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Several Communications which we intended to insert , including various Obituaries which have been received , are postponed till next month , that our readers might be put into immediate possession of the "Most Extraordinary Case , " as the Northern Whig justly styles it , which is appended to the * Sketch of Proceedings relative to the Secession of the Remonstrants from
the Synod of Ulster . " We commend to their serious attention this scene of atrocity and outrage ; and we fearlessly declare on their behalf that our persecuted brethren in Ireland have only to indicate the mode in which assistance can be most efficiently rendered to them , and it shall be promptly forthcoming . In such a case as this , Unitarians can always be depended upon for doing their duty , and doing it well .
And we ask the Trinitarians of this country how they feel , and how they will act , on this occasion ? Now is their time for joining us in shewing an abhorrence of persecution , which they must either reprobate , or seem to fraternize with . Let them tell their fellow-believers in Ireland , in a tone which must be respected , that they " know not what spirit they are of . " This is not a case of disputed doctrine , but of indisputable morality . It is not the cause of a creed or party , but of all good Christians and honest men against Hypocrisy , Oppression , and Plunder . The Committee of the Unitarian Association will , no doubt , immediately attend to this affair , and decide on the best course to be pursued . Happily there is now an " Irish Unitarian Christian Society' * to co-operate with . The encouraging fact of the formation of this Institution took place at the commencement of the present year . Its objects are nearly the same with those contemplated b y the Association . Its business is conducted , and its annual meetings will be held , at Dublin . A blessing on its labours !
The Foreign Secretary of the Unitarian Association has lately been engaged in a very interesting correspondence with some Spanish Refugees at Gibraltar who have embraced Unitarian opinions . A wide field has been found for the employment of Tracts , and extraordinary facilities , which have not been neglected , for their distribution in various regions which they have never yet reached . The subject of the Marriage Bill has been attended to as earnestly and diligently as our Correspondent , the " Unitarian Convert , " can wish . Probably our next number will report progress .
The Letters which have been sent to us relative to the London University are suppressed , because to push the matter further , at present , would seem to indicate feelings of hostility tovvards that Institution , than which nothing can be further from our minds . The rebuke already administered in our pages , and in the speech of Dr . Bo wring at the Finsbury Chapel Dinner , has not been ineffective . The proceedings at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday last authorize our expecting a future avoidance of such errors as have been
committed ; and we are most anxious to see it realizing , as rapidly as possible , the important benefits contemplated in its establishment . As for the Rev . Mr . Dale , his principle of exclusion has proved much more exclusive than he intended . His Theological Class is & total failure ; not one student having , as we are informed , applied for admission therein . Let him ** read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest" this practical admonition on his inappropriate and unbecoming attempt . There will be no further endeavour , we hope , to render the allowed necessity for the religious instruction of youth available for the apparent identification of bigotry and exclusion with an Institution whose honour , prosperity , and utility , are bound up with a consistent
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1830, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2582/page/71/
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