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following speakers by staling the design and objects df the meeting . The Rev , lit K . Philp moved , and Mr . Blundeil , of Hull , seconded— •« That the members of this Association , which is formed on thg principle of mutual en * tJourageinent and aid In the profession and diffusion of Christian Unitarianism , rejoice to observe the increasing eiforts everywhere making with success for the
promotion of what they deem the truth as it is in Jesus ;— that they particularly rejoice to recognize the existence and operations of numerous similar Associations throughout the United Kingdom ; —and that , while the progress of their opinions is apparently simultaneous with that of civilization , knowledge , and liberty , they deduce from these facts continually fresh evidence of the soundness and value of their faith . "
The Rev . G . Harris , of Glasgow , moved , and Mr . Gardner , of Hull , seconded' * That no form of religion is worthy of adoption , which has not a direct tendency to promote the intellectual and moral improvement of mankind ;—that , with these views , we consider the intellectual
and moral culture of the people , by whatever means promoted , not merely as a temporal blessing to themselves , but as a grand auxiliary to the spread of pure and uncorrupted Christianity , destined ere long to produce a vast accession of rejoiciug members to the profession of Unitarian ism . We are further
convinced that Unitarian Christianity is pre-eminently calculated to improve the social character of man , and to answer one of the best ends of the Gospel—the establishment of ' peace on earth , goodwill towards men . Mr . W . H . Holdsworth , of Hull , moved , and Mr . Bedford , of Lincoln , seconded" That persecution , in every form , mode ,
and degree , is utterly inconsistent with the rights of nature and with the spirit of the Gospel , and decidedly hostile to the progress of truth ;—and it is therefore the earnest desire of this meeting to see every persecuting statute which still disgraces the laws of our country speedily sharing the fate of the now extinct Corporation and Test Acts and Catholic disabilities . "
The Rev . W . Outfield , of Thorne , moved , and the Rev . E . Higginsou , of Hull , seconded—" That the Unitarian faith springs out of the great Protestant principle of the sufficiency of Holy Scripture ; —that its professors have been distinguished by the maintenance and active assertion of that principle ; and that we
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therefore rejoice to find that the British and Foreign Bible Society resisted and repelled a recent attempt to impose a doctrinal test on the members of that institution . " After a Second hymn , the meeting concluded with prayer , offered by Mr * Worsley . Nearly two hundred Unitarian tracts were distributed at the doors as the audience dispersed . July 7 > 1831 . E , H .
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Eastern Unitarian Society . The Nineteenth Anniversary of the Eastern Unitariau Society was held at Ipswich , June 29 and 30 . " The Rev . H . Hawkes , of Norwich * introduced the service on the Wednesday evening , when 1 Cor . ix . was read ; and the Rev . Jerom Murch , of Diss , delivered an energetic sermon from a part of the twenty-fourth verse : < f So run , that ye may obtain . "
From these words he took occasion to unfold " the means of removing obstacles to the progress of Unitariau Christianity ; " and , as the three most important , dwelt especially upon the necessity of union among its professors , frequent controversies with its opponents , and practical manifestations of its excellence . After service , it had been arranged that the friends should meet at the Suffolk
hotel to supper ; and the evening was closed in a pleasant , social manner . On the Thursday morning , the Rev . T . C . Holland , of Loughborough , introduced the service , when 1 John iv . was read ; and the Rev . George Harris , of Glasgow , delivered a copious , impressive , and stirring sermon on " Antichristwhat it is , and what it is not . ** His text was 2 John 7 : " For many deceivers are entered into the world , who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh . This is a deceiver and an antichrist ; " from which he took an expansive view of the subject , beginning with the age of the Apostles , and tracing it historically for several centuries ; and laboured to shew that , while other sects of professing Christians had their
leading doctrines in common , Unitarians stood alone , opposed to all , and by all ; and that the extirpation of Antichrist must be the universal prevalence of Unitarian ) sin . It was gratifying to hear that this sermon had recently been published at Glasgow , and £ number of copies were subscribed for at once .
Immediately after service , the business of the Society was transacted ; Stephen A . NotCHtt , Esq ., in the chair . The
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1831, page 570, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2600/page/66/
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