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the true state pf such examinations being ascertained . , i . Tb « Rer . Mp-. jffgtiiTEE started , that this youngman belonged to . the Route Presbytery , who Jiad licensed ) him . The Presbytery took offence at his rejection , and were abqu £ to unite against the
conclave . The iy& $ ng } i » ai | was ejicpuraged to appear agai n * Sefo / e tbie Committee , and he passed as had , b ^ en . stated . In CookstowiijOneof the Cotninitfcee roundly asserted tljajt jtbey had n ^ fer rejected any Student ; , ai \ d , Wrheovipregsed on that point , he admitted , that he only meant they had not ^ ejected any tp allLetemity .
The resolution was then = put , and agreed to . . Rev , John Watson congratulated the house and ; the country w the , foundation of their church , > He ; trusted that good seed would J ^ , sawn , and that a goodly tjree would-sprhigr forth , whose branches would j not only .. cover Ireland , hut the whole eaj-tlu It aopefltfed to him that
Ariatusm was only the watchword vseid to raise the wax ,-whoop , and to lift the tomahawk , ip order to destroy Presbyteriani > m . The , fruits of it had appeared amongst them , and he had felt them . He begged to retain his grateful acknowledgments to his brethren , to , his country , and , . more © specially , to the truly liberal people of the town of Belfast , for
the support which they afforded him in the hour of < Jange , rT ~ wken he was beset with perils * tlbey , xo * & and threw their hundred protecting shields around him . In return r for / their greaj kindness , he now staudsjbrjiyard to protect and guard their religious vigfats *; The Synod of Ulster was at one time his boast and his pride ; now * a ) a £ i it ? ha « hfallen indeed ; it has
fallen frjoin ., Pj ? o $ e ; staniisni . We depart froiu them when they depurt from Presbyterianisnj . He had jonce two sons who were working tfyeir w , ay tO ) the Ministry ; one lofulhem . is < now , jio imore , and he wou ld * ; much r « the « - ; see % h& , other lying dead vat his , feet / thftti , subject him to temptation unc ^ er these ! Overtures . He concia <]^( V > by re ^ iUg / Jtlie Resolution . 6 * ^ ^ fhat thp ^ j Overtures i not only subject 8 tudent ^( yo *» tiafte $ , aud
Miuisttfivs ^< totpp 3 Sibjeu j nj ^ i ^; ice . and danger ous , tetnptation ^ VbulnJitawfee-i trench upQn ^ fe »! ) W ost val 4 i 3 aJ > iL ( fjprivjlege 8 df thepeople , J ^ i tlie > fi ^ Q ^ Je «} tior ) . of , tMr own Pa ^ tor . s . iJinasmudi iiift ^ heo' phoioe , is r < s + stmi ^ 4 il i fa $ * iwm \ & > ip . tofef > s » ng . » . * / ta < ; hold opiitMWS ^ p |« PSfe 4 j by ^ t he Cowiinttec of I ^ x % n « nali 9 r 33 w al ^ 011 gU 3 sutli opinions . iM » y : Ua { tyifetlyio | ipastj : ( jir , to > ^ h ej views of sacred truth cu ^ it ^ iiud by , tbe Cong ^ egatioii . " . - » ^ .. ¦¦ '' . '
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J ^ mes C . Mulligan , Esq ., seconded the motion , whi ? ch passed u » auim <) usly « The Hev . - ~ Jam | 2 Sj Davi § , stated , that somp me » seeined to , think > tbe right of judging was to . go mn farther itbai * < them - selires . ni ^ hi ^ was not the course adopte d
by , the Re / ornaerSi , ]^ hO : forsook one error afte r another , according as Ihey became more , enjigftteiied * . It , wa ^ absurd to contend , for uni& > rra&y , . w ^ icht he knew had not existed , and did iHOfc exist in the Synod . He would-woT € the , seventh resolution ^ ., ; , ¦ :. , ' H ¦ ' ¦; ¦ ' >¦ ¦( Mt f .
7 . ** Thaf we qon $ ider f those enactment ^ as a violation of the fujadumental priuciple of ; Pjote , stautism , subvej ; siye of the liberal jUws . ^ udiu ^ ages of qur church , and a direct bve % e \} ' ojfr the &olen > n compact under v ^ hich . j . those of ; us who are Minister ^ eotere d thej Synod gf Ulster . " Robert Pickson , E ^ ^ spcoJHfcd the resolution , which passed iwajumously .
JRev . S , C . NgiLSO » pro ^ sed jth e 8 th resolution , ; He yvas ^ he § aid , the youngest member amongst them , and $ ierefore could not pe supposed ^ to fe ^ elt ^ e reparation so keeuly as , those wh ^ o , h ajd spent the best of their days , in eonuexion with that body ; fouft , fr fom ( his earliest years , he had , been accustomed ; to look to the . Synod with pleasure and with pri ^ le i . for
he had been from the dawn of life among those who had gone year after year to its meetings . He was , however , more fortunate than many others ;( he had feljk no pains or penalties ~ r-no pr 4 vatiqns . He had the good fortune . to ,, have a congregation distinguished ain ^ ugthe churches for liberal principles . His people had rallied around him , and the . \ were , si pec
the separation , on the increase ,, ^ He felt keenly for those of his :-brethren who had been subjected to the most insidious machinations , under the mask of religion — machinations , used for the purpose of converting the temples of peace into scenes of dissension and strife—destroyiug the peace of mind of ministers and people . The religion of tpeace had been
made a cloak for hypocrisy . ^ He trusted that there was not one nil prejudiced miud thqt was not cpnvinced of the necessity of their making W stand , and separating themselves froth that body who lrad attempted iJoJoril it over their brethreni . Iu that , said he , we have only followed tii ^ example of the Reformers / of olden tinms >;/ iiUther and the juild Me lane thon . remonstrated with the in
Gh ^ ufch Home Yttin * they came out titoin them . / H © Jhope < L . jth ^ . t mauy Of thonGqwho < yet ^ dhere to ithe ; Synod will ) quit theii * ^ ^ oniiexiori ? wit | i a body where they cannot maintain their iudc-
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500 . Intelligence . —Remonstrant Synod of Ulster
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 500, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/68/
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