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SPANISH UNITARIAN COMMITTEE.
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beginning to perceive now that the education which has been thought so much of , of late years , has furnished the population ' of . this , country , not so much with knowledge , as with the mechanical means of knowledge . Many opponents of what is called education—have—pointed—to- ^ hir" ^^ moralized state of society , and asked what education has done for the
people ? But the experiment" has never been tried , for . it would be most ridiculous and absurd to suppose that because a lad is taught to read and write and cast accounts , that therefore he will "be pure in heart , upright in life , just and
benevolent . It is said that knowledge is power . It is so j but in itself it is a power of evil as well as of good . There-must be moral discipline to direct it aright ; there must be Christian spirit to control it j and it is only such an education that is entitled to
the name of a Christian education , and which ougfit to Be the object of the peculiar attention of a Christian people . I have had the greatest pleasure , my frierids in attending your meeting this evening , and perhaps the more so from having , in the neighbourhood in which I am placed as the peculiar sphere of my duties ,
very little intercourse with Unitarian friends ; for , though eminently successful in establishing" an Unitarian congregation at G ^ orthatnj ^ bon ^ it is at present "the only congregation in that county , and I have no Unitarian brother minister within thirty miles ; but I think we have established
ourselves so firmly , that within a few years we shall find the influence of our principles extending greatly around us . The cpunty of Northampton is one of great interest to the dissenting community at large ,
and to tfie ; tjnitarian public it ought to be so in particular . It was at Northampton that one of the greatest ornaments of the dissenting body passed the greater portion of his useful and pious life . The remembrance ° f the name of froddridge is not yet
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lost , neither is 4 lie influence ; 6 f Jiis holy arid devoted spirit quite evapo- * rated . Unitarians * i _ doubt not , are much indebted to the mild and candid spirit of his writings , ant } , to his public spirit for the success wnich we have enjoyed . And iftjiim , we have
^ an exarnple ~ that such is the force of Christian truth , when stated in a Christian spirit , that it will gradually free itself from the peculiar errors of a sect or a party . The life and spirit of a Doddridge , I trust , still remain among us at Northampton ; though I as ardently hope and trust that many . of the peculiar " articles of his
creed are fast passing away . I shall not further trespass upon your attention , as I find th ^ at neither my strength nor spirits will permit me ; but cdrigratulate you ail upon the success which my friend , your worthy Chairman and excellent pastor , has met with in the peculiar sphere of his
labours . In , his success do I rejoice ^ yea , and will rejoice ; and shall therefore conclude with expressing my ardent hope that we may all go on and prosper in the great work of promoting the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in our hearts , and thence in society around us .
After the Chairman had expressed the grateful acknowledgments of himself and , the meeting to the strangers , and especially , to his-brother ministers who hadiavoured arid edified them ; the proceedings concluded by the Revv J . O . Rob $ e # ds
offering a fervent . prayer . All departed shortly after ten o ' clock , apparently much gratified wich the delightful interchange of social feelings and Christian fellowship , aivd the uti ^ iinity " oT ~ seintinierit which ever characterises true benevolence , of heart and purpose . J .- HV -
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A number of Spanish refugees , living in Paris , have formed themselves into a Committee for the dissemination of Unitarian principles in jSjpajn , as op *
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COllltESPONBEticE . ' 315
Spanish Unitarian Committee.
SPANISH UNITARIAN COMMITTEE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1833, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2623/page/27/
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