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    ings of the Society have been held . The following subjects formed topics for investigation : —The design of the injunction , * Swear not at all '; the Deity of Christ ; the ordinance of baptism , temporary or perpetual ? religious fasts ; God ' s various

    revelations to his people ; Christ ' s present influence—upon—hi s—church- ;—nature and office of the Messiah ; the doctrine of predestination ; observance of the sabbath ; unity and supremacy of Jehovah ; the crimes of Cain and their consequences ; had the Jews a revelation of a future state before the

    coming of Christ ? Christ ' s prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem ; jus ^ tification ; Jesus of Nazareth not Jehovah ; instant resurrection ; introduction of Christianity , and total abrogation of the Old Law ; Christ ' s dependence upon God manifested in prayer ; general scope of prophecy relating to the advent of theMessiah ; the account

    of Eve ' s temptation an allegory , or a narrative of facts ? pre-existence of Christ ; two natures of the Messiah ; demoniacal -possession ; God ' s free & nd unpurchased grace ; nature and objects of religious faith ; St . Paul ' s view of the nature of Christ ; the authenticity of the first two chapters of Matthew and Luke ; the Messiah ' s

    distinction from , and subordination to , Jehovah ; purpose and duration of future retribution ; consequences of sin in this world ; the office of bishop in the church of Christ , compared with the office of bishop in the church of * England ; the source of Christ ' s miraculous powers , as shown at the

    grave of Lazarus ; meaning of the , term * Son of God '; necessity and freewill ; the temptation of Christ ; impersonality of the Holy Spirit ; prophecy of Caiaplias ; prayer to fiod , through , or in the name of , Jesus Christ ; regeneration ; meaning of the word 4 Saviour '; Christ , a prophet like unto Moses : the doctrine or

    satisfaction ; the Providence of God , with reference to public calamity 3 original sin ; the importance of correct religious opinions ..

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    There were also read , selections from the works of Aspland , Buckminster , Channing , Drummond , Fox , Grundy , Priestley , Ware , Worcester , & c ., and from the Monthly Repository , American Christian Examiner , Unitarian Advocate , Christian Register , & c . & e . —^ At-a- ~ fe-w-of ~ those-meetings , —discussion arose with occasional visitors

    holding opinions at variance with the general sentiments of your Society ; but some members deeming that such discussion would interfere with the mutual and individual improvement contemplated at its formation , and fearing lest a polemic spirit may take the place of a religious one , the practice was discontinued . Several valuable donations to the

    library , require acknowledgement . From the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , were received fifty copies of Miss Martineau's important work , ' The Essential Faith of the Universal Church ; ' from the Liverpool Unitarian Book and Tract Society , various publications to the amount of two pounds ; from the Rev . Dr . Carpenter , and from John Evans , Esq .

    To the distribution and circulation of Miss Martineau ' s publication , the particular attention of several of your members has been directed . Some copies , with such tracts as your library afforded , were presented to the Unitarian Society of Bandon , and to the library of the Presbyterian Congre ^ gation of "C lonmel , and replies hav ' e been received from the Rev . Mr .

    Hunter , of the former , and the Rev * Mr . Crozier , of the latter place , which lead to gratifying anticipations of the effect of those gentlemen ' s active exertions in the causeof ' tru , th . Improvements in the management of the library , and a more systematic plan- for the circulation of the books * have been suggested , which , if acted upon , are likely to render this important branch of the Society yet more effectual . . Such . are the circumstances which

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    116 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1832, page 118, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1718/page/6/