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    the removal of the disabilities which still existed with regard to the Jews He should , however , not take up the time of the Meeting with many observations on the subject . It must be gratifying to them all to see the last remnant of political intolerance in this country likely to

    be removed , especially must it be gratifying to them , the lovers of religious liberty , after the generous conduct of the English Dissenters towards the Irish Catholics , to see both uniting for the purpose of extending the same privileges to their Jewish fellow-subjects which they had obtained for themselves . The

    resolution was as follows : That this Association regards with unabated interest and sympathy the efforts of the Jews to obtain relief from all civil disabilities , and anticipates with cordial congratulation the success of the Bill now before

    Parliament , which , if- sanctioned by the Legislature , will raise that venerable portion of their countrymen to the same political position with themselves ; but that , looking beyond the defeat of ignorance , defamation , and bigotry , hy the triumphant passing of the present Bill , this Meeting

    trusts the day will soon arrive , when Jews shall be at liberty to enter the Public Schools and the Universities , as freely as the Houses of Parliament , to aim at literary as well as civic wreaths , and to vie with their distinguished brethren , who , to the disgrace of Protestant England , are admitted in Catholic countries to the

    full advantages of public education , and are thereby enabled in many cases to attain to the highest honours in the medical profession , and in various departments of Jearning and philosophy . ' Rev . Mr . Talbot seconded the

    resolution . The present generation owed a debt to the Jews . Our ancestors had robbed the Jew , stripped him , and left him on the way side . It was our duty to take care that we did not pass by on

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    the other side , but rather imitate the conduct of the good Samaritan . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Rev . J . Yates begged leave to occupy the attention of the Meeting " for a few minutes on the subject

    which had called forth a greater number of petitions to Parliament , in the course of the present Session , than almost any other , —the observance of the sabbath . It was impossible to go through the streets of this metropolis , and not feel

    regret at the manner in which the sabbath day was desecrated . The mode , however , in which it was proposed to remedy this evil would * was sure , not prove effectual . He begged to call the attention of the Meeting to the Athanasian Creed , which , on certain occasions , as

    on Trinity Sunday , Whit Sunday , and Easter Sunday , formed part of the rubric i at i ; he commencement and termination of which creed , sentence of damnation , and a eurse was pronounced against all who did not agree in its statements and doctrines . It appeared to him , and

    indeed he thought it must appear to the Meeting , that sucli a creed was very unlikely to produce feelings of charity and Christian love ; and it was highly desirable that its abolition should immediately take place . ( Hear , hear . ) The rev ,. gentleman concluded by moving a resolution , which was subsequently withdrawn .

    Mr . Corpell begged to express his dissent from this resolution , ^ objected to any interference on the part of Unitarians with the creed of any other Christian denomination . ( Hear , hear . )

    Rev . S . Wood expressed a similar opinion . If the church people liked to go to church a" " curse their neighbours , let them ^ it . It did not injure us , and it cou d not do us any benefit to meddle with the services of another church ( Hear . )

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    212 INTELLIGENCE AND

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/20/