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    QFdtiwy course , of tilings for them to occur ; and they should f * ofc ; dispttfit us * but render our seal * the more ardent . For obvious reasons , we must &q % look foe the ? same rapid success as attends the exertions of other religious denominations , for we have a world of rooted prejudices to eficavtatsE wbkfo they have not , arid w * hil « they lead men by their feelings and passioos ^ aided by 9 host qC prepossessions * we can lead them iw > forvhef th ^ ai we caa gai a

    their understandings by the ; convictions of timth ., Our converts nmsk be more stowiy made tban > tjieirs ,, as the light aad iirflueneeof the gospel mast be carried through their TOdersianduiigs to -their beards *; besides * aaioiag various classes of people ; worldly kysesests and connexions o&en operate power * fully against our making and ? securing of converts , Siill ^ if we cannot avoid disappointments and failures , wet should b § detern&ined that ,, though we

    cannot command success ia every iastaace * We will so act a& to deserve it , and tbafc the failure shall not be through our neglect * or our injudicious ^ proceeds ixigsu It is conceived that whatever failures ? nuay have attended sonape o £ om eJJorts ,. enough ; has been ? done , and suf&ient success obtaiaedi , tQ encourage us torrnafee still greater and more ; generally extended , exertions \ ih the causq of rational aod vital Christi ^ nity > with a we ll- fQuacJed prospect of th ^ ir being crowned with success . Let the various talents , means and resources of the

    fnends of U / Bitarianisna be brought properly into action fo » its promotion , and it is pcesunaed t ^ e triumphs of our opposers in aiiy quarter wiU be sliort , and the success of the ^ orious cause extensi ve and permanent . We ought to thank the Watchman , for having so ably advocated the mis ** sionary spirit and missionary labours * Facts might be alleged as substantial

    proofo of important effects beijag already produced b y that , spirit and by Unitarian missions : new congregations have been , raised ,, some old owes revivedy and the imperishable seed of tfee pure word of life : widely scattered in variousi districts . Tome it is extremely painful to . hear of the : failure , of any of our missionary plansy or of the unsuyccessfulness q £ the labours , of any of our missionaries ; . the more so because I am too aid to labour in the

    missionary field on an extejaded seale ^ formerly ; but I a-m yejry anxious thai we should ? a © t suffer such disappointments and failures ta damp our spirits or dimuaish our labours ; rather let them kindle up our zeal afresh , and call into action ali oias eneugy . There are : still living those ; w ( ho can wells remenir ber when the missionary spirit first begaft to breathe , w the Unitarian body , and when . Unitarian missions and missionaries had no existence . When

    symptoms , of , their being brought imto being appeared ^ th ^ yf w » eTQ ^ egaijdedby many as ; altogether vieionany . When the Unitajiaa Fu ^ d ; way fi rst instituted , » ot a little alarm was excited Jest its operations should dishonour and degrade the Unitarian cause . It was not merely coldness and iudaijference that the active friends of th © cause had theo to contend with * tbeyf had prejudices opposed ! toi them which * thovigh- they might arise ftooa feeUags which they could not help respecting , , were injurious prejudices * and placed obstacles in the way of their success . The : pten of Uiiijtaijiswa missionaries was deemed

    by many an , utopiaa oa « ir It w *© said ,. " ¥ o& may raj ^ e a fupd , hut . wber # will you find persons to act as missionaries ? Could you find missionaries , where would you seed th ^ oii ? Where ? would you fiifcd & fteWl for their eyertions ? " Siacc that time an iinportant- change h a ^> taJ ^ en . pl ^ e am o ng Unir tariansiin theui viewa and feelings respecting , these i ^ atte rs , The missipiw ary spkit hath consideiabty ! uacyeaaed aad e ^ te r > d ed ^ though , some partft of the body mayi unhappily be ? stoll insensible of its ( vivifying influence ., Mis * sionarie $ ' have been * foundy . and fields , for tham , to aultivate too } cxte ; n ^ i . va fof ttiein utiritDst exertions . Th ^ ffimat ^ st dvflBc alty has bee ** to , proc ure the pecu ^

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    Btf&greas of Unitariaimto * in Great Britain , \ \

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1830, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2580/page/11/