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etsMfert itkfr ah Accumulating fund su ^ eil : l srttaW rdSdurcefe as are within th&rt reacfr . -TPhfc proposal met with the unanimous approbation of the meeting , and a set of-rule ' s for the regulation of the
fund were established , a committee formed fbr the proper management aftd subscript tons opened . The contri-bhtions , though confined to a very feAv persons , have , considering the difficulties the society has to contend vrith , exceeeded our most sanguine
expectations . The subscribers have jnit down their names for a gross sum payable by five annual instalments , the first instalment of which was paid down at the above meeting , and is lodged in a bank at interest . The necessity for a new place of worship
is very generally apparent , and the desire of contributing to it very universal among ali who feel u at all withm their power . Should an opportunity occur of purchasing a more commodious chapel , there is little dotibt but that the whole of the gross contribution , as well as additional
sums from those who have not yet subscribed , woukl -be very soon collected , if by" assistance from our friends in England , as well as in other parts of Scotland , there should appear the smallest probability of succeeding . - A part of the sum necessary for
effeeling a purchase , or for building , would be sufficient , as the society could afford to pay interest for , and consequently to borrow between four and five hundred pounds , until the whole debt shall be paid off by means trf " the fund now instituted .
If the above considerations shall indoce any of our friends to lend their aid to such humble endeavours , th ^ society here will feel themselves tftidefr' the mast lasting obligations . to a ¦•* Constant Reader , " 1 and -my fellow members feel much indebted for his good wishes and the friendly interest which he seems to take in
the success of our plan . A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT . JP . S . Subscriptions will be received as forrrverly mentioned by the Hev . T . Soutrvwood Smith , M . D . Yeovil ; the Rev . J . Evans , Pullin ' s Row , Islington } and the Rev . R . Asr / iand , Hack-
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ney Road , London ; to' wtockn thft . committee desire to express their obligations for the troubtesome task they have so kindly undertaken . *»*¦ ; .
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/? . Zj . ' s Observations an Mr . Ibx ' 4 Reply , on the Argument from $ Scriptitr € Jbr U ? iivasal Restoration . Sir , THANK your Correspondent , I Mr . Fox , for the friendly and candid manner in which he ha *
replied |_ p . 33 ] , to my former observations , on his interpretation of Scfiptures adduced to prove that the Jinal happiness of' all men is predicted in tha > New Testament . By free discussion in such a spirit , the truth is likely to be elicited . He has justly remarked that ' our debate lies within a verf
narrow compass . " I have already admitted that reasoning from th& known benevolence of the Deity , from general declarations of Scrip- * ture of his universal compassion tothe human race , and from what we , frequently see of the effect of
sufferings in this life , it seems highly probable that the discipline of th £ wicked in a future state may be tena ^ porary and preparatory to a restora ^ l tion to the favour of God . But ^ hat this latter event is expressly predicted in Scripture 1 must still continue to doubt , and therefore beg your indul- ^
gence for a few more observations oq ., this subject . It is not impossible , but there may be reasons ori g inating in the present imperfect condition of , human beings , sufficient to justify the wisdom of the Supreme Parent , Ux , involving the final state of those who die unreformed , in awful uncertainty . To such as make not the truths of ,
revelation matter of serious investigation , and its precepts their practical guide , those terrible denunciation * may be wise and benevolent , which-, nevertheless seem to cut off frorn them all hope of future happiness . It may not be unjust to remit , either in whole or part , that punishment
which it would be just to inflict : but an unconditional promise to dcy so , would act in an opposite direction , to . that of many most serious caution * in the Scriptures . Perhaps this may account for the strong iiuqualtficMilt language in which the founders of Christianity are supposed b y the Orthodox to have taught the impossible
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Scripture Wgittf&ntfiit Zfnfoetmt Hestwnlion . 1 £ f *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/29/
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