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and knowledge , as ° well as the religious and moral culture and dom estic happiness which he enjoyed under his roof , he did not think the Committee could have placed him under better guidance . He could never sufficiently express his obligations to the friends of his infancy : ;__
but he hoped , at some future time , either to bring or send good tidings of his proceedings from his native country to those friends in England who have done so much for his future welfare . Having said thus
much , lie could only conclude by assuring them that in no exertion of body or mind should he be wanting to carry their benevolent views into operation , and he hoped they would never have occasion to regret this extension 6 f their benevolence to a
stranger . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Lister said that he . had a resolution to propose , which was oiie ^ of great interest , the object of which was to ~ obtain a more correct and perfect system of parochial registration ; an improvement from which the greatest advantages would be
derived / Independently of its inter--ference in religious feelings , the present system was pregnant with difficulties and expense of no ordinary kind , — of these , from the nature of his profession , he was peculiarly aware . Cases frequently occurred which rendered it
necessary to go , not merely -into different parishes of the metropolis , but into every county in England , ' in order to search for the registry of a burial , a marriage , or a baptism . The excuse of such a search in 10 , 000 parishes , of which the fees alone ? would be at least 10 , 000 sMllingS )
was very considerable ; and frel l"cntly , after having searched all the parishes without success , it bet ' ftrne necessary to resort to the st'coudary evidence of some old famil y h ' ible , or other record , ( Hear . ) Au alteration in this system was ' ^ solutely necessary , and an im-P ^ Y ed mode of registration , p aji >
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tieularty of marriages would "be of the greatest advantage to every member of the community . Ifc was highly important in a religious and conscientious , as well as in a legislative point of view . One plan that might be adopted , was , to make the X §^ i ^ exs _ jDtf ^ all _ meeting-h 0 uses ^ g'oodl i —" evidence that the persons therein named had been joined together in marriage . Nothing could be more
improper than the present plan , which made marriage a system of religion , and compelled persons to go to a church , perhaps for the only time in their lives , to do that which they thought illegal , and which was against their consciences ; he trusted also they should not want the support of the ladies in this matter , for he knew a gentleman , a rieh man , ( and he had no doubt that there were hundreds
more , ) who had declared he would never get married till the marrage law was altered . ( Hear , and a laugh . ) He concluded by moving the following resolution : ¦ - ' That this Meeting regards the present parliamentary inquiry into the state of parochial registration as not the less interesting to Unitarians , because it may
lead to the attainment of great social advantages , and most im * portant legal securities for the nation at large ; but that , independently of these general and patriotic views , a plan for the universal registration of births / , iti&friages , and deaths , by officers in their civil
capacity , will be peculiarly serviceable in various ways to Dissenters from . the Established Church ; and in particular will facilitate most materially the execution of that measure ,, at which this Association has aimed from its first origin , —the relief of Dissenters from the operation of the existing Marriage Law . " Rev . B . Mardon seconded the
resolution , which was carried unan > mously , Mr . Richard Taylor rose to move a resolution , relating to the measure now before Parliament for
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/19/
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