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sent time . But , in the estimation of Judge Story , this particular Association had its highest claim to favour , not as a powerful means of diffusing
a certain set of religious opinions , but as an instrument for maintaining the rights of conscience , freedom of inquiry , and the common principles of Protestantism .
Upon a call from the Secretary the meeting was also addressed by Mr . Saltonstall , of Salem , who represented the necessity and advantages of association , co-operation and sympathy among Unitarians above all others : by Dr . Nichols , of Portland ,
who made an eloquent appeal in behalf of Christianity in India , where she had been misrepresented , and whence she called upon us to redeem her character : and by the Rev . Mr .
Colman , of Salem , who thought this Association would be a powerful check upon the increase of infidelity , a barrier against the incroachments of spiritual tyranny , aud a means of paralyzing the efforts of persecution . The resolutions were unanimously adopted .
Unitarian Christianity in India . On Sunday evening , the 7 th of May , a meeting of persons interested in this subject , was held at the Vestry in Berry Street . It was addressed by several gentlemen , and the remarks
and statements of one of them , Dr . Tuckerman , the Secretary of the Society for obtaining' Information respect ing the State of Religion in India , have since been published in the Christian Register for May 13 . We wish we had room and time to
lay an abstract of them before our readers * On motion of Dr . Tuckerman , however , it was unanimously resolved , that " it is expedient that means should now be devised by us ,
and , as soon as may be , carried into execution , for the advancement of Christianity in India . " The same gentleman made inquiry " Whether ' the Scheme /* which is proposed by the Unitarian Committee of CaU
* See th e- last Number of the Christian Examiner , p . 16 . (" The Scheme " here referred to , is given in full m the the Appendix to the " First Report of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , " p . 45 . Editor . )
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cutta , be the best that can be adopted for this purpose ; or , shall other means be devised by us for the ac complishment of this object ? " a
Committee was appointed to take this question into consideration , and report , on the 14 th iftst ., at the Pan , theon Hall , where all Unitarians in . terested in the subject were invited to attend .
The adjourned meeting was a very full one . Prayers were offered by the Rev . Dr . W ^ re , of Cambridge ; and the Committee just mentioned , reported , " that upon examination of
this * scheme / it appears to them that a more simple plan , as far at least as our agency is required for the attainment of this object , will be more readily received- among us , and more easily executed "— and that , in their
belief , " the amount required of American Unitarians , that is 7500 dollars , will be more cheerfully contributed as a gift than as a loan ; and ttiat a far more preferable mode of obtaining this amount will be , a widely extend *
ed subscription , which will allow all who are interested in the object to contribute to it , according to their ability , than one which will comprehend only the comparatively small number , who can or may be disposed to give largely to the cause .
" It is thought also , that while we have entire corxfidence in .. the integrity and the judgment of the gentlemen who are in the proposed f scheme * as * trustees for the appropriation of donations , and of the subscriptions of shareholders , ' greater general satisfaction will be felt if the subscribers
to the fund among ourselves shall have a voice in the question as to the manner in which their funds shall be invested and applied . On these grounds your Committee would propose the following resolutiqns , viz . " 1 . That Funds be forthwith raised by subscription for the purp ose ot promoting Christianity in India . " 2 . That a Committee be now appointed to obtain subscriptions to this Fund , who shall be authori zed to
to call a meeting of the subscribers determine upon the method of its investment and appropriation . " An animated discussion ensued , which evinced the deep interest or the speakers and the assembly >« " subject , the general respect and cou-
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596 Measures of American Unitarians for promoting Unitarianism in India .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 596, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/24/
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