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town in Essex , situated in the midst of an extensive and populous district , ia which Unitarianism hzA no ostensible existence , uattl it gained footiqg here , and that there
is a prospect that , before any great length of time , it may be extended from this to some o ? the neighbouring towns ; to which some knowledge of it is already communicated 9 by the distribution of tracts . Could the friends of Unitarian ism have had the
choice of a town , in which they would commence the Unitarian cause in this part of Essex , surely this would have been the town oa which , after due consideration , they would have fixed . The congregation is at present small , nor is this any matter of surprise , as ev ^ ry
possible means is used by the reputed orthodox to intimidate , alarm , and keep persons from attending . Those who constantly attend , yare become pretty well acquainted with the Unitarian doctrine , are steady and zealous in the profession of it , are united and consistent in their conduct , and their number
has increased diiring the last few weeks . They have established a Fellowship Fund , far the promotion of Unitarian objects , to which most of the members of the society are subscribers : they have also an Unitarian library , supported by subscription among them . On the whole , the prospect of
success to the Unitarian cause in Colchester , and of its consequent extension to other places in the neighbourhood , is good ; and if the debt on the chapel cap be shortly removed , there is little doubt of its progress being ; the more rapid ; as a considerable debt on a small society , while in its infant
state , is not only felt as $ depressing circumstance by the society , but often is the means of preventing" others from joining them . With these views *> f the case , I take the liberty of submitting it ^ to the consideration of on * friends in different parts of the kingdom , and of soliciting their assistance for the Colchester Unitarians . > <>
R . W&IGHT . P . S . There is a burying-ground to the chapel . Colchester , Marcfr 7 1 & 1 $ .
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fervent zeaUnd the noble spirit of refonn , fyhicjfi they bequeathed to posterity becauie an unclaimed legacy ; and not being calted into action , tr&re very soon lost . ;' ' *
Kearly fi ^ y ' yeirs iy ^ p , soin 0 iDquivingmembers of the Established C ^ rcJ ^ wjj ^ had become dissatisfied WMwith her cjoctrjne , discipline ^ n ^ ^^» ry ' ° f P ® y ^ J ^ Sf tioned parliament to be relieved from the > r
subscription to them . Notvyithstan ^ ingtheir cause was advocated by itteia of JiigTi respectability and of th ^ e fi | rst iklfei || il ia the House of Commons , their petition was rejected hy . % very large majority j ^ vhich ^ of course , determined that the rnemberi of the nationalQhurch must continue to believe in , subscribe to , and carefully preserve these remaining corriiptjons . Indiviiuals were , nevertheless , found bptb in and out
of ike chttrch > w | io seriously and earoestly ot tlie cburch , who seriously and earnestly endeavoured to winnow the chaff from ii | te wbeajt ^ and to remove , least , a part of that mass of error with which th ^ relfffi ^ it of Jesus fead bee ^ for so manyi ^ ges dclia ^^ d Though these pious and learned ' men
sueceetled , by 4 < eep research and indefatigable industry , in detecting many of the ^ e efro rs , they were extremel y cautious , espepaily among' the Dissenters , of coinmuntc \ itiii | this knowledge freely ani ^^ fa 1 ft y iu their respeptive con grejgations iridlti ^
perhaps , ftyv of thejga inclined to ^ ar ^ or prepared to receive it : for pa ! hs penal ti ^ s and disabilities of the severest kind , Had beeo enacted i » the reign of vVilliam anil Mkryy tP ^ eter tlios ^ lyho should ^ dafe to ^ iii ni ^ iigfn tfee sacred mystery of the lilessed T ,: rtX ^ " ¦ " ¦'¦ ¦ ' *• ¦• ' * * ' ¦ ¦ ' ?^> w- *
T ] he lov ; e of truth was so Str 6 njg > iii tjie mind of pH «* of the higfJhiy resjpeqtable body of petitioning clergy for' further reform , as to render it impossible for mm . " with a safe conscience , to hoI 4 his preferment in the churcli . " This gr&uX * p& good man having left all , taken up hiscrais instead of the crosier , which tie might have
obtained , and followed Christ , erected in Essex Street ^ London , an altar to tf ^ e worship of one God , indivisible in his nature and essence , the God and Father of Jesus , the God to whom Jesus prayed , ppd to whom alone he taught his disciples to pray . From Ibis period , UnUarianisio bjegan | o attract the attention of tbiakjng ^ men , and to nrt ajc ^ of
^ orajB ^ ad v ^ c , e ^ ip ., the ln ^ ndp ^| p yyfip could venture to in quaint o the nat ^ r ^ tan 4 cbaracteo- tf a Triane I )( eity , wKei ^ e > i ^ Ji l ) e&y were wor ^ lii ^ d , under . different * vinfcals , m $ M fiavern of ^ p fe ^ a , r . g ^
fjfe-^ - ' ' ¦¦ .. ' ' ' ! ' ' ' ¦ t ¦ ''/?» ' S ^ - ^ A , iv - ^ Tl ^ ^ ate « ^ V ;^^ il ^ Miil ^ EiWjr ilft ^ w of uflte'fft ?^ -W " , iMP 4 h ^^ f ^ ^^ jWMf' If ^^ lf
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Intelligence . —yPwtsmouth Unitarian Fund Society . % jq
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Unitarian Fund Sqc } etyy of the High Street Chapel , Portsmouth . Tub Reformation re # io ; ved a . few of the gprosier corruptions of Christianity ; a great number were , however , Left uiiexamb ^ d . The Reformers having ae ^ pmp ^ shejl ; . as mucji ^ a the temper « f the tip ?( es and tUe
cirQu t n « tance& in « bicb they were placed by Divine Providence would permit them , ^ onnJdently hoped and expected tlv » t ., the woA on i ^ hich they bod £ ** Jtere < J witli j& WM ^ t ifltrepidity , and whiicb tkeyh # & § 9 + ritomtly peotecuted , VrouVd ftp CM 4 i n ^^ 4 > y ^ k ^ mo ^ iate jiucc ^ m . * ut ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/67/
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