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the pleasure I have derived from what I have seen and heard , in the course of my Missionary labours since our last anniversary ,
I should not fear tiring them by a long speech ; but that is not possible . After what has been done , from the present promising appearances , and from the
numerous friends of the cause in various parts of the country , what may we not hope to see effected ? If there were no Unitarians in the kingdom but the present company I should not fear for the cau ^ ei they would be sufficient to make way for the truth to go forth , and let it but have room to spread and operate and it will not fail to be successful and to triumph .
Sir , I sincerely thank you and the present very respectable company , for so kindly noticing the Missionaries in drinking their health , and fervently wish you all may enjoy health and every kind of prosperity . " Mr . Bennett also said * " I rise
to express my gratification at having my health drank by a company like this , so numerous , so respectable for wealth , knowledge , and above all for virtue . It is impossible but that I must most gratefully feel the honour which has now been
conferred upon me . I have had the pleasure , Sir , of being connected with this Society from the time of its formation ; I have marked its utility , I have rejoiced ; in its success ; and nothing has
happened in the whole course of my life which has given me greater pleasure than my being a member of the Unitarian Fund , and being allowed , in my humble way , to contribute to the furtherance of its great objects . 1
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esteem it an honour to belong to this Society b-cause of the principles on which it is formed . It is a religious Society which recognises the God of Creation as the Father of all mankind ; and as the offspring of one God , it considers all men as having a common
capacity susceptible ot ' impr-wement in knowledge and virtue . In this we make no difference between the rich and the poor ; here they meet together , and it is acknowledged , that the Lord is the Maker of them all . I esteem it an honour , Sir , to belong to this Society , because jt acts upon the principles I have now mentioned . It endeavours to
instruct the common people in the knowledge of religion , and to teach them to know the One God , and Jesus Christ whom he has sent . The effort is worthy of those who are already informed ; for if ihe poor are instructed in knowledge and virtue , they must necessarily , be greatly benefited ; and , indeed , every thing about their situation of a dishonourable
nature , is removed . The members of this Society , in the important object of their pursuit , seem to be looking at the example ot their great Master , who went about doing good ; and whose mmistry was very much directed to those of humble circumstances . To the poor , said he , the gospel is preached . I esteem it an honour , Sir , to belong to this Society because its individual members
employ part of their wealth for the prosecution of a grand design . How much money is spent in procuring the luxuries and pleasures which this transitory world affords . I would by no means depreciate the blessings of this
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Intelligence . — Unitarian Fund * 4 , 71
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/47/
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