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zeal that we now possess . Let aiiy man who has ever atteuded a dinner of the Unitarian , Fund , or of the UuitariaO Association in London , say whether these things do < not do good 7 . I / for one cdh my that they do . < I reniefti&ef the throe wJiea 1 used to # o upifrora-my * country cure almost on purpose 4 ; o > attend them . I remember how the uhundfcr of the
tt > ast > 4 jnaster " s hammer / aad' the still louder thunder of-the knives aod forks and plates * the very moment tlm amen of the grace was said , < nsed to woi * k upon ioy jrotrng imagination , and fat me with deiigraVn- Ii iTehiember how my hands used * o clap together irresistibly at the peals ; of eloquence which burst ft-wn the speakers ; au& how , jw I came back to
. my ; solitude qn the top of the coach , 1 used to put together the scheme of some mightier effusion ; than my flock had been * treated with for mouth s before * I am delighted to remember these things 5 and can truly say , that with meat least their effect was neither injurious nor transient , lib is any fervent hope that they mav
tteweT be discontinued amongst us ; and still more , that not one of these dinners iiia $ r . pass off without that toast being ¦ ¦ $ ?«* which * appeals to the Watchman sa' objectionable , namely , " Civil and Beligious-Liberty all over the World . " Yes ^ Sir ! it is an incomparable toast , which 1 drink with enthusiasm ofteu as
iris given ; and I consider it as great an tirmssion when it is left out , as it would be > if a man were to go to London without seeing St . Paul ' s , or to Edinburgh yithout ascending the Calton Hill . I jqtwte agree ,- however , to the truth of what the Watchman says , ( though posqlbfy not iu the sense in which he meant
* it , ) tiiat ^ there is sometimes a secularity of spirit in these meetings . " Certainly ^ when Unitarians dine at a first-. ¦ rate tavern , at a guiuea a head 3 a price which of course excludes not only the l ) i > orf but-mapiy in better circumstances , and 'when ^ he only reason assigned is , tliafr ** it ~ i »> wished to make the party select , * ' there is here a secularity of
flpiHt" displayed , of which Unitarians of till persons in the world ought to be the most ashamed . Our public dinners oirghr to be ' rendered as cheap as possible ^ and in addition to dinners , we ought to have more of those tea parties and sociable school-room meetings , the reports of which are always to me one of the most interesting parts of the
Repository . But 1 have done , Sir , for I fear to be tedious . 1 have not , however , exhausted
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the remarks which 1 might make oh many pomtft deeply affecting the" interests of ottr body . I shall wai £ to » £ e whether they are duly noticed by the Vfoifccnuian '; and in the ; mean tiui ^ lesfc he should be neglectful ^ his du ty , >* Wd " sleej ^ in hfa box instead of cryiiig the ' % tffofc } and appreheuding the hoi > st x -breaker > I Shall fast remind Mm of fhe- dolefol fat ^ bf the poor Charlies iu'WestraHi&teiV' wfto ( as you who 1 i * € fside ( 5 n ^> iido ' n ^ ) fflti Edi ^ - tor # very well kaowj ' ftave--fefeetf' bitpn ^ - seded by a ^ ratteh-betffef knd tiibre eflicierit set * jf officejrs iu Mr ; Peeps' ne ^ v policemen . , ; . ^ j CR 1 TO .
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Mr . ftilfagar on tftt > Mfetirtgo /* the Southern [ ilnUaridnPundi To Me Editor . Sir , ehichkt ^ pci . % \ p 2 p . In your last Repository aii account appears of the late rtfeeting' bf th 0 ; Sdutfcdrh Unitadan Fand , at Pc ^ mbrith , . wft ^ seem s to bate beeii furnished % tny ia
highly respected friend ; M ^ J KelL My frieud has nientibned my iiaitie ^ W K £ v ' - ing taken part in the serviced oiffei&f : had he not noticed me , I ^ rfidmd 6 aye been nuite contented , not being ambitious
of publicity , though forced , frbiii ^ lie sluggishness aud apathy of tiiose ar 6 / uiiU me , not uufrequently to put myself ftfrwaid . But as he has done iutf the honour of mentioning my name ^ I trust you tyfll allow me a small' space in your forthcoming number to observe , that I' think he has omitted a most important'iriatte ' r , in the discussion of which I not otily
toblc a part , but was the means of excitiug the discussion itself . Whether or not , in having so done , it may be thought that I belong to the family of the PPYohg headS ) I cannot say ; but in justice to iriy views , I feel compelled to make a little addition to my friend Kell ' s
communi-. After the morning service , the business of the Society wais transacted j and before the Chairman left the chair , T availed myself of the opportunity which the mee ' ting afforded to suggest , whethe ^ we in ? ght not originate aiiother Sbciety for" the the
Abolition of Slavery ; , or present a petition to P ^ rlla ^ ient on subject ; during the ne ^ t fesibti , n 6 ni CUe FW Society . Consideviug th ^ ls q ^ sti ' en in a religious point of vigW , '' t reiayde ^ it as proper to be eiitertavnea by the S 6 tiet ^ ' as W ^ s ' the CatholJc question , oh' wfcidh' a i > etitiou was agrt / ed to % the $ etybe > s of the Fund . In ^ he ^ eiiera } iirob ' ositliufn I wfis
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 801, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/57/
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