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from ym&mg Pfttete * *? & * M ™ no doubt $ iat wmj will be ready to avow t ^ emS ^ lyes iheijLdly to a reform ^ ed liturgy , who . now frequent the Established Church . It would be particidarly ( desirable to have the service
conducted by a gentleman who had received his education at one of our Universities ; and whose conscientious scruples would add dignity to his station , aucj be a powerful motive to others to inquire into the reasons of his leaving the connexions he once loved . As a confirmation of the
reasoning I have employed , I will mention a fact which happened when I was stationed in a market-town . I went one Sunday to a parish church , a few nwles distant from our head quarters , I was put into a large pew ,
which I afterwards found belonged to the 'Squire of the place , who was also a Justice of Peace , I opened a Prayer Book , and to my surprise found it was Clarke ' s Reformed Liturgy . ^ I stated the fact to a clergyman with whom I was intimate . He told me ,
when he resided n ^ ar Bury St . Edmunds , he knew many instances of the same kind ; aad he was often at Essex Street himself during Mr . Lindsey ' s life-time , and once saw two other clergymen there , and & gentleman that now holds an elevated
station in the Administration . Since I read J . P . ' s letter , I have been with two persons whose religious opinions are like my ovvn ; one reaus the Monthly Repository , the other not . I asked them what they thought , as they both occasionally visit Clifton ,
of the probable success of erecting there an Unitarian place of worship , with a Reformed Liturgy . Both thought it would be very useful ; but the reader of the Repository , who also frequents Brighton , added , " Let the planners of such a scheme first sit
down and count the cost , ajid not like the people of Brighton be unable to complete their scheme . Let the expense of the building be known and the money advanced before the undertaking be resolved upon / ' I do not
know the pase of Brighton , I only mention the advice given . I put another question to both parses . " Where do you attend when at Clifton ? " *• No w ^ ere . " " You know th ^ re is a very respectable Unitarian chapel *** Bris-
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tol . " " X es > W Have heard sq . —But I do not like to be a marked character /" was the reply of one . ' * I belong to ad party , " said the other . " But would yot-i join a congregation f of Ui ^ itariana Mfho used a printed form , and Kajl service ^
like the Church of England V \ " Yes ^ and be glad to do it , and to have my family attend , which you knpw X never do at home in the morning . I have lately read a Sermon and part of the Liturgy to my family , Tmt I should prefer joining others , and I wish Mr .
would follow Mr . Fripp ' s example : a supply of ci-devant clergy- * men might be secured which would greatly serve the cause . " I trust to your candour , Sir , wheri I remark , that Unitarian Dissenters do not know the number who hold
their opinions , nor do they adopt the best means to promote co-operation . They are too severe towards those who have not firmness to brave popular prejudice ; they dwell too much on non-essentials ; because unjustly accused , they allow themselves to indulge bitterness of expression towards
their opponents ; and they mix too often politics with their creed , which increases the distance between th ^ n * and the friends of an establishment . I intend no offence , and I hope I shall occasion none , by my feeble effort to serve the cause of truth . R . S .
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Lings ^ r Late Mr . BuUher . 4 $$
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Tenterden , Sir , June 3 , 1822 . READ with much interest your I account of the removal , by death , of the Rev . E . Butcher , £ pp . 24 £ , 309
—ol 2 , J and , struck with the testimony given to his memory by his beloved widovv , I cannot refrain from conveying to you for insertion , as in beautiful
ujiison with it , the following lines . I have been favoured with them by a lady who personally knew the parties and Mrs . Butcher will , I hope and am persuaded , not be displeased witji their being brought under tfre ( Public eye . TWy were adcjress ^ d to her W her bejoved companion Qn the > i ? 4 tn anniversary of their wiibd 4 ^ n ^«^ tky ^ To Elim * July 6 * 1814 . This ball of earth arouud Ihs sun , Row four-and ^ -twsnty tunes hath ruw Sir ^ qe , by tfci gr adual ^ aqd of Heav ' n Eliza ' s hand to me was given .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/15/
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