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ii its fiiM cfodfti ftus SEi-iiEi >? StiYely tHc merndftfbte events \ tfbich had occurred Within the Mist * foiir years ; afirPttte recollection that these ; hud been repeated , ly protected , and the Society em .- '
pfraticnHy warned ( hat such must $ e the necessary consequence of its-proceedings , afforded abundant reason to pause , before it should thus recommend' a perseverance in measures ., from which so many lamentable consequences had already resulted .
The lapse of another ten years appears ' by no means to have dialled this intolerant spirit and bfihd ' zeah as the minute of the \ tii {' Yeaily Meeting affectingly jtrbVcsr . By way of giving your readers a jusf description of the effects such efforts to induce uni .
rormity have always produced , I will transcribe the concluding rcrrnarlts of the above-mentioned Narrative of Events in Ireland . ' ¦ ' ' * ' Instead of active and unrentittcd exertions in the cause of
piety , integrity , and benevolence , are there not , '' asfcs this excellent rhany u some of the serious and \ # ell disposed professors of the
go ' s pel , " who fail in rightly appreciating the value of their peculiar opinions , and not only give evident proofs of a deficiency in the gr £ at virtues of ' Motherl y kindness and charily , but feel an unreasonable
degree of anxiety whenever the imputation or the prevalence of ttieir opinions are likely to be affected by the zeal and activity dJT . nWft upright' jtnd conscientious , Hfctf themselves ; agreeing with
Inerri in all that respects the na ~ ttlre tfnd importance ' of the objects tti he , attained , and diflaring only ^ oh tbVoiri g sdme of the sttBordiiiate : opinions or means fofr atttritt
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irig them ? Wistefyi e ^ M ^ ftefe ^ and observation HaVfe ^ afoiffiSaiftl ^ - shewn , t hat i h qh i ry and c 1 fscugsi dft « may not only be safely left to >^ their own Unfettered' 6 per&ti 6 n on all Mich points , but' that ft- i $ 5
absolutely essential- tottie besff iiitefesrs 6 i mankind that JriliS shv )' . ild be done ; that o ^ 'of the appointed ' ¦ - tests of charity and pure religion is hereby brought into action ; and thki , by * Rich .
meaiife only , will tiuth and virtue finally prevail . " It is by the adoption of & contrary system , that the [ irofeSV- ^ ors of the gospel of p& : \ ce + adi love , and joy . lrave'bvM * n so bffeffc and so afflictingly disuriitfed ' ahd < fi ^/ graced .. ' AlienationY f ^ fceet ) t } t > rfJ
uncharitabieness ; are thd- riatlafVily the inevitable cons ^ querrc ^ s ^ f that lamentable spirit dp ddntitiW tion , sectarism , and stffle , vvHlch is hereby produced . These &r& indeed deplorable 4 spots ^ in ' t ^
Ch ristian ' s feast of cfrarfcv ; t $ & > W cause 4 the weak tb ^ tbirittfe ^ t 1 i # prophane to blasjph ^ nm ^ ' ] ' ' - it ^ fr these which keenly shdrpfefft , : crrtil e ! ly barb , * \ i& fatafiy ^ ttWnoA ^ the shafts df irreligioti drtUiWft ^ F ^ - : t
{lity *' p . 213 , 214 i - ^^ I am / Siry- " ^ t **^ Your ' s sincerely , ; " ^^ THOMAS TOSTEai ?^
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Protestant PMVgvtorifej : 4 Sir , Jan . 5 , 1814 r ; It is well knoivn that Dr . JtfJlHson was , at least , iiicliried to i $%
opinion that the dead ifriight Wtf cei ve benefi t from tne pray ^ r ^ df the living * That , for ihte 6 pi % nion , he h ^ d Prbtestartt Amhi ^ i ^ rie » , though few , yetfespt ^ aSle ' , is perhaps riot so generally lindte ^ &fo ^ rfi I Jateiy ftequSretf iib ttii
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/20/
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