On this page
-
Text (3)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Jjotd Jesus , fce wiH accept and reward as it ddfte ^ Mmself , Matt . xxv . 4 » . It Is jfttifMlMM *<> Taise , by subscription , such ttHhind for Mr . Gisburne and hfe" family as may keep them from abdeh ** # want and misery , in their predettt ftelpless condition ; and that sock a Fund as can be raised shall
he appliea in tfret way which will best answer the ptirpose , as a provision for him during his life , and for his children till they are capable of shifting for themselves- This benevolent object cannot be attained without the
assistance of our brethren in different parts ef the kingdom j therefore the case is now brought before them , and their liberal aid is intreated in this work of mercy . It is earnestly requested , and confidently hoped , that Unitarian Ministers , in different places , will make
this distressing- case known to their friends , or bring it before their congregations , or such persons in their congregations as are capable of contributing to the object proposed , in g fich a way as shall seem to them respectively the most proper ; and that they will take the trouble of receiving
subscriptions ; which may be remitted to any of the following gentlemen , who will also receive any individual subscriptions which may be sent to them , viz . John Wa 4 dron , Esq ., Trowbridge ; John Christie , Esq ., Mark Lane ; Mr . Hornby , St . Switlan ' s Lane ; Mr . D . Eaton , 187 , High Holborn , London ; Mr . G . Smallfield , Printer , Hackney .
Untitled Article
— " ^—The Nonconformist . No . XXV . Plan of an Institution for acquiring and communicating an accurate Knowledge of the Scriptures without Expense ,
MAN , when his natural tendencies are unperverted , and his natural affections are uncorrupted , is a religious being . He cannot open his eyes on the creation , he cannot contemplate the beautiful arrangements whicn he finds in every part of nature , without feeling an irresistible conviction , that
these adjustments are the result of design . He sees contrivance the most exquisite ; he sees power the most stupendous : he is therefore necessarily led to the conclusion , that though not perceptible to his corporeal organs , there is an intelligent and mighty Agent who is the autnor of the wonders
which surround him . And since the happiness of every creature that is capable of happiness , is the general result vvhich is aimed at , and which is produced ,, and since there are -special and most admirable and successful
contrivances for securing his own happiness in particular , it is impossible that he should not come to these further conclusions—that this Agent 3 s benevolent , that to himself especially he is good , and that he ou ° rht to feel nnd to express his obligation and his
gratitude . Unless , therefore , he pervert the exercise of his understanding , and suppress the most natural emotions of his heart , imm must aUvays be found , bending reverently , With mixed hope " and fear , before the great Author of nature , a believer und a
worshiper . Whether it be otvin £ to the tendency which enlightened conceptions of the character and government of the Deity have , to exertfise and enlarge the faculties -of man , ^ and to
Untitled Article
The Ndnconfvrmisi . N < fc XX V . * 4 f £
Untitled Article
' June 27 ., 1822 . Having , inconsequence of Mr . Gisbume ' s melancholy situation , spent nearly a month in Trowbridge , I have had full opportunity of inquiring into ail the particulars of the above case , and most readily bear my testimony to the correctness of the statement
here given : and I < io inost earnestly teeommemi it to the attention and patronage of the Unitarian public in general , and of our respected brethren in the ministry in particular ; and we may hopiy , though we appeal particularly to those of our own
denomination * £ u $ b a © ase of extreme pressure will excite th * sympathy , and find J » me patronage a-rndng our Chriatian brethren of other dett ^ ra £ iiafidnB , on the g | y > &n < i > of humanity and of our V (> Mmoo Christianity . I never before
saw a Dissenting Minister and hi « family plunged in such deep distress , m > r iuew of a case inore deserri ^ g of attention . Let each of us imagine this case to be his own , and say , were it * o , how we would wish others to act towards us , and then go and do likewise . R . WRIGHT , Unitarian Missionary .
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/27/
-