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and all-sufficient atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ , can ever be admitted as members of this body .
" Thomas Smith , Secretary . " The hands of the ministers were strengthened by a previous public meeting of Trinitarians at the Paul ' s Head , Catcaton Street , where a string of resolutions was passed , very much of the same description as those adopted at the
Smith riot , mentioned in our last numjjer ; except that these were more comp rehensive , and included an approval of all attempts , any where made or making "by the soi-disant orthodox to put down the right of private judgment . We have not heard whether banners were
displayed at this meeting ; but if so , the most appropriate inscription would have been " The Cause of Bigotry and Persecution all the world over . " The Trinitarian Presbyterians , both in and out of connexion with the Kirk have also been put forward to claim all the Presbyterian Chapels as their property , and " a bold and decided movement" to obtain them has been recommended in
their name by a correspondent in the World . The seizure of a few endowments would doubtless be very convenient . The war does not yet support itself . The following begging advertisement has been put forth : " Expenses of the late Meetings respecting the Dissenters' Address to the Throne , —The Christian friends who have felt it
a solemn duty to convene two public meetings , at the City of London Tavern , and at the Great Room , Paul ' s Head , Cateaton Street , respecting the Socinian Kepresentation and Union , find that the expenses of the rooms hired , with advertisements , placards , and other
expenses , amount to , £ 40 , only £ 6 of which have yet been contributed . The motive being perfectly disinterested , and the object being pre-eminently for the glory of God , it is presumed , there may be persons who are disposed to contribute a mite towards those expenses . "
The chief interest of these proceedings is in the influence which they will have upon the more enlightened Trinitarians , who must either submit to be dragged through the mud by those with whom they are unequally yoked , or else make an honourable stand for more liberal
principles and conduct . There is yet much of sober piety , sound sense , and good feeling in the party > and we heartily wish it a speedy and happy deliverance .
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Intelligence . —Scottish Unitarian Christian Association . 723
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Scottish Unitarian- Christian Association ,
( From the Christian Pioneer . ) An Annual General Association of the Unitarians of Scotland , for mutual cooperation aud encouragement , was instituted in the year 1813 . Its meetings were continued for various objects till 1824 . Circumstances having latterly arisen which seemed to require the agency and superintendence of such an
institution , a meeting was held in the Unitarian Chapel , Glasgow , on Sunday evening , 18 th July . It was numerously and respectably attended . Mr . Harris commenced with prayer , and then gave a general statement of the prospects of the cause of free inquiry and Christian benevolence at Dundee , Tillicoultry ,
Lanark , Carluke , Port-Glasgow , Greenock , &c . The Meeting having been addressed by various individuals of Glasgow , Paisley , and Dundee , it was unanimously resolved , to re-establish the Association . The following resolutions , constituting the laws of Association * were severally proposed and seconded , and unanimously adopted .
1 . That it is a most desirable object to form and maintain a regular correspondence with the different individuals and societies in Scotland , united in the belief and advocacy of the strict Unity of God , aud of his univeisal love to his creatures .
2 . That no means appear to be better adapted to the accomplishment of that object , than the institution of an Annual General Association , holding its meetings at the places in which such societies exist , and maintaining a correspondence through the medium of its Committee . 3 . That such an Association is
calculated not only to unite the societies themselves in a spirit of friendship most worthy aud illustrative of the Christian name , but will also tend to the encouragement of individuals , afford an excellent opportunity to explain to the public
their religious principles , to expose the misrepresentations that are circulated respecting them , aud to diffuse a spirit of inquiry and bencvoleuce . 4 . That we , therefore , form ourselves into a Society , to be denominated "The Scottish Unitarian Christian
Association . " 5 . That the objects of this Association are—1 st , To promote and keep up an intercourse aud correspondence between
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 723, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/67/
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