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ready consists of about one hundred and fifty persons . Considerable iq ~ terest has heen ex cited by a contra versy which is still going < m , and it is expected shortly they will be enabled to erect a chapel for the worship of
the one God . At Pittsburgh , a desire was sometime since expressed to have an Unitarian minister from England , in consequence of which , Mr . Hasiarn , from the York College , is now on his way thither , with a view to a probable settlement in that flourishing place .
A man of great talents , and a vfery decided and zealous Unitarian , has been lately invited to fill the presidential chair of the rising University of Lexington , ( Kentucky , ) whence from the liberal spirit evinced , rg ^ suits highly favourable to the cause of
truth may be anticipated . It is probably not generally known , that two ex-presidents of the United States , Mr . Jefferson and Mr . Adams , have lately expressed their decided
conviction of the truth and importance of Unitarian views of Christianity * and it is not too much to suppose that their opinions and example will have considerable weight in weakening the strong holds of prejudice and error . *
Under a conviction of the importance of a closer union than has hitherto prevailed among those who profess to hold the same views of Christianity , I wish to submit to your
consideration , Sir , and that of the supporters of the Monthly Repository , how far it would be practicable to enlarge its sphere of utility , by an endeavour to supply the deficiency at present existing in foreign intelligence . Many
* It may not be irrelevant to remark , that whatever errors may exist among them , the feelings of the people of the United States are certainly on the side of religion , and infidelity has little aid from the free pres ^ s of that country . Id proof of this , a gentleman who has lately returned
from thence , in vain endeavoured to procure the printing and publishing of ^ sceptical work , originally written in France . I have also heard it asserted , that in consequence of certain reflections ah the subject of religion , contained in Birkbtelt' * Letters from the Illinois , no publisher has free * fotftd for Ifcert work in Att * en 4 a .
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vations and better information of these zealous bodies , tlie Unitarians are a good deal indebted for what has been occasionally communicated , relative
to the progress of enlightened views of Christianity in various parts . Public attention has been lately turned , by the Eclectic Reviewers , towards Geneva , and Mr . Raffles has added
his testimony to the existence of opinions widely different from those formerly embraced in the cradle of Calvinism , where we find the efforts of Mr . Drummond to rally the disciples of the great Reformer totally unavailing . Froin the accidental residence of
the late much-lamented Mr . Goodier , at Montauban , in the South of France , we have beea made acquainted with the fact , that the ministers and students of the Protestant College established there , " do not hesitate to preach openly against many of the
doctrines of Calvinism ; " and Mr . Goodier expresses his conviction , that " nothing is wanted , but a fair statement , and a good defence of Unitarianism , to gain converts . " Mr . Haldane ,
a zealous Galvinist , has lately been there , vainly endeavouring to reclaim the students . From the testimony of Mr . Way , we learn that a spirit of free inquiry exists in various parts of Germany and Prussia , and from the bitterness of his lamentations , we have cause to believe the seed has
taken deep rooL Of the actual state of the Unitarian churches at Coloswar , and throughout Poland and Transylvania , we know little . In America , the fruits of entire
freedom from restraint in religious concerns , may be expected to shew themselves in the spread of unadulterated Christianity , more rapidly than can be looked for under the influence
of European policy ; and the present state of religious opinion in and about Boston , as well as in the principal University of New England , must be exceedingly gratifying to every Unitarian . The progress of truth is not confined to the northern parts of
the Union , for the efforts making in Philadelphia , Baltimore and Charleston , are likely to be crowned with abundant success . At Georgetown , ( near Washington , ) Mr . John Wright has founded a society , which appears to be augmenting in number , and al-
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On Correspondence with Foreign Unitarians . Hfof
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 627, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/27/
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