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that we entertain- the greatest ex * pectation of benefit to the cause of Liberal Christianity from the piety , learning , and talent to be devoted to the duties of this office . 1 Resolved , That it is expedient that a general public meeting should
be held in this city as soon as convenienVfoi ^ the-purpose-of-addressing the body of Liberal Christians in behalf of the undertaking ; that the gentlemen who have been invited to be present here and to serve as committees in the several parishes , be requested to use their efforts to induce those to attend at that
meeting who can best aid this measure by their influence , wealth , talents , and interest in the cause / Professor Palfrey then addressed the meeting ., HALsaid . jfeh . at we must consider the relations in which we stood to our brethren in the country , to the candidate who had been
elected , and to Christians of other denominations , since we had dedared the " necesSi'tjnof this measure , had called on others for aid , and had , by inviting a gentleman to >
accept the office , pledged ourselves for the means of enabling him to accept and perform its duties . What would be said by others , if we should not proceed with spirit in an undertaking which we had declared to be so imr
portant to the interests of Liberal Christianity ? Professor Palfrey made many other judicious and appropriate reniarks ; wjii 0 h ; riave escaped ! iis , as we made no notes at the time . George Bond , Esq ., then made some inquiry respecting the amount of permanent funds intended to be raised ; . ; whether it was proposed to rake a sum sufficient for the
entire . support .-of-an ~ Agent ,- inde <* pendently of subscriptions for any number of years or annual contributions . . ; Judge Rogers answered that it bad been determined to receive do * nations to a fund , and subscriptions for any number of years , at the
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pleasure of each contributor , hoping to obtain the advantage of a sufficient fund to give security and permanency to the appointment , though it still might be dependent for part of its support upon the favour which its usefulness would certainly secure from the liberality of the public .
-- ™ Revv 44 r ^ Bar-kman'then ^ addressed the meeting . He said that if it had been the intent of the measure to send an Agent into the parishes of other denominations to divide and excite them , if he were to go wherever he was called merely to build up a party , he should have had no interest in its success . But no such course
was intended to be pursued . The Agency was intended for the promotion of pure Christianity , by strengthening our own denomination indeed , yet without injuring others . There were many places where L $ -
beral Christians were sufficiently strong to establish societies and were ready to do this , if they re . ceived proper " sympathy affd " encouragement , without any attempt at proselyting those around them . He knew of two societies which had
been-formed , in different places , who from some disappointment and discouragement , which might have been prevented , had ceased to support public worship . They were still ready to make another attempt , if by some measure of this kind , they should receive countenance and
encouragement in tljerr " endeavours . That there was a wide field for the usefulness of an Agent , limited only by his ability . That the correspondence and other duties of the Secretary had become so extensive , that the performance of the duty
requjred-had . been . long . ~ attended . with great sacrifices , and seemed income patible with the paramount claim of a parish upon his services . We regret that we have not been able to give the whole of the remarks of the several speakers , or to do justice to theme which we have been able
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TjNITARIAtN CBBON 1 CTLE . Q 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 1, 1833, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2605/page/25/
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