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spicuous only in little things . But these boJd and hardy champions of religious and political reformation , exhibited such superiority of mind and dignity of feeling , as must always
conimand the admiration and regard of U , ie lovers of truth and libertyf who , I trust , will never fail to bestow , with grateful pleasure , the homage due to enlightened genius , when directed by benevolence , in promoting the cause of science and the interests of
humanity . I am afraid I have trespassed * too much on you already , but cannot conclude without observing , that your " private Correspondent ' is greatly mistaken , if he believes it was my purpose " to brand" the assertion ,
f" that Dr . P . preached the sermons of others , " u as a calumny" My observation was general , and intended merely to induce Dr . P . ' s friends to contradict or establish the truth of it ; and I hope the reasons I have given for questioning it , will be deemed of some weight .
I congratulate you most cordially on the prospect of your publication being continued ; apd most sincerely hope that its success may be as extensive , as the cause it advocates is important to the interests and happiness of mankind .
AMICUS VERITATIS . P . S , I shall be happy to hear that : the new edition of Dr . Priestley ' s Works is liberally patronized , for the publication of them is calculated greatly to benefit the friends of free inquiry- Many of his most valuable tracts are now very scarce .
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will , I hope , in its effects , be useful . Dissentin g congregations , where there are endowments , have been very negligent as to their trusts : this has often occasioned considerable difficulty and embarrassment . There should be a
timely renewal of these trusts , with a considerable number of names ; add these of the youngest of the congregation . This , I am happy to say , has taken place in the society with whom I have been so long connected .
But to refer to the Wolverhampton case . If endowments , left in general terms to Dissenters , with whom the right of private judgment is a first principle , and hence the possible change of opinions , become forfeited from any apprehended difference in
religious sentiment from the private sentiments of the donors , where is there an endowment which is secure ; for where , among Protestant Dissenters of every distinct denomination , hath not time been found to produce considerable shades of difference ?
A re not , indeed , church endowments in the same situation ? Most of these were bequeathed in the dark times of Popery , and were given by Papists ; yet they are now in Protestant hands ; and many , if not most of them , changed as to their original intention . * Tfeus the endowments of grammar schools
have been exclusively for teaching Latin ; yet they are now , at least in many instances , applied to the teaching of the poor to read their native tongue , and to write , in connexion with a conformity to the Established Church ; otherwise they are complete sinecures . Are then the endowments hence
forfeited ? This subject will , I am persuaded , be taken up by much more able hands . L . H .
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Warrington , Sir , March 11 , ISIS . FRO M the remarks of your Na ' ntwich Correspondent , [ XII . 610 , ]
upon the communication which I addressed to you [ XIL 409 , 410 ] on the subject of the Marriage Ceremony , I apprehend my design has not been clearly understood ; or if it has , my
? » Will n $ t the above observation a apply to ino » t of our eathedrfcla and churchef , ft&so to the two Universiti ** ? ¦ ¦ .
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8 % 2 Marriage ofUnitarians by the Established Clergy .
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Tenterden , Sir , April 6 , 18 18 . WITH much pleasure send for I insertion in your valuable publication , the establishment of the Tenterden Unitarian Christian Fellowship
Fund , to be added to . the number of those of which you hav « already given ap account . We hftve a president , treasurer , secretary and collectors , according to the number of subscribers , Bjid have every prospect of success .
The objects , —pflor congregations ; buil 4 ing or repairing of chapvU ; public institutions ; or < me $ of grmt peiwoual distrc ** in the Unitarian body , or church . TbfcWfllvftrh&mpUm busiuesa must vw * ke a considerable impression > and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/34/
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