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    as that of which we are writing , we deeply grieve for their error . To be associated with them in a work so truly sublime as that of reforming the vicious , enlightening the ignorant , and saving the soul , every good man must desire ; and no small stimulus ought such a desire to add to our exertions to make known correct views of our principles , and to undermine prejudice . As it is , we look in vain for the names of leading Unitarians

    among those who take a part in these festivities . One only has been observed by us , that of Dr . Bowring . He is one of the committee , and spake on the occasion of the public meeting , of the society for discountenancing \ Var . In a better cause he could not be engaged , and we shall be happy to find his spirit , as is fabled of the harp of Orpheus , uniting together in the work of human improvement , by calming their passions and awakening their kindly sympathies , those who now stand apart as though they had

    nothing of a common nature or a common religion . It is pleasing , however , to observe , that if Unitarians were forbidden to co-operate , they were not misrepresented nor abused . This remark may seem somewhat strange ; it will cease to appear so when the reader calls to mind the extent of misrepresentation and calumny under which we have had to labour . So extensive and prevalent have these been , that the absence of them , on any occasion of an important nature , leaves on our minds grateful emotions .

    It excites a hope that a better spirit and more correct apprehensions are beginning to prevail , and is an earnest of future peace and amity . But in this connexion we have to complain . A society has just been formed , whose object meets with our warm approbation . The church is active in spreading popular tracts in defence of her form of ecclesiastical discipline . Why have not the Dissenters done the same thing ere this ? At last , however , they propose to publish and diffuse a series of

    publications to explain and defend the principles of Nonconformity . So far well . We have been afraid that the co-operation of Dissenters with Churchmen , in efforts for the diffusion of common principles , had made them forget or neglect the important points by which they are contradistinguished . The reproach of indifference to the exclusive interests of Dissent they are now about to wipe away . But they in so doing incur another . The society is to be limited to " Evangelical" Dissenters . Of such a spirit as is shewn

    in this provision , the men at the head of the institution ought to be ashamed . They know , and we know , to whom , though few in number , the cause of Nonconformity has in latter days been mostly indebted . We hope , however , they may do more without us than they have hitherto done . It matters not to us who cleanses the Augean stable , provided the work is effected . Another undertaking we find announced , which will tend greatly to promote the comfort as well as the interests of 'the several institutions . Great

    inconvenience has been experienced for want of a hall of suitable dimensions and appurtenances for conducting the business and meetings of the societies . A building is therefore to be immediately commenced under the direction of a society formed for erecting and maintaining it . The building is to be erected in the Strand , and will contain a hall capacious , enough to hold 3000 persons , besides committee-rooms and other offices .

    French Protestants seem to be gradually awakening to a sense of the importance of the exertions made in England . A few societies of a similar character to those in this country have been formed—three missionaries , the first sent forth by the Protestant Churches of France , were intro ^ uraa ^ akpne of the meetings as fellow-labourers—the operation of the English ^ $ 5 i | Ie * jg » cj ; Tract Societies is extensively felt amongst our Gallic neighbours ^ ^ ariel these

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1829, page 497, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2574/page/49/