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MOOR LANE ANNIVERSARY, BOLTON.
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promote such an object , is fulfilling a duty which he o-wes to his Haker and to society . It is incumbent on all who regard those principles in the same light , to exert themselves to the utmost to extend them . These are not times to faint and grow weary in well-doing ; the light of reason has dawned , and , as it ad--vanees , 4 t-d-i scove Ps-the-deformity ^ -of the false systems which have so
longkept the Christian world in bondage . Alarmed for the consequences , the enemies to improvement are exerting themselves to impede its progress . Let the friends of pure religion be then on the alert ; let them seize the favourable opportunity which offers in the growing liberality and intelligence of the age , to promote , with all the earnestness which a firm conviction of its truth
inspires , the simple and cheering doctrine of the Christian faith , as clearly taught in the Scriptures . And above all , let no sordid consideration deter them from performing that duty which , if they be
consistent disciples of-Christ , they must be assured will secure his approbation , when he shall call them to give an account of their stewardship ; remembering his emphatic declaration , that ' of him to whom much is given , much will be required /
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importance m reference to their eternal welfare , as to be worth scarcely the smallest pecuniary sacrifice to maintain . Why should the support of a political principle be . deemed of more importance than the support of religion ? The benefit of the one is transient , and , however great it may be , can bear no comparison with t h ^ t , _ theJnilu . ejice--O-f-which-shalLextend to eternity .
The Unitarians have been thought by some deficient in fervour , and their principles have been charged with the cause of it . This censure is unjust ; although I must confess that , to those who judge of our faith
by the inattention frequently shown by many of us to matters of common and important interest , there may appear to be some reason for it . That the indifference complained of Is culpable , I freely acknowledge , for our divine Master himself censured
the same lukewarmness in his immediate followers , ^ and taught them that whatever their duty prompted them to do ,-they should do it with their might . Notwithstanding this failing , which I trust we shall correct , I feel perfect confidence in the truth of our principles—in their tendency to improve the moral character—in
their capability to afford consolation in the hour of trial—in the hope they inspire of eternal felicity . And entertaining this opinion of their worth , I regard the establishment of every new congregation of Unitarians as a benefit— -as another step towards the attainment of the important
object of restoring Christianity to its original simplicity and beauty ; thereby paving the way to an era of higher hopes and purer joys , when reason and revelation shall go hand in hand , relieving the mind from the debasement to which it has been so
long reduced by the enervating influence of human doctrines , and displaying to it-the effulgence of pure gospel truth . I consider that he , who in any way lends his hand to
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152 INTELLIGENCE AND
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Moor Lane Anniversary, Bolton.
MOOR LANE ANNIVERSARY , BOLTON .
On Sunday and Monday , the 7 th and 8 th of April , was held the Eleventh Anniversary of the opening of the Unitarian Meeting-house , Moorlane , Bolton . The services on Sunday were conducted by the Rev .
William Smith , minister of the congregation , who preached in the morning from the words , * A threefold cord is not quickly broken , ' dwelling upon the necessity and advantages of union and cooperation among the members of a Christian
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1833, page 152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2613/page/24/
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