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&iom ^ oefarinesrftt wfeicb their cotumon sense rexoH * . The design however is virtuous , and the object is effected by mall means .
Tlae hi&tary of 4 he Slave Trade , a h orrid object , which we can only look upon ^ without shuddering because it lies vanquished before us , and is we trust , drawing its l $ st breath , is a memorable and will be an eternal
evidence of 4 dbeval vie of small beginnings aad of many aqd repeated exertions , % o work good impressions upon the minds of even an ea lightened society . With whom did the warfare which , was waged against it begin ? Who drew the first sword , pot of steel but of
reason , to . Jay the monster low ? Hecollect the little importance , both in a national and a political view , of that virtuous society" to whom it owes its fell , thefirm and furious opposition they inet with f ? pm ajmost all public bodies of meu , from entire cities riqh and
populous , from naost of our public characters and from the legislature of the realm . Yet eotail strokes cleave the mountain oak * The public opinion , t > y repeated aad repeated exertions , was brought to
bear against it , a virtuous prince was proved te execrate it and after m ^ ny a struggle and many individual sacrifices , tUe * lav « ry of our fellow-man was abolished ; never , may it , please God , to be sectioned , pevar to be tolerated
mpre . A » d in order to demonstrate the importance of united endeavours , 1 ? qwewr sufciji they may be , shall 1 point to tbe m * ble edifices which still are r&ig , the ornament and the delight f
oour town * and villages arpund ; one P ^ thenL now lifting its dignified . head ifrthe town in w ^ ieh we live ? These are built by a society composed chiefly ° f the lower orders of the people ; who , fyy uniting their pence , can raise J »? ir thousand * . May the Divine follow
^^ mg ac ^^ tnpao y a ^ d ^ 11 th-eir Jabwr * I , To the best of their kno * y-^^> ^ nd w ith an admirable activity aa < J virtue ,: thjey try to serve the cause tf truth and of God . This
neighwttrfeood : ^ nd the adjoining county j ^ tif y how much their laJbours ^ i ^ e J ^^ fiQial ta tiiau and good far society , Uet uh « ot iBienely JU > pk on and admire : teethe Mtr . y £ > ot > r give us an exanapje to (* ^ et us ms ^ er despise the day -of BwVia uwaiiiff upon yoa ihc « ccye #
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sity of repeated and even of « n ) all exertions to produce a moral gopd , let us not forget the lesson taught by' our blessed Redeemer , the object in whose view was the greatest t ^ hat ever expanded the breast of man . For this
too was effected by means , which , pn account of their insignificance , were a scandal in the Jews' esteeui and fpJly to the G , reeks . All the great purppses of God are brought about fry human rrieans . These must of necessity be slight in their original texture aqd in
their first effects ; but these are they which shall eventually enlighten the world , and bring in those blessed days of which prophecy speaks , when there shall be nothing to hurt or to destroy . The Saviour saw the weakness of his
apostle , he shewed him his compassion by foretelling his fall and bis subsequent rising again , and he charged it as a duty of the . highest importance to the cause of truth , " Wjien thou art converted , strengthen thy brethren /*
Truth ought to be of as much value to us as it is to any other set of rational creatures in the moral creation of God . There is no reason -why we should adopt the Unitarian faith , and
assemble in an Unitarian place of worship in preference to any other but because we believe , that the views which are there professed of Scripture are those which come nearest to
the truth . Now if we possess the truth it would be well for us to consider , whether we do not possess a ta « lent which it is incumbent upon us to enrjploy for the purpose for which it was given ; which purpose could have jbeen no other than the getteral good of the society of mankind .
Ought we not then to endeavour to make it more generally known and employ all upright and honourable means to extend the knowledg e of that interpretation of Scripture which we have obtained through the labours of eminent men , and by the exercise of our own intellectual and moral capacities ?
And let it not be said that it id the minister ' s business to teacUand to propagate scripture truth . The minister can do little compared with the peOhpie . He may * pe # l £ frwn the pulpit and he may write from the pr $ s » ? twit neither of these means , jipr bGtJh togather , ; will toe o € any 4 $ ci * ive a 4 * w tage without the concurrence of tfrwt
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On Cbn&W&atdonal Unitarian Funds . 673
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VOL . XUL 4 8
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1817, page 673, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2470/page/33/
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