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host to the attack , by calling a public meeting ( of Trinitarians only ) at the City of London Tavern , on Tuesday , the 10 th of August . The ignorance of the Orator was well matched with the uproariousness of the meeting . He almost rendered amusing his torrent of abuse against Socinians , and all who should
co-operate with them , by his more than malaprop blunders on almost every topic connected with the subject . And they enacted a scene of most disgraceful confusion , defying even the Police , whose aid was called for , to restore order- Two ministers , Revs . G . Evans and W \
Shenstone attempted the defence of the Body , but the former could not obtain a hearing at all ; and the latter was only borne through a few sentences by a strong profession of * detestation of Socinianism . " We insert two out of a long string of resolutions said to have been carried in this tumult .
" This Meeting cannot but express its nufeigned surprise and grief , that in the Address read to the King , by a Socinian Minister , on behalf of ' The Three Denominations , ' when there was such a fine opportunity of c honouring the Son , even as we honour the Father , ' yet the name of Jesus Christ , and his glorious atonement or satisfaction to divine
justice , as the ground of salvation and hope , were never once mentioned , but the Address closed in the vague courtly language , * that after a reign of virtuous glory , your Majesty may exchange an earthly for an heavenly crown . ' This Meeting feels the more alarmed at this awful omission , when it * is considered that every prayer is taught to be offered
m the name of Christ , both in the New Testament and in the Prayer Book of the Churcli of England , where the prayer appointed for the King concludes , * and , finally , after this life , he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord ; ' and the prayer for the
Queen and the Royal Family , closes with the words ., * and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom , through Jesus Christ our Lord . ' As these divinelytaught principles are also held by all Trinitarian Dissenters , this Meeting can only attribute the omission of that name which Jehovah has sworn shall be
above every name , to which every knee shall bow , and which every tongue shall confess / to the distressing union of Socinians or Unitarians in one * General Body * with the Trinitarians /' " This Meeting do solemnly consider it the imperative duty of every Trinitarian Christian to use every measure to
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prevail by all possible respect , affection , kindness , and courtesy , with every Trinitarian Minister to withdraw in toto from an union with Sociniau Ministers , and leave the riches of the Red-Cross
Street Library to others , looking firmly aud only to the Lord Jesus Christ , who can and will protect all the rights of his Church , and provide for all their needs out of his riches in glory without the slightest necessity of compromising one atom of eternal truth . "
Discussions on the duty of abstaining from any kind of union with Unitarians have been carried on , at intervals , for a considerable time , in the pages of the World . The balance of number has , we fear , been nearly as much on one side
as that of argument and good feeling on the other . In the paper which reports the above meeting the Editor himself has come forward ; and we conclude , for the present , our notice of this turmoil by extracting the following able , manly , and liberal article :
" Of the zeal and sincerity of Mr . Smith , and his friends , we entertain no doubt ; but do they meati to say that because the Unitarians hold very erroneous opinions on the subject of the Divine nature of the Messiah , they are incompetent to think or to act with correctness on all other subjects ? Do they mean to assert that they ought not to
combine their energies with those of other Dissenters in every good work ? Suppose that the Rev . Mr . Aspland should collect among his friends fifty pounds to aid Mr . Smith in his zealous exertions on behalf of our neglected seamen , would Mr . Smith refuse to receive it ? Would he say ' No ; I want the money for a noble purpose , but I will not have it from those who do not
agree with me in opinion respecting the nature of God ? ' Mr . Smith does not act thus . We heard him cheer Lord Nugent at a late meeting of the Protestant Society , when he uttered sentiments which did honour to his head and his
heart , on the subject of religious liberty , and asserted the right of every man to think for himself , and to express his opinions to his fellow-men . He did not ask his Lordship whether he adopted his ( Mr . Smith ' s ) opinions on subjects of infinite moment .
" A body of men called the Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denominations , Presbyterian , Independent , and Baptist , have been in the habit of presenting an address to the throne , expressive of their loyalty to their Sovereign , on the accession of every King ;
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Intelligence . —Addresses to the King and Queen . 645
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 645, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/61/
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