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    error is supported 1 But when I look further I consider that they are all building for us , ( cheers and laughter , ) and i cease to regret my share of the two millions which have been levied for their erecfciou . They are doing good among multitudes whom our efforts could not

    reach ; and they will all eventually come to us , to that great and universal church which will embrace the whole earth . Our friends who mix in the world more than I do , often see great difficulties and discouragements ; but , looking on as an observer , I see abundance to animate and encourage . All sincere Christians , of whatever denomination , are tending

    to one common centre of light and blessedness : they may now be widely apart ; but in proportion as they approach it , they approach each other . This is also felt by the liberal among other deuomiuatious of Christians , and there are liberal in all denominations . ( Cheers . ) Tiiey shrink from us as Unitarians , because we are called Unitarians ; because

    they think we do not possess the same views and feelings with themselves ; but as soon as they know us fully , their prejudices will fast wear away . Dr . Chan-Ding ' s works have done more good in that respect than any other publications . Many persons would not look into a "book writteu by an English Unitarian , who feel no objection to read Dr . Channing ' s writings ; and from what they there see , venture , on some occasions ,

    to act with Unitarians ' . When they begin to act with us , they perceive that we have not the cloven foot and the horns , with which their imaginations have invested us . ( Great lang-liter . ) They then see , that Unitarians are something like Christians , and they may afterwards discover that they really are Christians . As soon as a man gets rid of his exclusive doctrines , he is ready to embrace us as brethren and as fellow-Christians . The

    mode of teaching Christianity adopted by the missionaries of different denominations , might often be employed by Unitarians without any dereliction of principle . The accounts I heard given by Mr . Ward of his metliod of instructing the Hindoos , brought nothing into view which I should not myself have gladly

    taught them ; and thcrse who have examined the work of Mr . Ellis , on the South-Sea Islands , ( Polynesian Researches , ) may perceive , that in them the simple principles of Unitarianism are essentially taught ; and such men are preaching those doctrines more effectually than we often now do , because they are more in the habit of addressing men through

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    their affections . I beg to impress it upon our missionaries , that Unitarianism has to make its way among tliose who think ill of us . I will add that all may , in effect , "be missionaries . If not by direct instructions , all may teach the

    gospel by their Christian conduct , in the general tenor of their lives ; and it never happened that a person so living was living merely for himself . He does more to pave the way for Unitarian doctrines , than we can do by our preaching alone . There should be such missionaries in

    the domestic circle , and in all the relations of life . But we look principally to the rising generation to be our missionaries , when we are withdrawing from the scene of life . It is gratifying to Jook around and see so many young men who are taking an interest in the success of the cause . It is not a barren system of speculation , but one adapted to regulate and amend the heart and life . There

    are many among us , some in this room , who have rendered great services to our cause with which the public are little acquainted—I refer to such men as Mr . Gibbs , Mr . Ash worth , Mr . Philp , &c . And though I hope we shall never be without such a ministry as we now possess , yet we most gladly take the unlearned by the right hand of fellowship , and welcome them as our friends in a

    common and a holy cause . ( Great applause ) The Chairman . —Gentlemen , having had the honour to declaie to you the sentiments which indicate the principles upon which this Association is founded , and you having heard from the learned Doctor these principles amplified , I have now the pleasure and the duty to call

    your attention to one of the means by which the great objects we have in view are to be accomplished . I allude to the British and Foreign Unitarian Association . Gentlemen , if eloquence be expected from your Chairman , or be necessary to defend and advocate these great objects , I am afraid a lamentable mistake has been made in appointing an individual so destitute as I am of these

    qualities , to fill so responsible a situation ; But I feel no apprehensions on that score , when I see around me so many learned and eloquent advocates of the cause , who are able to supply all my defects . I shall therefore be brief in the observations I have to offer . Gentlemen , a noble cause , the cause of heaven , demands your zeal , I wish all present to feel that such is the cause in which we are embarked . For it is the cause of loyalty to the throne—of gospel

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    564 Intelligence . ' — Unitarian Association

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1830, page 564, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2587/page/60/