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the Political Pnion , ( Applause . ) It is tHis which has strengthened me in those of my exertions which required the greatest perseverance , which has given me nerve when called to struggle with the oppressor , or to minister consolation to the
oppressed . It is this which has made me-regardless ^ of-oppasi ^ ion ^ airf' ^ a lumny . It is this which I have ever placed before me as the greatest and most important object of human exertion and existence , and the recollection of having done anything for this great cause would be strong consolation in the moment of dissolution . ( Continued
cheering- ) The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimousl y * Rev . B . Mardon . The resolution which he had to propose to them , expressed the great interest which they felt in the state of British India , and iir the propagation of Unitarian Christianity in that and other countries .
He could not avoid reverting to one interesting fact , that they were honoured on the present occasion with the presence of an individual , who , having been brought up in the doctrines of Polytheism , had embraced those of Unitarianism , and who was acknowledged to be one of the most
enlightened of our species . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted he was not departing from the rules of delicacy , in thus alluding to one who was so justly celebrated for his profound knowledge and vast acquirements , for his extraordinary personal industry , and who , by the mere effort of
his reasoning powers , had obtained a victory over the strong instigations of personal interest , and the still stronger preconceptions of his original education . ( Cheers . ) He had favoured them with his presence on a former occasion , nor had he hesitated to come forward now and declare his
attachment to the truths of Unitarian Christianity . Born a heathen and an idolater , in very early life he began
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to suspect and reject the errors of Heathenism . He then examined into the evidence in favour of Moham medanisrn and Christianity . He found , the evidence in favour of Mohammed anism deficient ; but that in behalf o Christianity he found satisfactory and he became a believer in tru e
ScripfuralXIhristianity . Nor was this all ; for by his own personal intercourse , he converted to Unitarianism a Missionary who was sent out to India for the purpose of extending the tenets of Calvinism . ( Cheers . ) They had also then present , a very interesting young person who had been taken up by the Committee of
the Association , in order to impart to his youthful mind those truths which they hoped he would hereafter be the means of promulgating to the natives of British India . ( Hear . ) He would detain them no longer r but conclude by moving the resolution ;^ - ' That this Meeting cannot review the labours of . their venerable friend and
agent William Roberts of Madras , without recording their cordial esteem and sympathy towards him and his friends in British India ; their hope that the Infant Churches now rising in that part of the world may go on increasing in numbers and prosperity ,
cultivating Scriptural knowledge , pure devotion , and practical virtue ; and may be succeeded by others worthy to enter into their labours , and to sow the seeds , . of pure Christianity under the direction , and with the blessing of that God who giveth the increase . '
Rev . Gjeo . Kenrick seconded the motion with great pleasure . Dr . Carpenter had observed , in relation to what yet remained to be done , —a promotion , of the Unitarian cause , — that wherever power was given , there it was our duty to employ it for good .
It was an observation of Mr , Burke , that the power of a despot extends but a very little way ; and that even the Czar of Russia on the shores of the Caspian , or the Grand Turk in Egypt , gets such obedience aa he
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CORRESPONDENCE . 209
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/17/
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