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We may gladly hail all whov ^ ill acfifQf ^ ? l ^^ '' /* ! f ^^ v ^ . '^ wr- ^ iow-.. j ^ j ^| i ^^^^ 4 , j jt- is ungenerousto aSflipt ^ au y name or lay down any rule \ vfrich : would tend to prevent them ¦ It * ¦ ¦ ¦* "' m » # 1 >
from becoming so . It is ako in ray opinion highly impolitic and unwise to narrow our ground any further . Religious prejudices must be dealt with gently : a formal and heroic renunciation of them is an effort to
which few minds are equal , and if we attempt to urge on such a decision prematurely , the result will often be , that ttfter a yiolent struggle they maintain their ground , and inquiry is at an end for ever ; just as we see that an unsuccessful attempt to obtain freedom often rivets the chains of
the oppressed . Unitarians , therefore , ought , as far as I can see , to aim at sorteniqg the line of distinction between their societies and those of other Christians , instead of rendering it glaring and conspicuous . Every circumstance of unnecessary scandal
should be carefully removed . The avowed principle should not be specifically a rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity , but that more handsome and liberal one of keeping on plain and common ground , from which in Effect it must inevitably follow . For
the same reason the name of Unitarian , although very suitable for designating a certain doctrine when occasion calls us to do so , is , I think , very
improper as the current appellation of our chapels and societies : it provokes prejudice , occasions scandal , savours of contentiousness , and may even excite it ; and , in short , hurts our societies both within and without .
Nothing can be easier than for the members of any congregation to form themselves into what they may call a Vhiladelphian Society , in the constitution of which a fund for the relief of distressed members would be an
appropriate justification of a name implying brotherly love , and the same appellation would naturally be extended to their chapel . I cannotfebut think that such a society , embodying
and avowing its truly generous and liberal principle < £ n so appropriate a name , would be something new and lovely - it would be like a bird of fair omen , a dove with an olive branch
after long- ages of theological gloom and rancour . Supposing , as we do ,
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tl * at UnitariaftiBm is true ^ Ahis ^ ztetn could not fail to be tantamount to it ; but ? tia ^ n it woiild be Unitariaumn placed on its right footing 3 not \ n _
sisted on as . Qng& £ &Qng many other party doctrines , but appearing as the catholic and undisputed doctrine of Christianity . It would be Unitarianism erected on the pedestal of liberality , and surmounted with the capital of Christian love . T . F . B .
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Scandalous Advertisement in Evangelical Magazine .
CORRESPONDENT has call-A ed our attention to the following Advertisement in the Evangelical Magazine for September , p . 18 of the Wrapper : " IVorthy of Notice . —Any Lady or Gentleman , of competent means and religious habits , who may be desirous
of having an Adopted Son or Daughter , may communicate vvith the advertiser , who has a son about ten years of age , and a daughter about nine , both tine children and tractable . They hare already been educated correspondent with their years ; but from unfortunate circumstances , it is very
desirable to procure for them some person of means and pious habits , who would adopt them as their own , and train them in the nurture and fear of the Lord . Either of the children will prove an ornament to any one who may undertake to become their parental friend . Any one
answering the terms of this advertisement , shall have either of the children assigned over as their own offspring . Letters directed , post-paid , with real name and address , to Z . Z ., in the care of Mr . Smith , 23 , Old Jewry , Cheapside , will be immediately attended to . "
Our correspondent exclaims with Seneca , that in this deceitful life pieta * celat nefandam . The Editors of the work in which this advertisement appeared , disclaim their
responsibility with regard to all advertisements , but they " pledge themselves that no countenance shall be given to works" Und does not this apply equally to proposals ?) ' * an immoral or irreligious tendency-If thiiir * ' Evangelical" religion M equal in moral power Co the natural
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 536, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/28/
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