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Providence ; and I trust , that our cause , which we Relieve tp be the cause of truth and of hunoau happiness , is on the advance , aud that those who may assemble here in future will meet in this place sages from the East aud professors from the West j that some will join them from the North and from the South f and that there will at length come to
such assemblies as the worshipers of one God , in obedience to the command of the man Christ Jesus , individuals from the banks of rivers yet unknown to song , aud from populous and frequented regions now nothing but impenetrable forests . Sir , I beg to move , " That the Treasurer ' s Report be received and approved . " Mr . Edward Taylor seconded the
resolution . Rev . Samuel Wood . —There is one Item in the Treasurer ' s account of which I cannot approve . It is that announcing the expenditure of 83 / . by the deputation for attending the adjourned General Meeting at Manchester . Eight persons were sent down to that meeting at the expense of the Society , and I contend that four would have been quite sufficient .
The Chairman . —Allow me to state that the deputation to Manchester was appointed at the General Meeting of the Association . It wa . d therefore the act of the whole Society ; and whether it was wise or not cannot now be discussed , The only question is , whether , having deputed these gentlemen , the Society will pay their expenses or leave the charges entailed upon themselves .
. Mr . Younu . —I am unwilling to discuss items of account ; but before the evening closes I shall take an opportunity of considering how the funds may be improved , so as not to admit of the excess of expenditure that was incurred last year .
Rev . James Yates . —Though X was not one of the deputation to Manchester , 1 can state . one or two circumstances which will shew that the Committee were justified in what they have done . At the same time I beg to offer iuy thanks to the Rev . Mr . Wood for the open and manly manner in which he has
brought the question before the meeting . Our friends at Manchester were desirous of taking on themselves , in the hand-» soinest way , the whole expense of the deputation ; and with that view a collection was made , which was such as to cover the whole expense incurred . With respect to the number of the deputation , it was made up in such a mauner
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that no one could with any propriety have been omitted ; and the consequence of this visit has been a considerable addition to the number of subscribers to the Association . The resolution was then carried unanimously , Rev . B . Mardon then read the Report of the Committee .
Mr . Christie . —I beg to move , " That the Report of the Committee be received . " But previous to putting the motion I wish to remark , that the acquiescence of the Association in receiving the Report is quite compatible with any one risking in due time and making remarks which may differ from the substance of that Report . The Committee have
embodied all the great and substantive objects of the meeting in separate and distinct resolutions ; aud when they are brought forward , will be the proper time for auy individual to say what he may have to say ou the particular subject embraced in ( he resolution . I make these remarks because I have formerly perceived that sometimes after the reading
o € the Report individuals have made motions which , if they would have waited , they would have found had been provided for in the resolutions prepared by the Committee ; but I trust that in what I have said it will not at all be supposed that I have been making any attempt to abridge the right of any member of the Association . Mr . Richmond seconded the resolution .
Mr . YoyNG . —\ cannot consent to the reception of the Report without suggest , ing a plan to remedy the great evil which appears to afflict the situation of the Uuitariau Association . I am unwilliug to make any observations which may cast a damp on the great aud holy cause in which we are engaged , fur I trust my
heart is as strongly imbued with its importance as auy one ' s can be , especially as I have been with you from its very origin , aud always its consistent supporter . But it appears absolutely necessary to make some observations on the Report as an account , because , unless we square our progress with our means , the result must ultimately be an injury
to the cause . I do not nud fault with the disbursement that has been made in itself ; but I think that it is disproportioned to the means which we possess x and I , therefore , cannot agree that the Committee , shall go on with an expenditure which must increase the difficulty . On this occasion , 1 will merely intimate the necessity that there is for a recon-
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fittelligence . — Unitarian Association . 415
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 415, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/55/
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