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    and whenever they had an opportujnity , and to recommend it , not jnerely by precept to others , but above all , to recommend it to the -w'orld by the example of their own practice and conduct . He would intrude on them no longer . There were recollections connected with the

    su , b . j-e . c . tjwitlijftdiich-he-dared-no t-tr-tist himself . He hoped that the Unitarian Association would gaon extending and prospering , till it terminated in the way they all desired , —by this world becoming Christian ; that word Christian , thus happily superseding

    tlie word Unitarian . ( Cheers . ) The venerable gentleman concluded by reading the resolution : — ' That the harmony which subsists between the sublime and comprehensive principles of Unitarian Christianity , and all those influences , whether moral and

    political , or intellectual , literary , and philosophical , which , under the direction of Infinite Wisdom , conspire to lead the human race onwards to per--fection , affords to the professors of this religious system the most delightful encouragement to persevere

    in the honest and open avowal of their sentiments ; and that , in the opinion of this Meeting , the present is a time demanding their earnest union , co-operation , and unremitted exertion , to extend the knowledge of their Christian principles , and thus to advance more and more their

    beneficial influence / Rev . W . J . Fox rose amidst loud cheering . He said , I have beeft requested to second this motioitv That I do so with great pleasure will be readily imagined , because the sentiments embodied therein are those which I am very well known to have endeavoured most earnestly

    and diligently to promulgate . I shall do so very briefly , because there is much and important business before us , because also we have been alread y gratified , and I hope we shall be yet further gratified , by listening to those whom we have n always with us on these occa ^

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    sion-s ; and because it would be less gratifying to my feelings if that resolution were to be adopted under the influence of persuasion instead of a firm conviction of its truth . The great principle expressed in this resolution , the harmony of the divine word , and all divine works and

    influences— embraces ^ rtie ^ bjecirTf human research and industry , all arts and sciences , all systems , political , moral , or sacred , uniting them all by one common bond of union , regarding them as parts of one entire plan of the universal Creator and benignant Father of mankind . The object of human science , as connected with the works of the

    Creator , is to develope parts of his one uniform plan for the instruction anil advantage of his creatures , and to set forth the glory and the goodness of Him who reared the lofty mountains j and who caused the earth to bring forth the fruits of its beneficence , whilst its tendency is to form and elevate the human

    character , and to expand the mind and the heart by teaching us " to regard whatever the Creator has thought worthy of producing by his power as entitled to our strongest interest . ( Hear , hear . ) It gives me the hi g hest gratification to find such a sentiment as this proposed to the Meeting , and adopted , or

    likely to be adopted , purely for its own sake . It shows a growing sense of the peculiar position which as Unitarians we ought to take . We are most strong in principles such as these , whilst the moment we confine ourselves to the limited objects of a sect , we of all people have the least chance of gaining credit for ourselves

    or of producing beneficial results . We differ from other sects in this , that our principles are common to all ; nor can Unitarianisrn be made the watchword of a sect or party * Other religionists form themselves upon some petty subordinate peculiarity , a peculiarity magnified into importance because it is theirs alone . The effect of this is that their chief

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/15/