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^ rnl ca ^ i 1 N * had * In very midst of thorns ^ eede of ortiw-4 o « y , -jjafe b ^ ven-born plant has sprang lirid flourished , 80 dear and abuitiint is the evidence which the Bi&eaifords of the truth of the gteat pprnpipjes of Unitacianism , that bolb in Eagland and in foreign ^ otintrks pia ^ y , very nuany , have adopted the pure faith of Christ without human « id t without readi ng a Unitarian work , without having heard ] of the Unitarian uame , tliaugh the adoption required them to work their way , uoaided by
ipai > , through the mass of orthodox corruption which ages-had accumulated * This spQtktaRepus revival of primitive truth is now in rapid progress . Often ka ? e the Reviewer ' sparty themselves borne their extorted testimony to the progress K > f ; WnUariantsai in Germany . We do not assert that all thaft is j * o * elj } n fcfeat interesting land is our heritage . From much of it we carefylly al ^ lain . But much also is the whole and the unadulterated gospel : f& jpthW p ^ fis of the Continent our principles are beginning to prevail w £ know n *> K how . The Bible , with God ' s blessing , has been the only preacher .
In FranQ ^ -especially m Paris , and around the shores of the Mediterranean , the glorious truth of God ' s unity and essential goodness many a heart once bound in orthodox bondage recognizes with exultation . What a revolution of seR ^ iment has taken place in Geneva ! In the very head quarters of Calvmi $ m Unitarianism is all but universal . And yet this Calvinist asks for our triumphs , and wonders where we find support . In Poland we should haye mat with «* a great multitude" of men professing the pure faith of
Je § us , had BOt orthodox cruelty exiled those whom it could not purchase gut ia Trans-ylvaBia the sufferers for conscience * sake are found , and their pastors , mm of learning , sense , and zeal , bring together to their temples what our opponent denies to be possible , " a fair proportion of the several orders , tbe opulent , the mercantile , and the poor . * ' We number there not less than 4 iO , 000 professors , with a noble apparatus of churches , schools , and colleges , supported by their own voluntary contributions ; and they have tiemi and are- in a state of regular increase .
; Sull , is it said , you have done nothing for foreign lands ? Who planted the seeds of Unitarianism in the United States of America but Priestley and a few other English worthies ? To that country let the assailant turn his attention * Throughout that interesting land he that has watched tbe progress of religion for the last few years may have seen society after society seceding from the orthodox communion , and new chapels rising in quick with the
succession , so that the education of ministers cannot keep pace rapid cjbang « . * From the Unitarians , properly so called , let us turn to Uni «* versalista . Their churches are to be reckoned by hundreds , and they are nearly all of the Unitarian faith * To these must be added the secession whiclv undjer Elias Hicks , recently took from the ranks of Trinitarianism nearly half the Qqakers o £ the United States . The most interesting body remains to be mentioned . A few years since a number of persons in
various parts of the Union , disgusted with orthodox intolerance and resolved to be as free as God and Christ had made them , left , simultaneously as k happened , various communions of those who , with all their diversities , a * e still termed orthodox . They began to use the rights which thoy had vcai tiired tq assert . . Tfeey read , though ^ and determined , each for aimse ^ the Bible qnly being their guide . The result might htrre been predicted Th ^
* Seetheliast Annual Report of the American Uuitarian Assbdatioii in a stride quent part of this number . " '
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3 the the and 3 Fhe Watchman . 775
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 775, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/47/
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