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latrs , ensured at tfrc ' a& ** : of tbe ^ evolu . tkm , in direct y . violation o £ , jfche princir pies thcR asaerted , aad ^ hich , though too cruel and impolitic to be often enforced , have yet remained fora century the disgrace of the statute book , are at length expunged , amidst a general acquiescence in the justice and even necessity of their repeal / ¦ -V-- ' ftesolvefl unaniiriously ,
V « That oicr best acknowledgments are due to WlfHam Smith , Esq * M P . for ills compliance with the request , originating in our Committee , to brine titfe subject of the . legal insecurity of Unitarians before Parliament , and for his unremitted attention to the Parliamentary progress of the Bills , which he
accordingly brought into the House of Commons ,, fojc the repeal of those penal statutes which had so long rendered Unitarians liable to be deprived of civil protection merely on the ground of their religious profession . Resolved unanimously .
V |« That . we trust the period is ad * vanclng , and would "willingly hasten its arrival * . when not only Christians of every descrjpfibn , % ut also our countrymen at large , shall be alike free to pro- ' fees and defend their opinions , and all equally partake the civil rights of Biitons- Resolved unanimously ,
VIL l ? iat as Unitarian Christians feared not to profess and inculcate what they esteem the , doctrines of the Gospel .
though liable to the infliction of severe penalties , it is their incumbent duty , now that fhey are placed within the protectipi ^ of tne , law , not to relax their eflferts , but rather to extend those exertiotis w ^ iich well consist With the peace and order of civil society and the purest principles of ^ Christian charity , R ^ soYvcd unanimously , VlHL Tnat the Thanks of this
Meeting be given to the Committe ' e of the Unitarian Fund , for their zealous discharge of the trust committed to them , and For their watchfulness over the interests of the Unitarian bodj > Resolved Unanimously , IX * That the above Resolutions be
printed , and that a copy be sent to every member of the Society within the reach of the twopenny post . Resolved unanimously , X . That the Resolutions now passed be advertised in the Monthly Repositorv , —a publication which , for
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the support it gives to , the cause of free inquiry and religious liberty , Is entitled to . the countenance of the Unitarian Body , and particularly of this Sbclety . Resolved unanimously , XI . That the above Resolutions be advertised also in the principal periodical publications andi the newspapers , at the discretion of the Committee .
SAMUEL GOODBEHERE , Chairman . John Christie , Esq . having taken the Chair , it was Resolved unanimously , That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr . Alderman Goodbehere for his conduct in the Chair , and for his general support of the rights arid liberties of his fellow-citizens anil fellowcountrymen of all denominations .
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Unitarian Society . At a Special General Meeting of the Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the Practice of Virtue , by the / Distribution of Books , convened for the purpose of talking into * consideration the Act lately passed fixf the " Relief of -persons who imipttgh tfrr 1
Doctrine of the Trinity , * hbldeft at the Chapel in Essex Street , Jistf'Bo ? 181 & The Rev . TiipiMtAS BferJmkai ; to the Chair , - ^ - ; The following Keisoluttont moved by Isaac Solly , Esq . and seconded by Sir Charles Cblvllle * were adb | ltedr ; : Resolved , . ';
I . That the Menibefs pf thSs Society view with great satisfaction tte recent success of a measure , which more than twenty years ago tlhey solicited iti vain , though supported By the transcendent abilities of the late Mr . Fok -, and they congratulate each other anil the rrienas of civil and religious liberty In general , that by the Bill which has lately passed for the < c relief of those wh 6 iittpugn
the doctrine of the Tririjty , ^ persons who profess their disserxi from that article of the Established Creed are no longer exposed to severe and ruinous penalties , but are placed under the protection of the law . . /
II . That the Members of this Snxiety are truly grateful to the legislature for the liberality and u » ariimJty with w «« this * important mjeasurq was received , and for the rea 4 inpm and ttf&rity with which , when the br « SnMfeill * liw lost , through a technical ffiformillty , » » cw
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/54/
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