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selves prompted by these emoiioras to declare , that within the wide compass of your Majesty ' s dominions are no where to be found hearts more loyal than those which beat in the breasts of the Scottish Episcopalians . * ' The devoted attachment uniformly displayed by the members of our Church
to him whoni they have considered as their legitimate Sovereign , is so well known to your Majesty , that it would be waste of time to repeat it here ; and is , indeed ,, amply vouched by the lowly station which we , her Bishops , now hold In civil society . Your Majesty likewise
knows that our religious principles and forms of worship are the same with those of the Chinch of England , from which , indeed , we twice derived our Episcopacy , when it haa been lost at "home ; and whilst we are sincerely grateful for the
toleration of these principles and the free exercise of the rights of our worship , we feel that it is to your Majesty ' s gracious consideration , and that ' of your Royal Father , that our gratitude is in a peculiar manner due .
" We would not occupy too much of your Majesty ' s time by protestations of our loyalty : but we must beg leave solemnly to declare in your Royal presence , that , viewing in your Majesty ' s sacred person the lineal descendant of the Royal Family of Scotland , and the legitimate possessor of the British Throne , we feel
to your Majesty that devoted attachment which our principles assure us is due to our rightful Sovereign ; and that , should evil days ever come upon your Majesty ' s Royal House , ( which may "God of his infinite mercy avert !) the House of Brunswick will find that the Scottish
Episcopalians are ready to endure for it as much as they have suffered for the House of Stuart , and with heart and hand to convince the world , that in their breasts a firm , attachment to the religion of their fethe ^ is inseparably connected with unehaUen loyalty to their King .
" That your Majesty may Jong reign over a happy and united people , to maintain that peace and prosperity which the wisdom of -your Majesty ' s counsels and the vigour of your arms have , by the providence of God , achieved , for them , is 4 he earnest prayer of " Xour Majesty ' s most dutiful and loyal subjects . "
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Address o ^ thr tU ^ VEksifrv of Eisin-- : - ' = ¦ •* ' ¦ : * BUftGMt ¦ r . ; > ,: '• . " Most Gracious ^ yer ^ ttf ^ V ^ e , the Principal and ProfessorsoC the University of Edinburgh , humbly approach your ' Majesty * a throne ; and , warmed with the strongest feelings of national pride and
gratitude , and loyal affection , w « i offer to your Majesty our most cordial congratulations on your auspicious arrival in the capital of your ancient kingdom of Scotland , and in the palace of yo < ur illustrious ancestors . We hail your august presence as a distinguishing and most gratifyiug
proof of the Rqgal condescension and kiudness to our country : aid , participating in the ardent exultation excited by the high and happy event in all classes of our fellow-citizens , we offer to . your Majesty the homage of our most profound respect and most devoted attachment .
We are deeply impressed by those benevolent purposes of public good , for which your Majesty has desired to witness the condition and character of your people in this quarter of your empire , and we
feel Trom the impression a new and animating incentive to tiie faithful and zealous discharge of all our professional duties . To that fidelity and zeal , we now therefore entreat your Majesty ' s permission to pledge ourselves gratefully , sincerely and solemnly .
** Deigqg , then , iudulgently to rely on our assurance that , in w \ x Afferent academical departments , we will continue to employ our most strenuous exertions for promoting that intellectual , moral aqd religious instruction , which being the
most solid basis of a nation ' s prosperity , happiness and honour , it is the dearest wish of your Majesty ' s heart , and the most unceasing ^ obj ec t of your reign ., to extend and to perpetuate throughout all your dominion . " ? .
" That the Almighty King of Kings may bless your Majesty with a long reign of glory , and that He may bestow on you , in heaven , au unfading crown ^ are our most fervent prayers . " GECL H . BALRD , Principal /*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/58/
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