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< tead ft td tlie Mdhifely Hepmitfrf ' , n&t btilf ar ITS Irite ^ titf ^ f 6 th ^ English Unitarian to kn 6 # i ; h £ sentiments of his Ante t % ati btfctnren OH a point ^ hicb wft& much dfecussed T \ ete 9 birt also Jttthe ti ^^ tfedt the aftt ^ tton
of the Coinmittee of tfee «* Brif&h and Foreign Uttltarian Associatitfa" iriay be directed to the wish of the Amferican Reviewer , for an * increased intercourse" between the Unitarians of the respective nations . Certainly , to use Ins words . ' * we need to be better
acquainted with each other . We need to enlighten and aid each other . ** Events seetn to promise that so desirable a cottsurnmation may now be accomplished . As if in furtherance of it , a Unitarian Association , similar in objects to our own , started into existence in America within one day of that which saw the establishment
of the " British und Foreign Unitarian Association / ' May each Society emulate the other in good works , and in promoting on both sides the Atlantic a spirit of Christian fellowship , cemented by the common bond of truth !
" For onrselres , we believe the measure * would have been of doubtful issue at best , and are satisfied that the final decision was right . Yet we should rejoice to see some of our foreign brethren amongst us , and think it desirable that the bonds of
fellowship should be more nearly drawn , and a better intercourse main * tained . It would be a mutual benefit to us and to them . We do not spe * culate together on all points , and probably the majority of believers in this country differ considerably , in many of their views of the Christian
doctrine , from the majority in Great Britain . We have not brought ourselves to adopt , as part of our own faith , much less to insist upon , as essential parts of our system , some of those
doctrines which are so obnoxious in England , which are possibly no leas obnoxious here , and which go to forth in the eyes of the public such a collection of odious tenets , as we should think burden sufficient to sink any
tanau . tt may be obtained regularly through a London bookseller . "Mr . WfightY mis&ion to Ihe United States , Which aft- one time was seriously meditated .
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eSSsC m gte"ta m * r 6 t&lMm nan a wider and more generbm ac + ceptation , and , W £ 6 dnfe * s , shoerld Mre nefcn Efifore thoroughly pleased vHfh th £ accottnt of Mr . Wrtgfit s la * bouts , if he fiad not sometimes brbtight to oaf mind , that his definition of
Unrtatftahi 3 Hi excludes many whom Vre are prftud to call brethren , tffed embraces Views of doctrinal subjects to which We should give tafrdy imA hesitating assent . Bat this fnakes iis only the more desirotis of increased
intercourse . We need to be bettet acquainted \ vith each other . We need to enlighten and aid each other . The English and American churches are toiling together in one rast work ; and thongh they see not all things alike , nor all thfri £ & perfectly , this Should be no bar to their union— - ( at
it is equally the boast of each , that tliey believe there is ' more light yet t < i break forth from Ood'a word / atml fejftir desire and prayer to be instrumental in advancing it . Let others separate , in jealousy ot te bigotry . Let these come together in fellowship , and not doubt that this wilt help them to cdtne nearer in faith . Hie liberal
spirit of our friends abroad we gratefully acknowledge , and the interest which they have taken in what relates to the cause of truth and improve ment in this country . We cordially
reciprocate their kindness , and shall rejoice in the prospect of better mutual acquaintance , and mutual aid and encouragement in common objects /'
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Sir , 1 PERCEIVE that the unfortunate Unitarians are doomed to endure the Poet-Laurfeate ' a hatred and sco * n ; whether it be that he was once
suspected of being of their persuasion , or that their parliamentary leader , Mr , W . Smith , once quoted in the House of Commons , a passage from " Wat Tyler , " ( which the jealous Laureate will allow no one to praise but himself , ) I leave undetermined . In his reply to Mr . Butler , Just published under the title of Ftnclici ^
Ecclesice Angl % cance he indulges in the following reminiscence in order to shew the futility of the argument , that because ** the word has not beea used—^ therefore the tjbing itself cannot have been intended . " — The
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1826, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2546/page/39/
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