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ever it may , who ' feel that this cause is the cause of moral improvement , of religion , and of God . Not only in the East , but nearer to us , the . signs of most remarkable events have presented themselves during the past year . If there ever was a country in such a state of abandonment and helplessness , as to resemble no other nation in Europe , but
rather Africa , to which it is adjacent , that country is Spain . But those who know Spain , as 1 do , know that there are great men there $ that there are the hands to handle and the tongues to utter Christian knowledge . Even there , out of that extreme darkness ,, we have some light ; and spontaneous communications have been made to the
committee , which tell us , that errors have been committed iu their attempts at freedom ; that religious improvement has been lost sight of in political struggles ; but that they have learned wisdom out of the past , and when again they make up their accounts with futurity , religious toleration and reformation will be a part of their demand upon powen { Cheers . ) There have occurred events in that
country which seem ; to mark the hand of a particular Providence . That individual ( whose name 1 shall not mention , for the mention of it would embarrass his future operations ) who- has attempted to introduce Unitarian ism into the Spanish dominions , was a member of the Cortes , and was actually on his way to execution when released by the cry of liberty , which for a , moment * redeemed that
country . This individual is the son of one of the most illustrious families of Spain ; and after overcoming tlfese and other difficulties , he was chosen to represent in the Cortes one of its most populous provinces . Hi * whole history is one of suffering and of zeal ; and so great and so earnest were his exertions , that since the formation of a committee
at Gibraltar , no less than four pamphlets on the subject of Unitarian Christianity have been translated into , the Spanish language . The name and influence , of this Association have already surrounded the coasts of the Mediterranean , and an extensive field of usefulness ha » been created mainly by the extraordinary exertjj > n * of that singular and valuable man to . whom . I have alluded , ( applause ) . I have been greatly delighted with the receptioa of this deputation oh th ^ present occasion . It shall be treasured up in our minds , and we shall make it , a part of our future recollections : I only say , Give us means , ; give us the power of moving . the . world $ . and if the moving of
freedom ? Have they not bfought their contributions to the service of the ! state , whenever society has done them the justice of equal laws and equal liberty ? Trace tins . history of the Jews . When suffering under the < Ro » ma « yoke * when the Metssiah appeared among their ^ and when enduring the agony of oppression , then indeed they , were worthless . But look to their later history , t ^ the revival
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the world depend upon the Unitarian Association , the world shall be moved . Ou another point I feel grateful to you ; for as I' had the honour , in London , of proposing a resolution in faTour of the Jews , I had the pleasure oi folding that it wata seconded by a spontaneous resolution of the association in this town .
1 am . surrounded by friends who are members of the United Committee ; and they know that vre protested , and apt pealed , and struggled against the introduction of that clause , which , while it offered freedom to ourselves , went to rivet the chaius of others by introducing the words " on the faith of a Christian . "
We attempted to erase those words , but without success . We held , that government had no right to > enter into the sanctuary of a man ' s religious opinions , and say such and such must be your opiuious before your services art ; permitted . But L am bound to state , to the honour of our Chairman this morning ( Mr .
Rutt ) , that he declared he could' not join that association which would throw off the fetters from yourselves while they manacled your brethren . I see much to venerate in that friend ; and when he is departed , his name will be remembered with gratitude . What > should we do as to the Jews ' , but lend them our best'exertion s to rid them of the infamy which this new law has introduced ? For such
a purpose we shalL look to you for cordial support . If I could point to any portion of the history of man as preemiuently glorious , I would point to the history of the Jews , in their days of liberty and self-government ., they were great and glorious . They had their sublime- poets and profound philosophers .
But when- slavery was introduced and they were led off into Babylonish captivity , they hung their harp-8 upon the willows , —they sung * not the songs- of Ziou in a strange land ( cheers ) . Shall we not string their harps ag-ain , and enable them once more to recover their
of their freedom under the beneVotoot auspices of the ; Mahometan rule ii * Spain , and folio voltvtnes would not contain the titles of the works which , in that pfttibd , they contributed to Spanish literature
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Intelligence . — Unitarian Association . 571
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1830, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2587/page/67/
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