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    account of our doctrines , but on account of our discipline . " Such were , doubtless , the thoughts of many who witnessed , and of more who heard of the presentation of the Dissenters' Address . And we ask any man of common sensibility and judgment ,

    if such a display is likely to give moral weight and power to the orthodox Dissenters ; or , is it not rather calculated to affix on them a stigma , over which the recollection of their former history , and the memory of the noble struggles of their forefathers for the faith and

    testimony of Jesus , only serve to cast a deeper and more awful shade ? How has the gold become dim , and the fine gold changed I

    " Was there an officer who guarded the precincts of the palace on the Levee day ; was there a Noble or Minister of State who stood around the Throne , who would not have accounted it an insult to have been asked , if he could act towards his earthly king , in the manner in which

    so many good men were at that moment acting towards their heavenly Lord ? " We have spoken strongly on this painful subject , simply because it is one of extreme importance , not merely as it respects the purity of the Dissenting churches , but as it relates to the welfare of the church of Christ . The struggle has indeed been commenced , which , we trust , will ere long be the means of

    severing this unhallowed , this lamentable association . Already that vote has been rescinded by which the Congregationalists not long since determined that none should belong to their body who would not also join in support of the Sociuiaii coalition . " Several of the most pious and able ministers in London have already availed themselves of this privilege , the very denial of which seems almost to be a libel on the boasted tolerance of the

    body . But , strange as it may appear , yet it is no less strange than true , that there are to be found men who are dissatisfied with this small concession to the claims of conscience . Their efforts , we doubt wot , will be overruled by the wiser and more judicious members of the body . But will no one advance further ; and

    shall this scandal on the whole church of Christ still be suffered to remain ? The Socinian , the Allan , and the Deist , are all in different ways tending to the same conclusion . And is it not an awful thing that their preachers should receive the countenance of the servants of the Lord ! No one acquainted with the power of divine truth can view the course of a Sochiiau teacher without shuddering .

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    They are , beyond all doubt , systematically engaged in the perilous undertakiug of waging war upon the Son of God , of blaspheming his divine and holy name of pouring derision upon his atonement , not fearing to call it * a butcherly system ; and thus bringing swift destruction upon themselves , and all who follow * their pernicious ways . '

    " And shall it still be said , that tho « e who honour the Son even as they honour the Father , shall make common cause with Arians and Sociuians ? Shall they unite with them at their private meetings , and ill public , in the face of their King and country , proclaim their coalition ? Shall they combine in presenting addresses , and expressing prayers for the eternal welfare of the Sovereign , when , if he give heed to the counsels of the

    very representatives of the Three Denominations , he would begin by undeifying the Son of God , and renouncing all hope of atonement through his blood ? Surely , if there be any demerit in compromise , if any dignity in Christian faithfulness , if any virtue in shunning the paths of the destroyer , the orthodox Dissenters of London will wipe away from them this deep stigma on their character as men of consistency and men of God . "

    The next note of preparation was sounded by a veteran partizan in the ranks of vulgar bigotry 5 and so sure of his ' * select" vestry was the Kev . Joseph Ivimey , that the following resolutions were advertised in the World of the very day of the meeting :

    " That as there are many Protestant Dissenting Ministers , of various denominations , in and about London , who have no representation on public occasions , it is thought that a Society should be formed , to consist exclusively of Ministers of Trinitarian principles . "

    " That the objects of such Society shall be to give Trinitarian Dissenting Ministers an opportunity to make known their united opinions on all suitable occasions , especially , should the civil or religious liberties of Protestant Dissenters be in any way endangered . "

    " That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to every Trinitarian Dissenting Minister residing in and about London , or within the limits of the Twopenny-post , requesting them to attend a Meeting for the formation of the projected Society , on Monday , the 30 th in St ., at Trinity Chapel , Leather Lane , Holborn , and that the Kev . Thomas Smith , 13 , Kirby Street , be Secretary , pro . teni . " The enlightened and immaculate G . Smith brought up the rear of this worthy

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    644 Intelligence . — Addresses to the King and Queen .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 644, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/60/