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judges of the claims of Unitarianiem to be the original Christian doctrine . 1 beg to state to the Rajah that the business before the meeting , at this Biomeot , is a motion of thauks to the Rev , Mr . Button for his excellent sermon . It has beep moved by the Rev . hi r . Madge , who always talks well , but who has this day spoken better than I ever heard him before ; apd it has been seconded by Mr . Taylor , of
whoni I will only say that he is a man worthy to second such a motion . With respect to the sermon itself , it was a most manly exposition of our faith ; and even had I not previously known the preacher , I should have augured its cbar racier when I first caught in his accent a little of the language of that country which is famous for downright honesty .
The motion was then carried unauir mously . Rev . Hugh Hutton . —I believe you will do me the justice to accept my assurance that I feel more moved at this mark of . your kindness than at any previous occurrence of my life . I could face a host of adversaries , and be still unmoved 5 but when I see so many
frieudly faces around me , I hardly know how to express myself . In fact , I canr not express what I feel , for I stand here as your debtor , rather than with any claim upon . your thanks . It was the tracts which your Association , under the name of the Unitarian Fund , circulated that reached me in the North of Ireland , and enabled me to emancipate myself
from the Calviuistic creed , and extricate myself from the gulf in which I had nearly been lost . I am , therefore , rather called upon to return thauks to this Association , than to receive any from them ; but as the principles of our faith are opf posed to monopoly , both on earth and in heaven , I shall uot longer trespass on your attention , particularly as 1 have
already this morning occupied &o large a portion of your time . 1 will only say , that the cause is one in which I am ready to exhaust the last particle of my strength and my ability ; for every good feeling which animates my breast I pan trace to the Unitarian principles , to which I stand indebted for so many blessings .
Mr . Richmond . —I have a resolution to propose , the purport of which will , iu some degree , be received with regret , as it refers to the intended retirement of two of your Secretaries—Dr . Bowring and the Rev . Mr . Fox . I cannot , howT ever , doubt your grateful willingness to give them your cordial thanks for their past services . If it were necessary to
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express the cause of their retirement , I would state , that Air . Fox only accepted the office for one year , as his other avocdtious were too numerous to allow him fully to attend to its duties 5 and with respect to Dr . Bowring , that gentleman fin ^ s himself so repeatedly called away from London , that he has it not in his power to discharge the functions of the office . I trust , however , that though he
cannot be secretary , he will , in some measure , act as a sort of missionary to the Society . I beg to move , " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to the Rev . W . J . Fox and Dr . Bowring , on retiring from office , for the distinguished ability and zeal with which they have executed their official duties . " Mr . Bischoff seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously .
Dr . Rees moved the appointment of the new officers of the Association seriatim , which being seconded by various gentlemen , were carried unanimously . They were as follows : Thomas Hornby , Esq ., Treasurer , The Rev . James Yates , Secretary , The Rev . Edward Tagart , Secretary for the Foreign Department . The Rev . Benjamin Mardon , Secretary for the Book and Tract Department ,
Edgar Taylor , Esq ., Solicitor . Committee — Dr . Bowring , Rev . E . Chapman , Rev . W . J . Fox , Rev . Thomas Madge , Mr . W . O . Manning , Rev . J . S . Porter , Mr . Christopher Richmond , Mr . J . T . Rutt , Mr . Richard Surridge , Mr . John Taylor , Mr . Richard Taylor , Mr . E . F . Teschemacher , Mr . James Bid lake , Mr . J . E . Nettervill , Mr . Joseph Wright . Auditors—John Christie , Esq ., Joseph Fernie , Esq ., Thomas Hardy , Esq .
Dr . Bowring . —I feel it as a very signal honour to have entrusted to my care a resolution , the object of which is to welcome our illustrious Oriental friend , and to communicate all we feel and hope towards him . I ought not to say all we feel and hope , for I am sure that it is impossible to give expression to those seutimeuts of interest and anticipation with which his advent here is associated
in all our minds . I recollect some writers have indulged themselves with inquiring what they should feel if any of those time-honoured men whose named have lived through the vicissitudes of ages , should appear among them . They have endeavoured to imagine what would be their sensations if a Plato or a Socrates , a Milton or a Newton , were unexpectedly to honour them with their
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418 Intelligence .- — Unitarian Association .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/58/
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