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MONTHLY RETROSPEGTot PUBLIC AFFAIRS; OR, The Christian's Survey of the Political JVorld.
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thedral of St . Paul ' s . StiU its advances were sjfew ^ until the pains and penalties offiae and imprisonment were , with so much liberality , repealed by the Legislature about four years and a half ag ~ o . Since that time , its progress has been considerably increasing- 5 and the more it is promulgated , the more i % must increase , from its simplicity , and from its perfect accordance with reason and the Scriptures .
Tliis necessary increase of Unitananism produces frequent calls on the benevolence of those few Unitarian congregations which have been for some time established in various parts of the kingdom . They are become so frequent , as to render applications on the part of the resident ministers , to the more opulent members of their
societies , irksome and unpleasant . And yet they cannot send their brethren away empty ; they feel that the needy ought to he relieved , and that the ^ hungry should be fed . A remedy has been suggested , by which , at a small individual expense , to administer substantial relief in such cases , and to assist our Christian brethren in procuring the true bread of life .
Tt ^ e remedy proposed is a weekly contribution , so small as to render it universal ; since each person will naturally be desirous of communicating to others that knowledge which he himself values . One penny per week ; is within the reach of every one , and
even of the young persons , or the children of a family , who should be induced and encourage ! to give this trifling sum to the maintenance of the public worship of their heavenly Father . Unitarians must look to the rising generation for the continuance of their exertions . The children of
Unitarian parents should , therefore , be early instructed to love the cause of evangelical truth ; they should be impressed with a desire to advance the cause they love , by their small weekly contributions ; and they
Monthly Retrospegtot Public Affairs; Or, The Christian's Survey Of The Political Jvorld.
MONTHLY RETROSPEGTot PUBLIC AFFAIRS ; OR , The Christian ' s Survey of the Political JVorld .
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OF all persons in the United Kingdom , the least interested in the determination of the proper time for the celebration of Easter are tbe writer and the readers of this Survey : yet , as the question is connected witli many points of importance in literature , science and ecclesiastical history , the circumstance that has taken place in the sect established by law , as well as in the communion attached to the see of
Rome , carmot . be passed by unnoticed These sectarians profess to be guided by a certain law , laid down by a congress of eminent characters , under the denomination
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should be led to cherish a lively interest in promoting , by every means in their power , those gospel doctrines which their parents have so fearlessly avowed , and so zealously defended . Regulations : — The society is designated , The Unitarian Fund Society of the High Street Chapel , Portsmouth ; and commences with the year 1 S 18 . Its object is to promote the cause of Unitarianism generally , according to its means ; but more particularly , to assist poor Unitarian congregations in erecting * , appropriating , or repairing places for public worship .
Annual subscribers to pay five shillings A book of donations will be kept for those who may be desirous of subscribing more . Weekly subscriptions are to be one penny ; - to be paid half-yearly , quarterly , or sifc-weekjy . The minister shall be the president .
A treasurer , secretary and a committee of twelve gentlemen shall be chosen at the commencement of every year ; one third of the committee are to he ineligible for immediate re-election : for the first two years this one-third will be determined by lot ; and afterwards , those who have been longest on the committee to retire by rotation .
The committee shall meet quarterly ; and any five of its members , with the president and the secretary , to be considered sufficient to transact business . The committee shall receive and determine on all applications made to the society for assistance ; and tbe secretary is empowered to summon the committee , on such applications , as soon as possible .
Subscriptions and donations will be received by tbe Rev . Uussell Scott , president , Mr . James Scott , treasurer , and by Mr Merrick , the secretary .
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of bishops , called together by the reignihgemperor , at the city of Nice , in the year three hundred and twenty-five . One object of this congress was to prevent disputes respecting 1 Easter , and to introduce uniformity in what was called the Christian world in the celebration of it . They agreed that it should always be on a Sunday ,
depending on the phase of the moon after the vernal equinox . The reason for taking into consideration the phase of the nioon must be looked for in the corresponding- regulation * of the Jews , respecting their p 4 * sover ; tad , asit w « £ a&undoubted
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£ 20 StMecyptMieAffaix'S .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 220, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/68/
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