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less can it compel a citizen to participate in ceremonies against his will , and in disregard of the scruples of his conscience . This argument holds , whatever may he the apparent religion of the citizen who declines to take a part in ceremonies ,
whatever may be the grounds of his refusal , and even though he should choose not to assign any grounds . In fact , if to warrant a refusal to comply with a religious ceremony , it were necessary to prove that it was contrary to the tenets of a certain sect of Protestants or Jews , or
to some particular existing sect , it would follow that only these sects would enjoy liberty of worship . Liberty of conscience , then , would not be a privilege held in consequence of being a citizen , but of being a Jew or a Protestant . The law , however , sanctions liberty , not as
belonging to this or that faith , but to all in general . And as there may be as many different creeds as there are citizens , every refusal to participate in a religious act was to be respected . If even a Catholic might be compelled to assist in a religious ceremony of the tJatholic church , there
would be anvend of all real liberty of conscience in France . The putting out tapestry on the passage of the procession ia question , could have no other object except to honour it ; but this was what Protestants , by their religion , were prohibited from doing * .
" M . Odilon Barrol then referred to the early contests between the French Protestants and Catholics , and shewed that in all stipulations between the two religions , the Protestants wer ^ careful to preserve this point .
" The Advocate-General , M . Grand Duplessis , followed on the part of the Crown ; and coincided in the arguments which had been adduced by the complainant ' s counsel , for the repeal of the judgment of the Tribunal of Gap .
" The Court , after along deliberation , pronounced a judgment said to he most ' strongly worded , ' by which it annulled the judgment complained of , and decided that the municipal authorities have no right to make a rule for constraining citizens to cover the fronts of their houses on occasions ~ of religious ceremonies .
u . Marron , and other members of the Reformed Church of Paris , were among the auditory present at the hearing of this important cause , thus so equitably and satisfactorily decided . "
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DOMESTIC . Rejligious . Unitarian Chapel at Falmouth . The opening of this Chapel has , not Hitherto been noticed in the Repository , thrdu ' gh gome misunderstanding among
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those whose office it was to report it . W # have the satisfaction of stating , that thi * " House of Prayer , " the . first in Cornwall expressly dedicated to the exclusive wor ~ ship of God even the Father , was opened on Friday , the 26 th of June last . Mr .
Srnethurst of Moretun-Hampsfead , began with prayer , and read the Scriptures ; IVTr . Philp ( who for some years has statedly and gratuitously conducted the religious services of the Fa I mouth and Flushing ' Unitariah church ) offered the second prayer ; and Dr . Carpenter preached from
Philipp . iv . C , in proof of the fundamental principle , that God , even the Father , is the only proper object of religious worship . In the evening Dr C preached again from 1 Pet . Hi . 15 , 16 , giving a general view of Unitarian doctrine . On ; the following Lord ' s-day , Dr . C took the
morning service , and preached from Prov . iii . 6 , and in the evening ( Mr Philp having * engaged in prayer ) displayed the beneficial tendency of Unitariatiism , and pointed out the encouragement we have to expect its final universal prevalence . In the afternoon , Mr . Smethurst preached
on the sole authority of Christ in his church ; and after the morning * service , Dr . C . engaged in the dedication of the infant child of one of the congregation . On the following evening ( Monday ) he once more preached , on the agency of Christ in effecting * the salvation of
mankind ; and commended the interests of this little church to the blessing of Almighty God , earnestly desiring that by their lives and conversation , as well as by their public maintenance of divine truth , God may be glorified through Christ Jesus . The congregations were uniformly serious and attentive . In one or two
instances the place was very much crowded ; and throughout , the attendance was very satisfactory . Several hundred small tracts were distributed respecting the doctrines of Unitarianism , such as Dr Carpenters Unitarian ' s Appeal , and Mr . Wright ' s
" Answer to the question , Why do you go to the Unitarian Chapel ?* ' And it is hoped that these u silent missionaries , ' as they have aptly been termed , have not been without a good effect , in removing prejudice , and preparing at least , for the adoption of our principles .
The building was erected for a theatre . A division is made at the front of the stage , and the stage is itself employed for a vestry , and will be used as a Sunday school-room . The body of the place is
in part pewed , and the rest has benches . The whole is fitted up neatly , but with du ^ attention to economy . Below the vestry is a stable , and above it a hay-loft ; the rent of which is a serviceable accession to the finances . The situation of the chapel is every thing that can be wished : aud
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Intelligence . —^ Unitarian Ch apel at Falmoutlu 781
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 781, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/53/
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