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Whether of not « & is wdrthiwhile to sacrifice ^ some the exeeBentoF the earth to sU ^ bfan objeeb > € Jin such a cGiKu ^ Daati € « B be avoidextt " ? Ret ib the actual state of things . / Butif the Unitarian tody would ris&to ai cerise of its dutiesy and to a roanly advocacy of th ^ cause of truth , a most ^ desirable change might be effected . But brYthis more anon . ^—Equally grieved ? ai ? e we "whgn .
wevcontemj ^ late the " : condition qf me congregations which have been raised within the last fifteen years . Many chapels have been built : hbw few are adequately ^ tended !; If it were not an invidious task , we could establish this assertion by the mention of actual instances . Doubtless there are some ctf our young societies that promise to survive ; a few that flQurisfai f But many * af them are struggling hard for existence . In nearly all ofkihettt , tjse minister is in a condition little better than those who are attached tobffte
former class * Prom what has been said it is evident that the cause of Unitarianism ia these kingdoms , as for as its condition may be estimated fey ? the numbers who constitute its congregations , is by no means in a satisfactory state . iWaiting till the healing waters are troubled , the Unitarian Association has thepoWerof doing some considerable good ; it has done good by aiding ministers in la pecuniary way , and thus enabling them to undertake labours of a missionary character in their immediate neighbourhoods . Several sums
fe vesbeen / granted for this purpose during the last year , and a more judicious application of its funds it could not in present circumstances : make . Cteulcl © ver ^ minister in the kin gdom be enabled to assume the : missidiiarya ^ g-/ iraqterjikrvfthesphere in which he moves , much might be done * : fefc ^ tetsate tl ^ effcieadifebnes and to further our righteous cause . We do not suppose iMt f ^ his ^ ters ?^ e to Itinerate , but to support lectures in ¦ -. their own chratpels $£$ & i : o&preiicb > in > the vicinity of the places of their abode j and if they iind & 8 (^ rimore of tthe yo ung men of their congregations disposed and \ fiue < $ Wb € ^ iiirefifc their fejiow ^ ereatures , to associate them with theit own labours ,-aixd >*| d Tf ^ c ^ iiize Lthem as fellow- w orkers in Christ . If these suggestions we $ e pat fine pracliGe ^ each congregation would become a sphere of moral a ^ -tetigious influence , radiating over the surrounding district the light of iru ^ hj'and rthe ! btesirigs of piety . Nor will our ministers possess that moral influence
% toich ? yjfrorn their characters , they are calculated to exert , till some such pteto La « jfhjlsfhef / adopted . Religion must be carried home to the people ^ or , alas 3 Hhe ^ piil rover possess it . Like the light of day , it must , of its own motioii , yiskaewefy ibuse , and fall on every eye , or the dark places of the land will ngYarffejdice jr * the illuminations of truthi To go in quest of rdigkfff'in me temples wJbere it is dispensed , implies a sense of want and a feeling of its . value / j the / very things whicli those who most need religion are most ^ devoi ( £ ^ £ f ) vlfldepe ^ tently of these general considerations , there prevails 1 in
tt ¥ ? . fHibiic mind a deep and mysterious dislike of every thing that bears the nai ^ e ^ f Unitarian , and it is only by frequently presenting our views ^ hfefo ^ e ttopublic carrying to our neighbours the sacred truths of the puna gospel qf , 4 Shriat ^ by ^ iaipg favourable opportunities , and availing ourselves of ti | e influence K > f ^ hal : a ter and station in eafch particuJar nierghbourhood ^ # iat we cjan hop © toi retaovfr unfavourable impressions , and so to puiafyothe ear of the : publi ^ aslto ggtin for our cause the means of a fair adj adioaliod . " / But all this caonbt be done till minisitfers cease to be schoalinasl ^ rs » ^ easeuloi be ca-¦
bined , cribbed , ^ nd conn ned . : ;¦' . ' ,: >¦ : / ....: . "• ' ' . « , \ Mearvwfrile , ' the Association may lerid . it » countenance , arid thus check local discouragements , and diminish loc ^ limpediments , enabling ministers to d 9 , lif i ^ ot ^ ULi ihat is desirable ^ yet something for the furtherance of the cause &S God * The success t ^ hat ! Will attend on ^ such efforts is not problema-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 765, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/21/
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