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acu * ttie *> agaimt any one , should tbems ^ lv ** aftoe&r with dean bantb , aibd a pure Wt ; that they should
come « idwn Co that house devoid of xnalicc , a » & influenced only by the wj&h to Be just . Who could attempt to deny that thi » unfortunate petitioner was ku % an instrument in the hands of others , who had urged him or * Eoerely to gratif y their private resentmen % ? Was it a matter of tbe
smallest doubt that the Member who fcad taken so active * part i » the discussion , was the father of the Petition I ( hear . ) And had that IVIernp feer my reason to boast of the peculiar sanctity of his private life i > Or had the colleague , who with him had continued to goad on this Petitioner ,
any ground of superior eraftatiof * w the biamelesMiess of his character r * Were such the persons- whi > wens to pry into the wordy and ? a ^ don * of others Mr . F Gxtwahv gave the most ui * - qualified denial to * the insinuations copK , cerning him : and repeated that the book contained all he Had asserted of it * After some conversation ^ die original question was then pet and car ried with only the dissenting voice of Mr . Gi&SLid . ~ -Sav 7 ule ? 9 ? s Ntt » $ Letter ^
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Thanksgiving D&y at Pm * & # far the passing of the Trinity BilL
( In * Letter from Mr . Wright to ! 'W& Editor . ) Sr * t . Reading , F& . j % imm > To shovr how Sensible our NbrtSdirtr Unitarian brethren ^ al ^' of the value of
their religious rights and liberties , mid hoxr grateful they are to- God f < jp them , I send yo % t a * short accoutrt © yf a thanksgiving day , appointed by the Unitarian Church at Paidiey , in :
ceNfisequence of the passing ofmt . SmrHi'i Rill in favour of Antitrinrtaria ^ ^ ' % The second Sunday in Sejprreh | f || t ' was fixed on foT the aoove jrtrrpd ^ ^ f ^ earlier day would have beeti tinose ^ i , had it not been' ¥ hong |« t pt&pjtt $ r > wait till a copy 6 f the AeTha < FTelteliS *
Paisley in the Monthl y Rejpcmirm ^ i rf 3 Phe mo « ning service , on tlic ^ tl ^ Jr appointed , comrhenced" wfih &ip"rt ^ fifing of tfie Actf this wa ^ Wlb ^ dfb ^ ^ suitable address from ¦¦ ^ 6 flc of the £ tders , in which he enurn ^ r ^ ted : ftie motives for thank fulness su ^^ e ^ Si fay the passing of the Bill which galve occasion for the present meeting / After the rntroduction to the bwriness ' cf
the day ; the congregation itnit ^ dl it * singing and " prayer , then four of ' tfee brethren ^ in succession , adtfres ^ ed'tfie assemWy . They cbritrasted ^ the Kor - met state of the world with tfie pftesent , congratulated the rriec # fn # cTn ? the important change , and des ^ rHjetf It i
as a proper ground of rejoiciiig ' md thankfulness , as affording a prospect of the gradual removal of hxfg tsikbltehed errors by tht difftision ¦ of knowledge and charity The service cpftdtide ^ d with pwijfer anti piaig& ; ha ^ if ^ g continued about t wd hc ^ urs Ahd a h » l £ Ih the afetrhbbii , ' alterthe ^ iiSOaJ ^ ^ oticrnal excrxists , on ^ of the btfcthre ^
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gpee that looks on him m any such tt ^ ht : pit the contrary , I believe him | o hfive T ? eerv the most perfect cha * fcaeiipr ^ hat eVef jet made his appear * * n $ fi ZLt&eqgsiit ffce cl ^ ld ren of men . jfeqj a ^ , this i * npt sufficient io satis - fy them , hpcausel cannot swaUow down ifeJnb $ pTd doctri ne that he was Gqd—a 4 gcti ^ e f&at they tfewnselves acknowl ^ ge tlie ^ cannot comprehend or un * . defstan < l- ~ -a !^^ % xvrj& they are as it ivere oblige ^ to believe , because th ^ ir church , ^ . sect , op party , requires fhem U > OQ sojl and on what ground f A jfpw vague scripture expressions , tacked by the writings of rnen as ignorant aa themselves . For we must acknowledge t&at the world ha ' s been under such a cloud of gross darkness , * p much « 0 , that the very people who claimed to he the most enlightened of afl , took and laid wicked hands on him , and put him to death , because t he ^ . « v could not bear the purity of hi doctrine , which went to sap the foundation of their superstitious building . And so it has fared more or less with all those before or since his day , that have endeavoured to tread the same path y witness the prophets , Appsfcles , and othtfs at different ages of the world , who declared against the established religion of the land , whether Jewish , Heathenish , or what is called Chiistiari ; be it which , it may , the ruling party were always ready to- rife up against them , and put them to ^ ieath , . for daring to call in question their mode of faith »« prcswifeed by
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/57/
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