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    ¦ ff * £ & < i $ . they snail be by such father abandoned under like circumstances . i * , 4 th . Resolved—That guardians ought to ^ Uc appointed to the children of husbands ^ so " abandoning their wives , who should have ^ the care of the persons and estates of such children .

    - 5 th . Resolved—That when a wife is « o abandoned she ought by law to be permitted to acquire and hold property as a jemm ' e sole , as well as to have reasonable parental control over her children , by the husband so renouncing the marriage contract ; and when prayed for , she should nave divorce granted , without its benefits being extended to the husband so abandoning her .

    In . adopting the foregoing Resolutions , your Committee are not unmindful that religious tenets are not the subject of legislative or judicial interference . They entertain too high respect for their country , this legislative body , and themselves to recommend any measure ,

    contravening those golden provisions of our constitutions , which declare— " That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no human authority ought in any case whatever , to control or interfere with the right of

    conscience . " Your Committee can but regret , that in all ages and countries , individuals have been found too ready to condemn ail other sects and persuasions , save that adopted by themselves , should they have adopted any . These unfortunate individuals , wanting the benign influence of Christianity become

    odious themselves , by that interference which prompts their exertions to bring odium on others . It is the good fortune of the rtal Christian , that in our enlightened day , this-intolerance rcqoils back . on the intolerant ; and thus , while working tfieir own destruction , they make the rays q £ Christianity shine but the brighter .

    With these sentiments your Committee lea ^ ve the Shakers , and all other sects , to pursue , uninterrupted , the dictates of their own consciences—leaving their religious creed to the approbation or disapprobation of themselvesr and their God .

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    Jrlr . Worsley on the Marriage Ceremony . ~ , Plymouth , Heb . 1 ( 5 , 1816 . Sir , AfM ^ or pfcrfofctoly aware of your wi&h Ie t [ d ^* toi& £ t& i * s& ime&igatiftn of all subjects which arc interesting to Dis-

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    senters in genera ! , that ^ Eite&fedel f -ee& « ceive an apology to be necessarjrfer ' i ^ - quesiing permission to call their ^ atteii . tion through the medium of your pages , to a subject which has remained long enough , secretly wounding our peace , to a rite which has scandali sed our profession , or is calculated to rob us of some of our most delicate en joy r ments . I refer to the subject and to the rite of marriage , as this rite must of necessity be submitted to by the English Dissenters , if they hav ^ noi made the bold resolution of not

    submitting to it at all . It happens ? to have fallen to my lot to fill the offioe of Secretary to the Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association , which was established last midsummer twelvemonths . At our last Jul y meeting , which took place at Tavistock , this was one of the subjects which en&aged our attention , and it was rendered the

    more interesting from the circumstance of our having in company amoie than usual proportion of those - iie « i lemen who are known by tru- name of Old Bachelors . It did not appear whether these gentlemen had betn influenced by Unitarian scruples , or by scruples of any other character , in determining thus to abandon the first duty of an

    active citizen ; but , Sir , v \ e did not quit the room in which this interesting subject was discussed till 1 had receivea a charge in the character of Secretary , to correspond with the Associations which meet in other parts of England , and endeavour to unite them all in

    resolute exertions to seek for relief on this point . It has occurred to me , however , that the better way of bringing this subject before the public , is by means of the Repository . Allow me then to offer some thoughts upon this very interesting subject , in the hope

    thai , they wiU ' call forth other and more interesting and useful ones , and that they will , ere lone , bring about ou ? wished-for end . It is interesting in the highest degree to all classes oi Dissenters , who cannot but wish to be

    released from the necessity of taking their brides to the established church ; but to Unitarian Dissenters ; it ' is most ofalj important , and seems " abon the ground of absolute duty to demand their serious consideration arid t * icf firm purpose . ! ' ^ > T ^ hh U a sutyect , Sir , vt fttch natujplK , ubSei Ws ^ ridus WttS *? gay , arJit 2 % W&mJWoiSme broad

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    208 Report of Kentucky Legislature on Sh&kers . - j - * ^ - - a ¦ ¦*¦ < - ^ ¦• . *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 208, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/20/