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any improvement . Their object Was , indeed , to go on from one step to another -until they at length arrived at perfection . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . ^^ . Mr-lX . jr ^ EuTT __ rao veJ ^ he _ next resolution . When he looked to the very important subject contained in the resolution which it became his
duty to submit to the Meeting , he felt most peculiar incompetency to the task , to which he knew he was incapable of doing justice . At the same time he felt gratified in beingpermitted to come forward once more in public , and state his opinions on that which he had always
considered as the most important subject , in which , through a long and varied life , he had been engaged . It was that day , exactly 27 years since , he first took part in the first Meeting of the Unitarian Fund , out of which grew thev British and Foreign Unitarian Association . He could not but recollect
at that moment , nor did he recollect without personal application , how many valued friends who then stood around him , had since sought the silence of the tomb . Nor could he forget , in especial , that veiierable man , whom he had known almost as long as he had "known himself , and whose exemplary life needed not his
eulogium , Mr . John Marsom , who , throughout the course of a very extended life , was able to enjoy his intellectual powers undiminished , and to employ his talents in the promotion of those objects which he deemed most important- —objects which were comprehended in the resolution he intended to propose . It had been his fortune at various times , to know
many excellent and distinguished characters , with whom he had the great happiness of passing some of the most gratifying hours of his life , and he had opportunities of observing the influence of Unitarian doctrines on persons , whose situations in life > W 9 Vo exceedingly various j and in all
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cases they had ptodurced the happiest effects on their moral and religious conduct . ( Hear ]) He had mentioned the circumstance of this Association growing out of the Unitarian Fund . One of the most active instruments in its formation , was his friend , Mi \ David Eaton , whom he had a ! wlip ~^ Mii ^ 7 ^ M ^ look forwards much better than
himself . He remembered when the Unitarian Fund was projected ; he thought th « public were not sufficiently prepared for such a scheme ; Mr . Eaton , however , contended that it was : and he was right . The resolution which was put into his hands , spoke in striking language of Unitarianism , as eminently connected with
the great interests of mankind , intellectual , moral , and religious . If ever there was a period when they should strive with all their might , to propagate those views of religion which could best promote those objects , surely it "was the present ; whefr the many had determined ,
happily determined , no longer to submit to the rule of the few . ( Cheers . ) The days of privilege had passed away ; the days of human rights were rapidly extending ; and what could they desire more , than that the many ,
whilst they advocated their rights , whilst they determined not to cease till they possessed them , should , at the same time , be very mindful of their duties , and that every man should regard his fellow-man , not with the narrow views of creed or
sect , but as part of the great brotherhood of mankind . ( Hear . ) And how Was man so likely to consider his fellow-man in that light , as when he contemplated the paternal character of God ; when he was taught to look upon him as a Deity , not favouring a few and rejecting the multitude , but , as the father of all the
families upon the earth , dispensing his tender mercies to all his peop ( Cheers . ) Surely it was the duty of all who desired to promote such an object , to recommend it , wherever
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 206, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/14/
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