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opposition they had experienced from without had not been compensated ^ !*^ auy closer union amongst theias £ lx £ & « - The sq ^ tfere ^ jnenib ^^ s :, p / ,, tteir ^ Q cJ ^ w « re Je $ l ^ sti-u ^ ie ;^ , th ^ cpnl 4 j $ & the difficultksAjwd ; , ^^ Wf ^ f » e ^ ^|^ j sing froj # ,. an , unpopular ^ pr ^ a ^ lof t , ^ nd were scarcely , made consciousAfha ^; t ^ fse , ex isted , any ; who partook pfc ^ the same , ie ^ ligious aeutiment ^ an 4 \^ actujtfe $ J * £ the s ^ nJeconyictipn , as themselves . Uoita-
maus , he thought , had called in Jfoe [ am , of , so few of the natural , and obvious msaiisof success , that , had it not been for the intrinsic strength of their cause , it must soon have become extinct . He observed with great satisfaction the progress of Unitariauism among the lower classes , and regarded it as an important test of the truth . and solidity of its
principles ; for he was accustomed to say , that a religion which did not meet the \ yauts of the poor ought to be renounced by . al } i . ' , E [ e was rejoiced to find Unitariau piiinciples as suitable to the cottage ofl the poor as tp the closet of the learned ,: InV this state of things be nerceived and
tfeatja gt ^ at ^ r union co-operation in otir 8 p ^ ieti ^ s ^ as absolutely v necessary ; tmi the , fojftpwipg passage , from Dr . Thomson ' s p ^ n paper , respecting Fellowship vFmid % , wi # % tbrpw the . most direct light , pnhjsp \ yn views : "The calls upon Unitarian , liberality , for the erection of iiew ; chapeis , and other important v objects , Jiaye , of late , happily
been frequent ,, , ljut Jf oijtinued > which I trust w . ^| l . be tjie caj > e , they cannot be so promptly met ; and so effectually answered as they pp % fp ^ , ' , ' The willing giyer wil ^ | r 6 n | p ^ denjial motives , be , p ^ liged , however ^ iuc ^ antly , tp Mwith ^ hold his . a ^ d ; we jrjpsi ^ therefore , look out for pther a ^ i 4 icn ^ ldplie ^ S 9 Wes pf supply , th ^ aid
and call ir ^ iniiny in of , the few / , before you ( sajd tjie amiable author ) i % apl ^ n jfpr ^ at p ^ rj ) pse ?{^ icjb ,. ' &k \ l& M originates a . $ & § ¦ $$ % of c ^ n ; tr ^ u ^ and faHs sp easjjjy upon ^ j as- nPi to , if ^ felt by # ny , 4 oeinot i ^ tei ^ m ' w ^ ^^ supersede the , e # grciae <^ Jiterajify . <»
the part of the affluent members of the Unitarian body / ' t .-i ;« , ;< Udnj ^ noJ " The spirited appeal thus'toad ^ was speedily aBSwered , ; knd ttlw > ' Uttifarian congregations were euifpri ^ id " a » ' their mental lethargy , in not haying , sooueF in' iisJ ' MatitwISilPo M % Ti / VIS pkPwLiMfN , J §» i $ wm £% M ii 'i | i mwwk dv ims oilier
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| c&r « ing ^ 4 o ^ ^ will d iffe rent e 4 ttgrgga £ aiuL —JTlie-fiongregation of the New Meeting , atBi ^ iiniughaui . claim the palm of having d $ i Caj | fea ^ P % e ^ o ^ m ° r i ^ Sa sdn *^ suMs tipM ^ T ^^ Hd ^ mry ^ o beVs of *\ he cmipijeyMy ^ tfafrttofrfec&fce
sniall MbscFiptlott ; t > oo trifling > aM ^ ibo troublesome Bta engage- , tliear , . atteoUdn ; feft tyP WW ^^^ te ^ M ^ W ^ W th ^ t s ^ m pllcity ^ f t }\ e jij ^ q , ^ ^ aged ^ ith the zeal peculiar to their age , in reducing i ; t , . to practice . Their j active exertions soon rendered the institution of impor r tance ; aud within a very short time
after the publication of Dr . Thomson ' s letter , the Birmingham Society came into , full operation , and has ever since continued of great service to the cause it was formed to support . The seniors soon lent their aid to the juniors ; , but with a Christian feeling have ever since yielded to the youthful originators the principal management of the Institution .
In the first year they enrpUed two hundred and twenty-six members . It was this Society that first seconded the exer - tious of Dr . Thomson , by publishing in " tfce Christian Reformer , " an , account of its own origin , and a statement of its usefulness ; thus , holding put an inducement « to . otheV' jcoflgregations tp follow
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 793, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/65/
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