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tioD , replied , that he should be happy to second the motion , only substituting
" corruptions" for " forgeries , " as he thought that , except 1 John v . 7 , the common copies of the Bible contain no passages which can be called " forgeries . " I immediately assented to his remark , and presuming that the word •* forgeries" had been adopted inadvertently , I substituted " corruptions . " With this latter word the resolution was
proposed , seconded , put , and passed . It nevertheless happened , that , as a considerable number of copies of the resolution had beeu prepared , the sub-secretary , though he noticed the variation . took it as he found it after the meeting in the greater number of copies , and , as your account of the meeting was printed very speedily , the error was not corrected .
I understand that the resolution was inserted in the Newspapers with the same erratum , JAMES YATES .
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On the Report of the Unitarian Association Anniversary . To the Editor . Sir , June . 4 , 1831 . As I presume you are an ardent supporter of the Unitarian Fund , I call upon you to supply an omission in the statement of its means as proportioned to its expenditure . By the statement in the
Repository , it might be inferred that 70 / . ouly is the excess of expenditure beyond the income of last year , whereas it was above three hundred pounds . Now , if the Institution is to be supported upon the present scale of expenditure , this fact should not be concealed , that the present expenditure , and consequently objects , of
the Society must be diminished , or its income increased by subscriptions and donations ; the latter , from former life subscribers , may be fairly expected , as a subscription of ten guineas cannot but be more than exhausted in upwards of twenty years' operations . AN OLD ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER .
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Fund for Aged Ministers . To the Editor . Fen Court , Sir , April 21 , 1831 . Reflecting upon the causes of the
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decline of religious congregations , I have found none more powerful than the de * cay of their ministers by the infirmities of age , and I would suggest as a remedy , the formation in every such society of ' * A Superannuation Fund . " Many difficulties would attend the con * duct and application of such a fund , and they could be obviated only by the
establishment of a set of unchangeable roles . I would suggest the following : —the subscription raised shall be vested in the hands of three Trustees , ( being members of the congregation , ) and upon the death , bankruptcy , secession , or resignation of any Trustee , the congregation shall
appoint a successor . This fund shall be placed at interest in Government Stock , and shall accumulate till tbe minister has reached his sixtyfifth year—or until five-sixths of the congregation shall have expressed in
writing their desire that he may enjoy tbe interest , and he retires accordinglyprovided always that no minister shall ever enjoy this revenue who has not first retired from the pulpit , and given , up every pecuniary advantage that belonged to him as minister . No minister shall
ever enjoy this revenue who has refused to retire at sixty-five , or when five-sixths of his people shall have desired his retirement , or who shall have been chosen to the pulpit after his fiftieth year . Upon the death of any minister who has enjoyed this revenue , the current half year only shall be paid to his widow or representative , and thereupon the fund shall go on to increase for the benefit of future disabled miuisters .
I know of no means of rescuing a congregation from tjie consequences , of their own precipitation and blindness in choosing a feeble , or an indolent , selfish and worldly pastor ; but it is surely something to propose a plan by which we may be spared from regarding those whom we have long loved , respected ,
and admired , with less than affection and respect : a plan , by which the interests of religion may be reconciled with the dictates of humanity , and the vigour of youth be brought to engage the young , whilst the unobstructed sympathies of age are allowed to attend the veteran to the tomb . JOHN HUTTON .
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492 Miscellaneous Correspondence .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/60/
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