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these words ; unless they were prepared to go much further , and to apply for their expulsion from the other oaths ; and it is obvious , that , without much more extensive alterations in the law , the Jews would derive neither prejudice nor beuefit from their insertion or
omis-. It may be made matter of speculation what was the precise idea originally affixed to the words " on the true faith of a Christian ; " which are to be found first , we believe , in the declaration or oath prescribed by the treaty of 1648 , between the Duke of Ormond and the Catholics of Ireland . We believe that the words
" true faith , " were meant to have no reference to religious profession in the sense of dogma or creed , and that all which was intended was , that the particular proposition should be asserted on the veracity or fidelity , in a moral poiut of view , of a Christian professor . There is another construction which we have
heard given , and which may have originally been the true one . It is said that the words are from a Latin form of oath , which conveyed a similar idea to our " So help me God , " and that they properly mean u by the hopes of a Christian , " or " by the ultimate object of a Christian ' s faith or hope . " This map have been the original meaning ; but our
legislature , in avoiding an oath , cannot be now supposed to have intended to adopt one ; and we must conclude , therefore , that the words are in common language to have , though in a higher sense , that sort of construction and implication which attach to our ordinary phrases , " on the word of a gentleman , " or , " on the honour of a peer . "
On the whole , we sincerely congratulate the Dissenters on the result of their application . The political distinction between Churchman and Dissenter , created by the Corporation and Test Acts , is for ever abolished . Whatever else may be left unaccomplished , an
immense practical good has been effected . We are proud of it , and thankful for it , though not an atom the less disposed to hope and strive for the still further diffusion of the blessing of equal laws and liberty for all classes of the community . The Dissenters intend to celebrate the
event by a dinner at the Freemasons Tavern , on the 18 th June , to which they propose to invite their most eminent friends in both Houses . The leading Dissenters in all parts of England will be requested to act as stewards . The Duke of Sussex takes , the Chair .
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Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Missionary Society . We are glad to be able to extract the following information from the Committee ' s Annual Report to the Meetiug of the 4 th of April . " The stations that have been supplied with preachers during the last year , are Oldham , Middleton , Astley , and Swiriton ; in addition to which , your
Missionary , Mr . Buck land , has twice visited Padiham and the neighbouring district . From these visits Mr . B . returned highly gratified with the zeal and piety of the congregations with wliom he had intercourse , ' and persuaded that the labours of an active missionary would meet amongst them with ample encouragement and reward . Your Committee , strengthened in their opinion by the authority of those who have the best means of
information , participate in the conviction of Mr . B ., and lament that they have not the means of entering upon so promising a field of exertion . * ' Of the regular stations supported by the Society , Ihe Committee can speak with unmingled pleasure only of Swinton and Astley . At Oldham all the exertions of Mr . B ., seconded by the valuable services of your other preachers , have almost entirely failed of success " .
" Mr . Buckland made , an effort to establish , at a neighbouring village named Lees , a station which might prove useful to the inhabitants themselves , and serve as a means of reviving the congregation at Oldham . At first his hearers were numerous , and the prospects flattering ; but , eventually , both almost entirely disappeared , chiefly under the influence of misrepresentation , which he tried in vain to counteract and remove .
" At Glodwick and other places , in the vicinity of Oldham , Mr . Buckland not only preached several times , but also distributed a considerable number of tracts , which he has reason to believe have been extensively read . Your Committee , therefore , are not without hope that the religious instruction which has been presented to the adult portion of
the society at Oldham , and also to the inhabitants of Lees and the surrounding villages , may have excited a spirit of inquiry , encouraged devotional sentiment and correct living , and sowed the seed of further good . —They have , therefore , endeavoured to do their duty of casting their bread upon the waters , and trust that it will be found after many days . " Still your Committee have not felt themselves authorized to continue the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 429, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/69/
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