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tfdhi ^^^ gf ^ aitfeti < iF inttitstetrs Oie go > pet Chr ^ t coiaentiiig | o i *> m ^ ^ f ^ ij ^ qo 4 l ^^ il fjlP ^ ys ^ eiitftig ^ itK & 6 S& to whom they are o ^ ect 4 ^ ^^ p $ ^ m ^ pi ^ siW ^ hg ^ loof from 6 thers whoiri , on aiicoiiat . ^^ iff- ^^^ y ^^ f ^ ni ^ ih ^ y c ^ ri h 6 t but fesp ^ ct , however incapable they are of treading ixv their sl 6 ^ sef' ^ ; inife ; dalm 8- of a wife and family are , we grant , powerful ; and bind ^ teSi batMI ! hf 6 r : than sacrifice even to the means of supporting thepat ^ j ^ ie
coiHlorts m a gooa conscience and the approving smile of Heaven—^ rather thari risk present peace and future safety , we would , and thin ^ iivtmi ? Ai& ' gr ^ ee ^ dfes < jerid to the humblest occupatioa in which an honest liyel ^ hpod coiifd % e gained . We should for ourselves hiave been more gratified tad the frecteii ^ ag nations in the Synod of Ulster led the Remonstrants to decline the ftegiiim Dohtim , which in reality converts their churches into an estsi l ^ hr tfi ^ t ^ nd themselves into dependents on go vernment ; and also to set aside th&fofki of Presbyterian government , the evils of which they have seeix so
aiai ^ ly-irittetrated , and which , as far as we can judge , possesses no advantages ^ V ^ r the congregational system , in which each society governs , itself a | id dhfechfes may , if they will , without permanently delegating power to any estabHshed bbdy ^ associate together for the furtherance of objects of common iltteregfe ; ?; — - ...,,, -, ^ - ¦ ¦! . >'
^ With thcf ^ sitigle exception of the instance just given , our review lias bi * tlierlobeerf of a gloomy complexion . But the most painful case of failure ^^^ th ^ ttfe to b ^ noticed . India , the first field of our missionary exertions ill for&igOTShds ; India , whose spiritual welfare awakened an interest in . the for ^ a&fQjf Ma % cjrf tri ^ ^ most enlightened and pious men of America as well ^ E ^ ig laiid- ^ arti intere $ t which exhibited the Unitarian body in the most | ^^ irtg r atiittide triat it ever assumed ; India , which , with the name of its
v ^^/' lear ^ nfedydnd ^ b&ievolent . Brahmin , gave the fairest promise of an eventual , ' though perhaps a tardy harvest ; this country , which had excited our hftpe <* iior ^ perhaps than arjy other spo t , America excepted , is now without a ! T ^ i ^ i ari im&ionary and the means of Unitarian worshi p * But we cprrd ^ t ^ tnrS ^ lves ;^ vre do wrong , in so saying , to that excellent and persevering mail , > 'W % lliam Roberts . We were thinking in writing the above of Mr . Adarn ; a « d we m'ay be pardon 0 d if for a moment we overlooked the humbler y 6 t iriOfe efficient labourer when the great space which Calcutta , has
lately occupied in the public attention , and the great exertions made for ? the advancetiaerit 6 f its spiritual enlightenment , are considered . Of all the circumstances which may have had weight with Mr . Adam in the ch ^ agea of purpose he has sh ^ wn , and finally in his renunciation of the mis&ion ^ xy office , no oae iexcef > t a resident in Calcutta caa be full y inforsped ^ : ; u-itifip hesitate ^ therefore , to give to his conduct tlie name of vacillation , But we must express bur belief that if Mr . Adam had possessed more of the ^ pi » t of a missionary than some things , and especially what we deeax ( for a missionary ) his undiie anxiety about a provision for himself and his wife and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 769, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/25/
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