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reception of the Report , I cannot but congratulate the Meeting on the important matter contained therein . T could have wished , would time allow and were my abilities adequate to the task , to have analyzed seme of the subjects thua brought under consideration ; but I feel
that in so doing I should be trespassing too much on your patience ; and yet all that it contains is of a most important character . I shall therefore confine myself to general observations : and in the first place I would call to your attention that we who Were at the foundation of
the Association , understood its establishment to be chiefly for home objects . This was the plan that was pursued for a considerable time ; and though the gentlemen of the Committee must be the best judges how the purposes of the Association are to be obtained , I certainly
must confess that I have ( as far as my opportunities will permit me to decide ) a strong predilection for the employment of missionaries in the different parts of this kingdom , thereby sowing seed which will ultimately grow up , and the harvest of which we shall ourselves have an
opportunity of watching . So much , then , for the alteration that has taken place . We do not , however , meet here to complain , and I should be sorry to offer any observations that may give offence ; but at the same time I feel it to be an imperative duty to impress on the Committee the importance of our home objects . ' My
feelings would undoubtedly prompt me to extend Unitarian Christiauity to the remotest corners of the world ; but I have received my talent , and I am to be accountable for it : surely , then , I must employ that talent in what appears to me to be the most effective manner , and I therefore call on you as Unitarian Christians to look at home . Let us
examine well the slate of religion in our own country , and see if we are doing all that we can for its improvement . Be assured I make not these remarks to hurt the feelings of any one , but only to remind you of the original object , and to me still the principal object , of our Association . For this reason I have
always felt jealous o » f the foreign objects that have been introduced , fearing that a great deal of our time and too much of our funds might be expended upon them . I believe I may say , that if we could have foreseen the present state of our affairs at Calcutta , we should never have undertaken that mission . As it is , however , we are bound to endeavour to make the best of it ; and I would ask you how these funds 8 taad ? Under
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what security are they placed ? For really , with them at such a distance , and witfi our present prospects , I cannot help pressing on the Committee the necessity of examining : this matter . Dr . Bow ring . Our fonds there are vested in the securities of the East-India Company , in the name of three trustees ; and the interest , as it falls in , is added to the principal .
Mr . Younc With power reserved to this Association over the trustees ? Dr . Bow ring . Certainly . Mr . Young . Then , of course , Sir , I am satisfied as far as that is concerned . In concluding with moving the reception of the Report , I must again say that it contains most important matter , though I should have been still farther gratified if I had seen more exertions in favour of
our home objects . When we observe the state of this country with respect to religious knowledge , and consider our own views on the subject , we must confess that we have here presented to us a field which it is far beyond our power fully to cultivate . In truth , it is at home that our duty lies . Charity begins at
home ; and till we have the power to spare , as superfluous , something of our mental and pecuniary resources from this one object , I consider that we are not at liberty to apply them abroad . An intercourse , a friendly intercourse , may be kept up with other countries ; bat do not let us exhaust our resources on an
object over which we have no controul . With these views , Sir , I beg to move , <* That the Report of the Committee just read be received . " Mr . Christie seconded the resolution . Mr . Richard Taylor . The motion which has just been put into my hands is one to which I am incapable of doing justice . It is a vote of thanks to the preacher of this day ' s sermon . To all who heard that excellent sermon it is *
unnecessary for me to say a word in its commendation : it was a sermon of no ordinary character , distinguished for profundity of thought and felicity of expression ; aud I am sure that all those who had not the pleasure of hearing it , will be highly gratified by what , I trust , will speedily be afforded them , au opportunity of reading it . Sir , I beg to move ,
** That the thanks of the Meeting be giren to the Rev . J . J . Tayler , B . A ., for his sermon delivered this morning on behalf of the Association—a sennou distinguished by its originality of thought and felicity of expression , and its pure Christiau spirit and high-toned morality . "
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Intelligence . —Unitarian Association , 479
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/47/
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