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the subject wiljhout [ frequently disturbing their slumbers . ( Cheers . ) Had the Hksentem afc large felt , as they ought long ago , the burthen of the present Marriage Act , and its intolerable disgrace , they would , long ere this , have been emancipated . ( Hear . ) If the Dissenters generally \ vere ^ earnest ~ m ^ their- ^< ieterminat ~ ion
to obtain the repeal of this Act , he would rather hold with them > if he found them slumbering , he hoped the Unitarian deputies would do their best to awaken them ; but if , after all , they could not be brought to move , then he would say go on without them . ( Applause . )
Rev . D . pAVisoN was imperfectly heard ; we understood him to say , that in one or two points , the Report of the Committee was somewhat , erroneous * It was well known that some members then present were also members of the Committee of Deputies . The Committee consisted of men of all
persuasions ; and many members of the established religion Had shown astrong disposition to promote their objects . He believed the deputies generally were animated by one feel- * ing , and that the repeal of the Mar * riage Act would be prosecuted with all possible zeal .
Mr . CoRDBLLagreed withMr . WQod that the balance was larger than necessary , and wished to know whether there was any other claim on the funds of the Association besides that for the City Missian . It seernecll from the statements read , as though there was some other .
Mr . Hornby replied that what was called the Calcutta Fund had not been mixed up with the Treasurer ' s Account . The money was specially raised for that purpose , and at the proper time was transmitted to India .
But the object for which that fund was subscribed having failed , the Committee considered it part of their duty to return it to the subscribers , and had sent out powers of attorney to reclaim it for that purpose , When the money was received , it was theijt
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intention to take the instructions of the subscribers as to its appropriation . The Chairman then put the motion , which wa ; S carried unanimously . Rev ; E . Tagart rose to propose the next resolution . There were
many persons then present who had heard the powerful and admirable dis 60 urse ^ d el ivered-that-morning ~ from the pulpit . ( Loud cheers . ) Although he could not help regretting that when such excellent developements of the noble sentiments of
religion were delivered before the public , there were not more persons present to receive the gratification arising from the comparison of the bright , encoura ging , and delightful views inculcated by the true spirit of religion and of nature , with the gloprny speculations of fanaticism .
( Hear . ) How different were the doctrines of universal liberty of devotion , to one holy and benevolent being , whose boundless love displayed itself throughout the universal world of man , to those sentiments which were promulgated in many of
the publications which issued periodically from the press , such , for in stance , as the ' Pulpit' and the ' Preacher / It was right , —it was but bare justice that they should give all possible encouragement to those gentlemen who came to them from a distance in order to evince
their devotion to their principles , and to animate the hearts of their hearers in the great arid glorious cause in which they were engaged . He concluded by moving , 'That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev . G . Harris , for his powerful , impressive , and eloquent discourse , delivered this morning ; with the expression of our most cordial wishes for the continued and increasing success of his exertions for the dis *
semination of scriptural Christianity in Scotland . ( Applause . ) Rev . Dv , Carpenter seconded the motion with the greatest satisfaction , and concur reel with his friend who had anticipated him in the warn *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/7/
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