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    have commanded the admiration of a treat majority of their readers , though , believe , this has , in some instances , been tempered by a feeling that rather too great a degree of severity is shewn in certain passages ( to which I would presently direct your readers' attention ) ; though true it is that we must not shrink from inflicting temporary pain in the endeavour to effect a lasting cure .

    The passage to which I now more particularly refer is the following , which is taken from pp . 702 , 703 , of the number for the present month , and in which the author is speaking of the manner of conducting the anniversary meetings of the Unitarian Associations . " The whole affair is too often more like a political than a religious meeting . There is

    abundance of eating and drinking , and there are toasts to give the wine a relish . Zeal rises in proportion as the feelings of comfort and hilarity prevail ; liberty is the ruling theme ; * Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world * is introduced , welcomed , and enforced , amidst thunders of applause . The morrow comes ; the spirit has evaporated , and the temperature has sunk to Zero , " &c .

    I lately attended the meeting of one of the chief associations of our con « nexion , and far from this being the case , we sat down at six o ' clock ; temperance was the order of the day , and the toasts , though enthusiastically cheered , were in many instances only cheered ; the whole was at a close by nine , when the party dispersed , and rationally concluded the evening at the houses of their

    respective friends . Though I must reluctantly give my full assent to the main portion of his remarks on other subjects , and to part even on this , ( however severe , yet too necessarily so > , ) still , encircled as we are by vigilant enemies , eager to seize upon and promulgate to the world even our slightest errors ; though we cannot in self-defence be too watchful over our conduct and expressions , or too ready boldly to hold up to the eyes of the Unitarian public 4 < the plaguespot on the walls of the Unitarian temple , " and enforce the absolute necessity of its speedy and thorough eradication ;

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    there is surely no reason to give those who are already too willing to censure , more room than there is absolute necessity for , to say , that out of their own mouths are they condemned . The instance I have inentadfied of the difference of conduct at an Unitarian meeting , from that which the Wafcehman

    intimates is very generally practised , isyit is true " , a solitary one , but I have heard very similar statements from othei * quarters , and I cannot but hope that our vigilant Watchman has a little overstated the real condition of affairs on this head . At all events , I trust that if his reproach fojust , it is applicable to very few , and that those few will not suffer many months to pass without shewing the

    world that his reproofs were not unfelt or ineffective . I sincerely hope that you will not impute these remarks to the officioustiess alone of , Sir , your Yery faithful servant and ardent admirer , H .

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    Manchester College and London Ijmversity . To the Editor ,

    SIR , ' A question has been offen discusfled in private circles , which , with your permission , 1 will introduce on the piages of

    the Repository : it is , the propriety of connecting the College at York with the London University * In the success ^ of these Institutions there are many Urritft ^ rians who feel deeply interested . They must have perceived that the elder is

    likely to be injured by the younger . The objects of both , in reference to the admissioii of students , are so nearly alike , that the competition must continue to be strong while they remain distinct . It is not my intention , at present , to compare the advantages which are enjoyed > by nhe students at each place of education * , I shall content myself with leaving the question to the consideration of your readers , and with anticipating a better discussion of its merits than I can enter into . H 1 ERONIMUS .

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    806 Miscellaneous Correspondence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 806, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/62/