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rians , if they choose to assume it , as those who wish to apply it exclusively to themselves . ? " And he observes , that as the Trinitarians profess to worship only one God , they have an equal right to assume the name of Unitarians , as any other body of
Christians , who may widely differ from them respecting the nature of the Divine Being . This argument against Unitarians claiming the appellation , is frequently used by Trinitarians : but I must own I am greatly at a loss to perceive its soundness ,
The terms Trinitarian and Unitarian , in themselves , imply nothing decisive . What they mean , is , whatever signification is attached to them . What then is the signification of the word Trinitarian ? I presume a person believing in one God , composed of , or exhibited by , three persons . What
means Unitarian ? A person believing in one God in one person . Are these answers to the questions , correct ; and if so , are the terms-synonymous ? Certainly not . And therefore it appears to me to be a sheer mistatenieut to . stay that the Trinitarian has a right to the term Unitarian , because he believes in one God . The Arian . as
well as the Humanitarian , may claim the title ; because they each beii-eve in one God , consisting , if we may so speak , of one person , though they differ as to the rank of the Saviour . This appears to me to be the true state of the case .
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vantage is apparent : they are enabled o contribute what they can , and what : hey like , in the cause of God and Christ . Unitarians stand alone in the Didst of error , prejudice , misrepresent Lation and calumny , and it becomes them , as a body , to contribute towards , and to be concerned for , the welfare of their several churches , which are members of that body , and to recommend , encourage and support those engaged in business among them . Doubtless there is often equal zeal f lowing in the breast of him who labours for his daily bread , for the cause of pure , unadulterated Christianity , as in his more opulent fellow-worshiper . The widow ' s mite is represented by the condescending Saviour of man , as more acceptable in the sight of God than the abundant offerings of the rich . Is there no desire on the part of those who are elevated in rank by the possession of temporal advantages , to iticrease the respectability of their society > And how can this best be done , but by raising from obscurity , and bringing into notice the middling and inferior classes by recommendation and encouragement ? Shall the widow pine in solitude who has brought up , or who is still bringing up her children to be pillars in the temple of their God j not by means of tlie pecuniary aid they can afford , but by a cousistent conduct and regular attendance ? Many have been the sighs uttered and the tears shed , caused by the Want of such support , heard and witnessed only by that gracious Being , to whose never-failing protection the dying pajrent committed his widow and
fatherless children * There are two causes to which , perhaps , may he ascribed this neglect ; pride , or a desire to keep persons in middle stations in a kind of humiliation , though it is to be hoped this is not very prevalent ; and a fondness
for getting labour done , or for procuring goods at a price far below their real value , so that the honest , regular tradesman is neglected , while those who profit by the failure of others ,
and buy and sell at an irregular price are encouraged and supported . When will those act upon motives more honourable and disinterested , who are now governed by such maxims of worldly and selfish prudence ? Is
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620 On Mutual Encouragement .
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i ^ M i June 1 , 1818 , , «' - A S we have therefore opportujlJL . nity let us do good unto all men , especially unto them who are of the household of faith . " If this
apostolic injunction was more attended to , it would help to regulate that excessive liberality of sentiment , which , aiming at a wide sphere of action , sometimes overlooks or neglects those objects which are more nearly related , and which claim its protection and support . The Fellowship Fund
Societies , now so happily increasing among Unitarians , are well calculated to bring move into notice the middling ancj lower classes ; these cannot do much towards the support . of religion by pecuniary , aid , individually , but by uniting together * as in these soci-€ ti < us , much good is done , and the ad *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/20/
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