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assuring the meeting , in allusion to some preceding observations , that the Welsh Unitarians did not y ield to their brethren in England , in attachment to religious freedom . He had been deputed by them to
convey to Lord Holland and Mr . W . Smith , Petitions taboth Houses of Parliament , ( signed by about a thousand names ) for the repeal of all the penal statutes which relate to religion , and he was confident that whenever it should be deemed
necessary , they would again come forward in . support of the same great cause . 44 Rev . Mr . Gilchrist and the Stewards . » Mr . Gilchrist said , " I am
happy that we are permitted collectively to render an account of our stewardship ; ( or were evety man to answer for himself , ray only plea would be apology , aod my only apology , incapacity . Of my unfitness for an office of this kind ,
I was previously sensible , and had intended to plead exemption froDi it , by alleging my holy or pretended holy orders ; and though I stand on the list , I consider myself not an efficient but an honorary steward . And I assure you , Sir , it is to us-no mean honour to serve ,
in any way whatever , this respectable company and the Unitarian Fund . I would rather be a doorkeeper to such an enlightened and liberal assembly , than dwell in the tents of bigotry . Sir * we cannot Boast of the
provision made for you j—we have Pot furnished you with a feast of exquisite delicacies ^ such as would please the ta § te of the epicure ; but you came not to an epic ^ ean entertainment , and you have fdo < | to eat wftich the mere ^ icu ^ e Iukmvs not of ; and your
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enlightened minds , your generous hearts have efijoyed a rich repast * The purposes of this meeting are of themselves , a noble feast , and that feast has been heightened and improved by the accomplishment of our wishes ; it has received an
exquisite relish from the success of our endeavours . We behold the rapid progress of simple and rational Christianity . ; we have the pure pleasure , the exalted honour , of promoting it ; and these anni ~ versary meetings are , happily , subservient to that great end . They concentrate the widely scattered
sparks , which kindle into a name that will not , like the fire of zeal without knowledge , impregnated with the sulphur of bigotry , ravage and destroy ; but like the luminary of heaven , will cheer by its life , and fructify by it heat .
Sir , we are convinced that it : is good to be always zealously af # fected in a gopd cause ; and there - fore we meet to cherish a , noble ardour in the greatest and best of to t to
causes : —we meet encourage causes ;—we mee encourage our hearts and to strengthen our hands by the aids of friendship and union ;—we meet to warm our colder brethren into life and
action , that the united efforts of many may accomplish with speedy facility , what would slowly and with much difficulty be performed , by a few . Every great work re **
quires union and ico-operatiom Man singly and alone , can do but little , and that little requires much time ; but men united with men can in little time do
great things : they can . clear away the accumulated rubbish of many ^ generations , and raise a spacious * beautiful temple where the rugged , narrow , dark , gothic structure had > stood for ages *
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Intelligenc e * —Unitarian Fund . 47 T
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 477, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/53/
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