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The members and friends of the Association dined together , to the number of 190 , at the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; JoHtf Christie , Esq ., in the Chair . After the cloth was removed , the Chairman gave The fCiug- Civil and Religions Liberty all the world over . The Chairman then
said , " My toast , gentlemen , brings us now more immediately to the occasion for which we are met , to celebrate the first Anniversary of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association * It is known to a great part of those now present , that this
Association has grown out of the Unitarian Fund , which expired twelve months ago in order that this Society might live The object of the Unitarian Fund was to encourage popular preaching , and to extend those views which we as
Christians entertain , especially among the poor . We did this by the means of employing teachers—active , discreet and judicious men , who travelled for this purpose through various parts of the kingdom . In the course of those journeys they raised Unitarian Societies , and were the means , wherever they went , of
making Unitarians better acquainted with each other , and of exciting and cherishing among them a spirit of friendship and zeal for the cause of truth . Independently of this , the Committee of the Unitarian Fund in many instances contributed to the support of congregations , which must have sunk without its assistance .
Sometimes they successfully interfered to prevent acts of oppression , -which had been exercised towards congregations or individuals . These were the particular objects of the Unitarian Fund ; and all these purposes will be effected , 1 trust , in a
mcore efficient and extended manner by the Unitarian Association . Independent of these objects , the Association has now incorporated with it another Society , the oldest of our institutions , the object of which is the distribution of books . It
will henceforth carry on the objects of the Book Society with increased means amd increased energy . You are well aware , gentlemen , that the attention of the Unitarian public has , within a few y < ears , been directed , in a peculiar degree , to the extension of religious truth to
distant parts of the world . 1 allude particularl y to our East-Indian possessions : Mul when we consider the immense population of * that vast empire , we can hardl y point out a spot on the face of the globe where there is a prospect of
eflectinpr so much , with regard to the removal of Heathen ignorance and superstition . In this great work we have been powerfull y assisted , by an enlightened in"ividtial , I mean the Rev . Wm . Adam , us wHl as by the Oriental Apostle , a man e evatC ( 1 in rank and station , but still
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more elevated by his talents and virtues * These individuals , gentlemen , have done much without any assistance of ours » in furthering the great cause of truth ; and their devotedness to that cause , which is proved mot merely by words , but by acts ,
claims our cordial thanks and our heai | ty co-operation . Gentlemen , I anj sure it is unnecessary for m ^ to say much , more with regard to the importance of the objects contemplated by the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , OurDeputy Treasurer , Mr . Hornby , will lay
before you the state of the Society , and will be happy to receive youir eontritmtions to its funds . I give you , The British and Foreign Unitarian Association . " Mr . Hornby , the Deputy Treasurer , reported the state of the accounts , from which it appeared , that the Treasurer of the Unitarian Fund had transferred to
the account of the Association , subject to three unpaid votes of the Committee , amounting to £ 120 , a baldllCe OL « oeoo « oo «« oo o « ooQQ £ uOm A £ t * Jr together with a list of about 250 Annual Subscribers ; that the Treasurer of the new
Society had paid to the Treasurer of the old Association for the Protection of the Civil Rights of Unitarians , a balance dne to him of ,. o o o < . ©©©© o o <>© 31 II 1
Leaving a Capital of * » « < , *«« 321 1 8 Derived from the two old Societies , subject , on the one hand , to the payment of the above-mentioned votes ; and entitled , on the other , to arrears of
considerable amount , many of which , he stated , had already been realized by the new Association , and he trusted , that at the next Anniversary he should have the satisfaction of reporting that the greater part of what mow remained outstanding had been paid uno
That this balance of oo ** i ? 32 i 1 8 had been increased by the Receipt of Arrears , Subscriptions , Congregational and Individual Donations , amou nting XjVJ oeooacooooo < jo «< s « oooo <» oo \ i £ J JL J-J h
Making the gross Receipts of the new Association .. « 1 ) 50 14 € > Against which was to be put the votes of the Committee , and the current expenses of the vear , estimated at . »» . 450 0 0
Leaving a disposable balance OX » o o o O © o o a o o o e > o o o o o <» c o o t ) U ( l \ 'at \ ) That 40 District Societies and Congregations had , in the course of the yeai % joined the Association ^ by "Subscriptions proportionate to their" ¦ liieans , and vari-
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Intelligetice »~—British and Foreign Unitarian Association jfnmversart / * 305
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/53/
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