granted that investigation , properly conducted , will end in the perception and acknowledgment of truth . The Committee are anxious to
put you in possession of their full sentiments , hoping for your approbation , and not doubting but that your approbation will secure your patronage to the Institution .
It is not f <* r them to precribe in what manner -support may be most effectually given to it , whether by recommending congregational collections or private
subscriptions and benefactions , or both ; but they may perhaps be permitted to suggest , that as the Funds for the new Academy are yet to be wholly raised , it is only
by the liberal co-operation of Unitarians throughout the kingdom that the Plan can be carried into complete effect , and the desirable objects which it contemplates b « perfectly attained .
The same necessity which has given birth to the scheme of the Institution seems to require that its execution should not be delayed beyond the period requisite io *
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374 Intelligence *—New Unitarian Academy .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/54/
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