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REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS.
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malice were exposed ; and here the Editor of the paper very properly stopped the controversy . It will be seen by reference to our Vlllth Volume , p . 745 , that Mr . Alderman Goodbehere was in the chair at the special
general meeting of the subscribers to the Unitarian Fund , Aug-usl 20 , 1813 , convened on occasion of the Trinity Bill , in which , as may lie seen by his speech at the preceding * annual meeting * of the society , ( reported in the same volume , p . 472 )
he took a "warm interest . The Resolutions then passed were published , subscribed with his name as chairman . This gave mortal offence to some narrow-minded person ( probably this same Civis ) or persons , and a printed letter was sent to the Com-
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Russian Society of Christian Israelites . [ In our last Volume , XII . 628 , we gave the substance of the Ukase or Decree of the Russian Emperor , relating * to Proselyte Jews . We now insert the Ukase entire ,
together with other documents relating * to this singular project , the whole of which are extracted from Appendix IV . to the Rev . L . Way's Letter to the Bishop of St . David ^ s , for an account of which see our Review , p . 760—762 . Ed ^
ORDER TO THE GOVERNING SENATE . From the moment that all-ruling ; Providence has committed unto our sceptre the numerous nations and families which inhabit Russia , we have stedfastly purposed to exercise unceasing * care , in order that each nation and each rank might live
in happiness , and in uninterrupted peace and quiet enjoyment of his rights : it continues , therefore , to be the most delightful employment of our heart , and it is our holy duty to lead every part of this great family to that most desirable end . —Now , thvough many examples which have
attracted our notice , we are acquainted with the difficult situation of those Hebrews , who , after they have by the grace of God been convinced of the truth of Christianity , have either embraced , or are willing * to embrace , the Christian faith , and to be united with the fold of the gQod Shepherd and Redeemer of our souls . These
Hebrews , separated from their brethren by the Christian religion , lose thereby all communication and former connexion with them , and not only hazard every right to the protection of their former brethren in the faith , but are also exposed to their oppression and every kind of persecution . On the other hand , among ; Christians , their nmvy , brethren in the faith , to whom they
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mon Council warning * them not to permit such a daring * heretic to occupy the civic chair , to which the order of succession vyas soon likely to raise the Alderman . Such
an effusion of stupid bigotry was treated with the contempt of sensible men of all parties , and would have been buried in oblivion if the recent attempt to defame the deceased magistrate had not called it up again to public indignation .
Mr . Alderman Goodbehere was far from being * a partizan , though he wished to be regarded as an Unitarian worshiper . He attended the Chapel in Essex-street , where Mr . Belsham preached a very appropriate and spirited sermon on his death , from Daniel vi . 5 , on Sunday , November 29 .
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are as yet utterly unknown , they do not find immediately either arj open and permanent refuge , or so well-founded an institution , that , in case of distress , a peaceful abode might be secured to every one , and means whereby they might honestly earn tTieir bread by their own industry . Hence the new converted Hebrews are liable to
the greatest difficulties before they are able to choose and enter upon a way of maintenance . Similar instances have come under our observation from this particular class of our subjects , who , on account of the sudden change of their religion , are totally alienated from the community unto
which they formerly belonged , without having * sufficient means in hand ( irmly to join that unto which they are just entering . —But since every confession , every rank , and every class of men in our beloved country , are , through the whole
course of their lives , secured under the protection of the law by certain rights and regulations , the state of those Hebrews in our empire who embrace the Christian faith must also be firmly and permanently assured , and as we truly sympathize with those unfortunate Hebrews who are
converted to Christianity , and stimulated also by an awful reverence for the voice of everlasting- grace , which calls the children of Israel from their dispersion to the communion of the Christian faith , found it good to adopt the following measures , in order to protect the believing Hebrews ia their new situation .
1 . It is hereby promised to all Hebrews who embrace the Christian religion , to whatever Christian confession they may be attached , that henceforth every possibility shall be facilitated in order that in their new course of life they may establish themselves , according to their faculties , in that
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774 Russian Society of Christian Israelites .
Register Of Ecclesiastical Documents.
REGISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 774, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/46/
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