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in th ^ seu the latter days , if notJby proselytism ? mliuthe , present day , a flo irv * considerable portion -of professing Unitarians have dbLdmsela ^ iseeeried from the ranks of orthodoxy , andthbugh Ae iestMayjMve , jf cei ^ eiitheir , religious sentiments from their fathers , aEd ih ^ e ^ B ^ inim ^ ifaawei f ^ tb theitvopW nions by adoption , not hy inquiry , , yet itis clear that We cannc ^ testbn ^ the series far back , and , however far , must Stop finally ^ at afcftntfefyiisaiDxwhat then was deemed an orthodox faith - I , ^^ r ^ -f rv \ n \ h tasl sri * nld r * v
From the efforts of missionaries , < let us turn-toithd acitrafcaafittMt ^ bifof ^ -QHT congregations . These we may divide into two classes , tite / ebciei ^> ajMithe modernr-those we have received from our pi [ edes&ssers ^ i And ^ hose erected by the ^ present generation . Of many ofobotfa I classes Ike ; taJe is brief and mournful . There are a few of the old chapels situatedr » in ilarge ^ and flourishing towns , in winch congregations worshi p * re ^ ectable both * as td numbers and character . From the narrow sphere ofthie-IMitaiian ^ s viemi , however ^ , these are greatly overrated . Every thins ? is smalt ; 6 f mrektiihy Td
cora ^ paimonv Ta a child , a house of six roams is a mansion ^ : ; llriitatt ^ n s , a Bristol or a Manchester audience is magaificent . But let theste ha \ £ { ikwiti flourishing congregations be deemed of as highly as we will * stM six pros * - per 0 $ S" < s&ejfeties oat of some three hundred is a small proportiom ^^ iWe ) do nqt irje ^ s iCa ia 6 mate that all the rest are dying or « tead ; ^ JEar-. && * &&&
Tk £$ e fe . 4 . fcirge » middle class which supports a healthy « ppeaEande ^ rl : P [ J 3 t nianj ^ i of VAe . xold ; chapels amongst us are in a pitiable statein ^ nO ^ iaowfir AWH ^ la ^ vyfedge me cati speak of some scores that scarce ^ shewosigafc > £ af life + 3 &il ( be < xiwmbsv of hearers in them will not averaged ^ mDrenthafetlH ^ i ; t ^ ^ Bjk ^ rjD o& $ fo e uai nister not mor e than £ 70 per aanuau ^ easstbeihgs ^^ Imcirf etti be- pitied than a Unitarian minister placed irii OTteko&ifa&sfe with the
^ ci ^ ife j : Aciai £ ta of education miserable pittanceJdftSDmGisEf ' p ^ r ^ e ^ riijw&ichi with much toil and solicitude , he may > ; perbap ^ , Imtoiobm 3 al | © ases , jcabe t $ sl bare hundred ! With this he has a ^ wife &nd ? EhjMren 4 ^/ su ^ ort ^ and a decent appearance to maintain * Nor is this > insigni % am LSHTOtito * be obtained without , sundry and constant vexations i ^ rs © tea ? ue ^ B infiu ^ tjce ^^ anid t r « stee dominat ion . If animate d by a ? lahd&bl&awfidkytib the of his
e ^ erid bouiidaries pasture , the minister is encoun ^ eredxihyl Goldne ^ B , oc opposition . The poor who attend his servicestw o ^ ft ^ a ^ yiJeaid iheiccoaqtenanee and aid ; but the great man , who i ^^ o ^ thei Kaepqp ^ bf the jjanase fc J ^ frowns the intention down . On ^ oth ^ GdeasiQas ^ thfe miwiBtJen is checked in ; hia fkurposes for want of pefeuraiafy asi ^ ist ^ iace ^ lor ^ iby ^ hfptengagenients and Vexations of a school . There are matiy , vei ? y imriiy > ^ ^ fj toQ t m ^ nisters in this condition ^ Men of talenft ^ ediication , ^ nd lo fty tfio ^ aiiifeelift §; ,
are suffering for the cause of truth , and , i > y reascm of olihepsf tofaitBfeite ^ s , iti remote villages and declining towns ^ -acrfFeririg ^ in a ^ ay bnd ^ ta > itii ^ c ^ t th ^ hothing ^ bcit mo ral strengirh and : tbe ferceof prineipLe couldiiiia ^ l ^ th ^ m to sustain . Iitiai ^ ne these aien > pla <^ d 4 a si tuationa- fi ^ jio wers , to fan thje flame of their piety and zeal > tx > reward with # ' c < toffeteiicy their Hai ^ oursv and how different ^ otild be theirr ^ condition &to&l \ feifcchiakt&Gt&t& ! la Uie ? ffact ( uai ^ a 8 e , ohawever , how ipuch 6 f mo » ral'power > 1 fiM thrbwfi tiway ! Mcmdnuch ' ofrinitell $ etaal '• excellence is lost 1 And ^ ibis'what -fe oTa ^ reieita ^ t the
story ! told in > M ^ Wright ' s Narrative of his Mfe&iona ^ ry Li # arid ^ liiabours- ^ - to conduct in decency a few sexagenarians to tfoe graved ! &n& -tlifea ^ td 'dose the ' daodi ; ?; Let us not be supposed lowest with the ^ ^ ubj ^ ct ^ 'itvwatio $ true and too serious to admit of a smile ; i Irthia isinot th 6 ' profeabfe ^ nfl btf no few of the old Presbytcinan / chapels , 4 V € t ar ^ ^ e * 4 o learh wlikt bDherf fate they can in , all human pr&bafeiiity 1 wnUergfc . iiWhb qxiestion ^ th ^ ii , iji ><« saslJy solved
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704 Uniiarimhmjit % for . mcriimg Prosel ytes .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 764, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/20/
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