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the blessing <* f God , of a more general d iffusion <* f the spirit and practice of the Christian life , B ^ U tr uth and virtue are natural , though not inseparable companions , and never thrive so much as when they are cultivated
together . This is what it has heen our endeavour to connect , in the formation of this Society , and it is h oped that if * is one of those institutions , of which there are so many in the present day , highly tending to the moral and religious improvement of
mankind . The report was ordered to be printed , additions to the catalogue proposed , &c . On this occasion , certain speeches were made , particularly one by Dr . Thomson , of Halifax , to which we
are truly sorry it is not in pur power to do justice . One particular point which the Doctor dwelt upon should certainly be noticed , viz . that the Tract Society had full y redeemed its pledge . Its catalogue of books , though in some
respects not ajl that could be wished , arising from circumstances that could not be avoided , was yet of a nature to do ample justice to every promise it had made .
It possessed those Tracts it js true which gave a very clear view of Unitarian sentiments ; and this , from the nature ( of the , Societies which had joined together , might be expected to be the case ; but it also possessed those whiffy Were separate from any doctrinal tenets , and which were purely of
a practical nature * while , it was open to any recommendation of Tracts , of other views , which its members might bring forward . Jn a word , every applicant might be accommodated agreeably tip his wishes . The Doctor
intermingled witlvthe subject of discussion Ujapv interesting thoughts . ^ Contemplati ng the progress of truth ,, as , it Jiad adv anced in t ^ e I ^ pr tfr , he glanced te . I magination t ? ac . k to the time of * yickiiffe that day-star of re format ; iqn , who , Jie bejieved , was born in the
county pi' Yoifc . A Priestly , too , n * us b not far tf i ^ ani frpui tfie . spot ^ Oerc his friends weje ^ then meeting lifti reformist would becoine a y& j , Wter staij , f Jle was houd y gaining luL ^ W ^^ > W % - ?* ^* * § errn - ! * W / : BW ^«? ° ^ ^ 9 JiK ^ ffi ^< ¥ * % . depaOWfr jWd ™«^ g tyfl j ^ . faht -pf tf * e t&y **
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was actipg in the same cause . Here tl \ e speaker could not but contemplate with satisfaction the-idea , that he had been the first promoter of this Institution . , No father could view the success of his child with more anxiety , lie breathed the wish that if his name
were destined to be hereafter repeated , it might be in connexion with the West Hiding Tract Society . May it be that the Jatost posterity shall own the . parent and the offspring ! The name of Thomson is worthy of the purest cause of benevolence and truth that can be associated with it . The
Doctor also took up in a peculiarly interesting manner fhe idea which the preacHer had advanced of the possible presence , though invisible to mortal eve ,, of the blessed Jesus , &nd under that impression begged to call to mind the nearly last injunction of their
master to his disciples * " Feed my sheep . Feed , my lambs , " aud again *• Feed my sheep / 1 a command so reiterated yet discriminating , that it . would seem to indicate that provision should be made in the Christian church , both for
the mature and the young . In this point o * " view , the Tract Society very strikingly met the injunction , and the blessed Jesus might be now supposed to be casting his , smile upon it . After the business of the Tract Society was over , an adjourn men t took place to the Talhot . Inn , where a
dinner was provided for the occasion , to which 68 gen tle . men sa ^ down—2 4 minister * and 44 lay bretjireuu After dinner , many toasts Ci 7 ? igenial with the objects of the day were given by the Chairman , the Rev . R . A ^ tley , \ yhich produced very animated speeches . Accounts were i in parted of the pro *
gress ot Unitananism iji various places , particularly in Scotland , by the Secre * tary to the General Association of the , North , in . Rosseruiale , Thome , S ^ lby aod tHudde , rsfield , by the different miniHter 89 . whose labours in these p laces Ua 4 beeu pleasingly . blessed * . If , m tHe ardour c > f fee ! in ^ a more
sanguine cplpuring niight l > e oecaai ^ MiAlly imparted ^ , than the stubborn and slow pjcogrej ^ s of change may at present justif y " * still t ^ ai inucli is doiug is Jieyond a ouestfop . ; . After evecy ., deduction
th ^ w \ os | , suspicious and sjP . ber » uunded caJcul ^ tjan can ^ xac ' ^ there is . surfi * citfn £ . pa / u $ e tbrcpngiatula ^ ioin ,, and . ibr rej ^ ic ^ ng , Jn . . the a 4 si \« 4 ncfij that the gr ^ ai , dofttine pjf the l ^ ivinc ; Unity ia
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Intelligence . — Yorkshire Tract Society . . 423
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 423, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/51/
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