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one who by his talent ^ or ^ jtnaf ion is looked tip t 6 as a head or leading man of a party must be the sentiments of the whole body . 1 am persuaded lhat in this instance , as lit iriany others , this is by no means true ; for I believe no sect
r of christiahs have more real love Jo Christ than Unitarians ; yet as wdnt of love , and desire of degrading him is- so often laid to their charge by those who assume the appellationof evangelical ^ I can - pot but regret that the phrases ideal person > phantom of the
imagiftatiotiy &tc + should supply the adversary with such occasion to speak reproachfully , who will not fail to ^ l&y bold of it , and say , H Here ? is a noted man of that
partydkravowing , or at least dis - pensing with , the love of Christ—*® b&t need we any further witness ?" \ An Occasional ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ; - ¦ ' vCORRESPON £ > ENT . ¦ ' : ~ ~ 'i " ' . *'¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' i ¦ ii . i i' wi » n' i ' , ' ¦' ' ' ¦ <
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4 itlle work has protrlpled itie tc express to you my \ vi ^^ whic h I dare say is not singular , that the friends to the instruction & * id happiness of the poor-AvouJtl more generally contribute to the only cheap Tract Society not tainted . with party principles andwiows . Some of your readers mav-ah ^ adv
be devoted to institutions which have for their object the maitrtcnance of a particular creed , r&nd I blame neither their pursuit nor their zeal ; but • there are doubtless many of ihem who are rational in their faith and liberal in their
vjewsji whose interest ( if 1 may so speak ) is not given to a creed and whose beoevolenee is disengaged , whom I should be glad to ( see enrolled amongst the supporiers ' o f a Society , whose design is feinvp ^ y to recommend Christian virtue
unencumbered with Calvinismw Permit me ajso to suggest , that the volume of tracts would forin an acceptable and useful present to young people and paitictthirly servants . The time of year \ % approaching when small presents to the young will be customary , and
I am persuaded many of y < y \ xr readers will takq the hint , and make a Christmas gift of the Christian Tract Society ' s volume . I would recommend the publishers of the tracts to have copies qf the volume done up in various fbindings , some elegant . - < I Having $ aid so much in ; re ^^ jniwendation of the Socjely ^ d its publications , I shall J ( tj ( iv ^ , < ft \ y name with you * Mr . Jbditprft to satisfy you th ^ t I » ixr .-. * .,. ,,, 3 n
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Volume of the Christian Tract Society . " 667
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Valufke tif the Christian Tract ¦¦ ¦" •' .-r ^ Society . ' SlKy' NOV . 16 , 1811 . It must grvre great pleasure to you to observe that the Society
for publishing ebeap moral tracts on ^ Chris'tiaB jprinciples ^ the first hint oi which was given by you , ( V «> h HL p ; 6 ^ 6 ) has attained to Stich ¦< tespect ^ Mlity ^ I received the other dSPfcvitli much
satisfoctibB / th ^^ fo ^' s first volume , and , tho ^^^ H | r ^ a # thft || rveral Pieces Uflp ^ V ^ perffe ^ d the whole vofirtRpwfth a renevv ^ d and sttengthcilClWMtvic tibn ^ o& ^ a uti-Hty of . the Safety . Th *^ inn ^^^ ion \ yirti which I rose iijx fxom the per ^ al of the . t . V *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/27/
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