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nerin which- he was received and heard , it is to be presumed that he . has been enabled to dispel some prejudices , and to prepare the way for the introduction of our seutinients , when opportunities of renewed exertions occur . *• At Downhani , there are a number of individuals thoroughly convinced of the truth and importance of Unitarian ism * and always glad of an opportunity of
hearing a minister of the same household of faith as themselves . Your missionary is strongly of opinion , that with a little steady perseverance , Unitarian congretions might be raised , and Sunday Schools opened , at Downham , and at New ChuFch . ( Pendle ) , aud that such event would afford to a number of
steady and devout men an opportunity , which they do not now enjoy , of assem-r bling with their fellow-believers to offer undivided praise to that great and good Being whom they acknowledge as their Father and their God . " At Rawtenstall , there is a small Unitarian chapel , the congregation of
which was formerly Calviuistic . It at present contains 50 or 60 persons professing the Unitarian faith , who are ministered to in rotation , by three of their own members , one of whom is upwards of eighty years of age , and another at preseut disabled by sickness- Under these circumstances , they are extremely desirous of occasional assistance from
this Society , or from any Unitarian minister who can conveniently render it . " At Kitchen row is a Sunday School , several of the conductors of which are Unitarians , who formed part af the congregation at Blackburn , when supplied with preachers by this Society . These persons are desirous , if possible , to iutroduce Unitarian worship at Kitchenrow . Your Committee have felt
themselves justified in making them a grant of books , to the value of 25 « ., towards the formation of a library . * ' Whilst stationed at Padiham , your missionary visited Clithero , in consequence of an application from some of the inhabitants . He is of opinion , that circumstances are peculiarly favourable for the introduction of Unitarianism into that place ; but that it would require , for a time , a sustained effort on the part of this Society . "
From this account it will be seen that the district of Padiham presents a fertile soil , and sure we are that the Association would not regret if they were , during the present or the subsequent summer , to send a missionary into it , and this we should rejoice to find done , the
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rather as the Report gives but a scanty hope , that the Lancashire Society will , for want of funds , be able to continue the services of Mr . Clarke . By adverting to the Treasurer ' s Report , we find that all the good set forth in the Secretary's detail has been done for less than a hundred pounds during the last year *
Surely this Society will not suffer in comparison with the majority of congregations . Is it easy to conceive how more moral and spiritual good can be diffused for so trifling a sum ? And yet we are told the Society languishes for lack of pecuniary supplies , and that , too , though the Association gave it 25 / . during the last year .
The Unitarians of Manchester have done very much to bring into acquaint- , ance and cordial union , one with another , the Unitarians of England and Ireland . This is laudable , and the conductors of the Missionary Society have done well to keep the same object in view , in securing at their last annual meeting the services of that able advocate of Unitarianism , the Rev . Dr . Drummond . It is known that the Rev . Mr .
Robberds was , at the visit of the Association to Manchester made last Midsummer , the mover of a resolution recommending the establishment in London of a mission to the poor . A similar motion was , we find , moved by the Rev . Mr . Beard , and seconded by the Rev . C . D . Hort , at the annual meeting to which we have just alluded . Having heard of
the wealth of the Manchester Unitarians , and knowing that the Association caunot carry the mission into effect without an increase of funds , we hope these gentlemen will follow up their speeches and their motions by an effort to make their friends acquainted with the objects contemplated iu a City Mission , aud thus lead them to give it pecuniary aid .
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Art . III . — The Question " Wliat is Unitarianism ? " answered . A Sermon . By J . R . Beard . Hunter .
1831 . This is a very powerful discourse , and one which must assist in compelling the adversaries of our faith to do us justice . Disagreeable as is the task of self-defence , we feel our obligations to those who undertake it so cheerfully and so fervently as Mr . Beard .
The circumstances under which this sermon was put to press render . it unjust and ungracious to criticise the style , which has the looseness common to extemporaneous compositions . But
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Critical Notices . —Theological . 489-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 489, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/57/
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