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^ deration out expenditure , and of how and where M may be lessened . I know that it would be unwise to go into the discussion at such a meeting as this , because we are met on a joyful occasion , and ought not to be cheeked by a consideration of pounds , shillings , and pence ; I will therefore move , that when this meeting break up , the subscribers
adjourn to a meeting , two or three days hence , to consider what shall be done . Do not , however , let me be mistaken ; 1 trust that we shall all be ready to apply our best zeal aud energies to promote the objects of the Society ; but I cannot hear the statement that has been made without warning you of the difficulties in which you are about to entaugle yourselves .
The Rev . Chairman . —Before I put the motion which I hold in my hand , ( Mr . Christie ' s resolution , ) allow me to state , that it is with unfeigned pleasure that I witness the Christian feeling that pervades all the speakers , so that even though an objection be made , it is in kindness of spirit , and from no desire but that of seeking the best means of promoting the welfare of this valuable Association .
^^ B ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^ ^^^^ ^ V ^ r ^* ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^^^ ^" Mr . Christie's resolution was then carried unanimously . Mr . Young . —I believe that 1 shall not now be out of order in moving , that soon after the breaking op of this meeting an adjourned meeting of subscribers be held . Mr . Christie . —I beg to submit to our friend , whether his suggestion will not be sufficient to call the attention of
the Committee to the subject . Though there is a deficiency in the Treasurers hands , there is none in fact , for we have . £ 2000 in our stock of books . I make this statement because I would not have oor friends go away with the idea that there is a deficiency . Of course , I have no objection to the question being investigated by the subscribers ; but I think there can be no doubt that the
Committee will take means to make the stock of books available . Mr . Young . —The stock of books cannot be available , for they must be kept for the purposes of the Institution ; and if we go on for two or three years on the principle of increasing our expenditure , difficulties mart arise .
The Rev . Chairman . —I pot it to Mr . Young , whether it is not likely that lie will attain the object that he has in view by the statement which he has made in so manly and Christian a way . Mr . Young . —1 shall most willingly yield to your suggestion , Sir . [ Motion withdrawn . ]
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Rev . Thomas Madge . —I rise to more , " That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Rev . Hugh Hutton , A . M ., for his able and energetic Sermon delivered before the Association this morning . * To all who heard that powerful sermon I am sure I need not say that it was well calculated to kindle afresh all
our ardour , to give new force to all our zeal , as well as to promote union and co-operation in this great cause . God acts in human affairs by the instrumentality of hnman means ; and though we know that truth is mighty and will prevail , it can only be by the care of those to whom truth is for the time committed .
We , as members of this Association , stand on one great broad principle . We do not assemble for any narrow or sectarian purpose , but for the promotion of those great truths which we think most abound in glory to God and peace aud happiness to man ; which , as they concern all , so are they for all , and
necessarily lie at the foundation of an enlightened religion . Dr . Channing , of whose talents no one can hold a higher opinion than myself , has somewhere said that he is afraid of the bonds of party connexion —of the trammels imposed ou the human mind by a particular name or denomination . This remark may apply to those who deal in notions of a subtle or
mysterious nature ; it may be said with justice of a church that imposes on all its disciples a subscription to thirty-nine articles of faith , each of which contaius ten times that number of specific propositions . But I do not see how , with any truth and justice , it can be applied to us ,
as Unitarians ; for that name only distinguishes and characterizes the profession of one God , the common Father of all , and the relationship to one Master , Jesus Christ ? As long as there are opinions connected with Christianity which we think a libel both on the character of
God and the nature of man , it is surely right and fitting that there should be some name to distinguish opinions that partake of a more liberal , expanded , aud generous nature . A man , however , is not the less a Unitarian because he does not wish to be called so , and it would ,
therefore , be unreasonable lo object to any terra , provided it be significant and just ; and , at the same time , I am ready to grant that when we snail all have become Unitarians , the sooner we dispense with the name the better , for no one can wish more than I do to sink the
name of Unitarian in that of Christian : this is the euthanasia most devoutly to be wished . The stream of religious ojri-
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416 Inteiligence . — Unitarian Association .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/56/
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