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    Scottish Unitarian Association . The Tenth Anniversary of the Scottish Unitarian Christian Association was

    held iu Glasgow , pursuant to public notice , on the 28 th of July . The morning service was introduced by the Rev . B . IVJardon , M . A . ; and the Rev . James Yates , M . A ., delivered an admirable discourse from Deut . xxix . 29 , in which he shewed that a belief in mysteries forms

    no part of the Christian religion , and that * ' where mystery begins , religion ends . " Mr . Y . quoted , with approbation , the language used by Dr . Van Mildert , Bishop of Llandaff , who in a recent charge to his clergy , describes Unitarians as the sect which " refuses to extend its

    belief farther than the boundaries of the human understanding . " The afternoon service was introduced by the Rev . D . Logan , of Port-Glasgow ; aud the Rev . J . Squier , of Edinburgh , preached from Acts xxiv . 14 , on the true meaning of heresy , shewing the unchristian spirit evinced , by applying it in the evil sense

    to sincere lovers of truth and friends of free inquiry . In the evening , the Annual Discourse was delivered by the Rev . James Yates , who chose for his subject , an inquiry into the meaning of the title Saviour , as applied to our Lord in the New * testament . The three sermons were in

    the highest degree appropriate , and were listened to with the utmost attention . A'he Annual Sermon will , at the unanimous request of the Meeting , be pubisnexl . The Report was read as usual , l > y the Secretary , after the morning scr-Vi * . Ahout 45 persons assembled on Monday , the 21 > th instant at the Annual inner

    * , when a number of . sentiments were ^ veil by the chairman , Thomas uu ksc l- » breathing the spirit of pure ^ iri ^ iamty , and which , connected with bim ' i VCly interc 8 ti * ig addresses , contri--u » i a ! " a hlgh de £ ree to the pleasure < " < i delight of the Meeting , which sepalat ax au ly hour . * div . - tes Preac" ^ i the following Sun-* *> twice at Union Chapel , and in the

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    ^ evening at Paisley ; and also the Monday ; evening a * Port-Glasgow-The folio whig are ; a few particulars of the information contained In the Report . Mr . Logan ' s preaching at Carlukt , continued till his settlement , with the Society at Port-Glasgow , where , , under great

    discouragements , he is labouring to promote the interests of Unitarianisin . The spirit and principles by which this zealous preacher is animated , may be inferred from the verses which he recited at the social meeting , and a-copy of which is , at the suggestion of Mr . Yates , sent for your insertion :

    The Christian Soldier . c < Ye martyrs who withstood the fire , Persecuting , priestly ire , Your story shall my soul inspire With thoughts of magnanimity . 'Twas nobler courage that you led To brave tl \ e martyr ' s fiery bed , Than ever in death ' s accents sped From c gory beds' of soldiery .

    " Your battles were the fights of mind , Your aim the blessing of mankind ; Your sword was HeavVs own truth re fin'd , Unstain'd with blood and butchery . Oh ! glory , glory , to you then , Ye noble , holy , godlike men ; Your names shall live in glory , when A Caesar ' s fame is infamy .

    " Oh ! scorn like them , my soul , a lie , From truth ' s fair banner scorn to fly ; Rather choose like them to die , Than part with dear integrity . Say , who would be truth ' s * traitor knave , * Who would be ev ' n the mitred slave .

    That either purse or life would save , Entrenched in base hypocrisy ?" At Paisleyy the conference once a fortnight is continued with much spirit , under the judicious management of the Elders . A highly interesting and detailed account of which , drawn up bv one of

    the Paisley brethren , formed pajt of the Report . It also noticed the desirableness of a minister ' s being settled at Dundee , to second the exertions of our highl y respected friend Mr . Millar , whose recent accounts of the prospect in the No , rth are highly encouraging , and describe it as a good field for preaching .

    At Glasgow , a series of doctrinal Lectures were delivered the last winter as usual , in which the minister of the chapel received the assistance of two other preachers , and which were attended by large congregations . The Report also included reference to the proposal for erecting a Unitarian

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    alone . He then shewed that the doctrines held by Unitarians , so for .- 'from being liable to the charge of robbing C hristianity of its glory , were of themselves sufficient to make men wise unto

    salvation ; while of Unitarianism alone it can be said , that , by the plainness of its precepts and by the simplicity of the principles it inculcates , it proves itself to be that heavenly path of which it was prophesied , that " the wayfaring men , though fools ^ shall not err therein . " T . C , Jun . Newport , August 3 , 1822 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 517, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/61/