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for this purpose , if funds were possessed for the support of these schools > With Christians who ask for facts to encourage them to exertion in this work , we here leave our Appeal . There is , indeed , no ground for doubt , whether , by the means which are in operation for that end , Christianity will
ultimately be established in India . The only questions , Christian reader , which concern you on this subject are , is it desirable , or is it not , that more just and rational views of our religion than Calvinism has to offer , should be presented to the Hindoos ? And , will you aid in the support of a mission to that country , from which we may hope for the more speedy establishment , and the wider extention there , of the uncorrupled truth as it is in Jesus ?"
In this most important branch of the objects of the Association , many maybe found to unite who have been accustomed to withhold their exertions from the domestic operations of that which preceded it . Here , obviously , nothing can be done without mutual co-operation ; and even were there less immediate encouragement than at present exists , it would be wise so to prepare for tbe future , that , whenever the clear call of Providence comes , we may have suitable and effective means of obeying it promptly and efficiently .
—Indifference has often been attributed to U 9 , as a body , when all which was wanting was some feasible opportunities for effectual exertion . Without any sufficiently comprehensive means of united operation , and of mutual communication , little has been done , because little could be done . It cannot surely be long before , in some or other of our common objects ^ every one among us shall take some part beyond merely the support of the religious society with which he is personally connected . Though we cannot
force the progress of what we deem gospel truth ; though by imprudent efforts and intemperate language ( as well as , above all , by unchristian lives ) we may impede it ; yet may we rest secure , that whatever contributes to promote among us , in our respective churches , or as a part of one extensive community , a spirit of cordial harmony and mutual aid and interest , cannot but be beneficial * Those who are accustomed to take a comprehensive view of these subjects , must see that " union is strength ; " and it will be found that wherever a real interest exists for the success of religious truth as such ,
it will aid in its sanctifying influences ; it will operate in the way of moral caution , lest we bring disgrace on our Christian profession ; it will bring its requirements and its motives more and more into view ; it will assist , in short , to make our doctrines practical principles . In proportion as this is done , will they flourish . Our efforts will aid and encourage those of others ; and our opponents will perceive , what they sometimes doubt , that we think our Unitarianism of real value . While , on the other hand , in proportion as it is regarded as a matter of speculation , and the progress of it viewed with indifference , must its cause decay . To draw to a conclusion . —The delightful picture of the Christian church which is presented by the words of the Apostle with which I began nay discourse , ( Eph . iv . 16 , }* and which was in some measure realized in the first
* This passage , with its context , may be represented as follows : Eph . iv . 11 . And he appointed some to be Apostles ; and some , Prophets ; and some , Evangelists—persons whose peculiar office it was to assist the apostles in preaching the gospel araonij foreign nations , and in planting churches ; and some , Pastors and Teachers—to discharge the ordinary duties of the Ministry in particular churches , and to instruct the young and ignorant in the principles of the Christian religion . And all these he appointed ( 12 ) with a view to the perfect union of the Saints , ( i . e . professiug Christians , ) in order to make all classes ( comp . 1 Cor . xii . 12—17 ) both Jewish and Gentile believers , high and low , rich and poor , learned and unlearned ,
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Reasons for mutual Encouragement and Ov-operatfon . 323
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/27/
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