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    of the last year- Your Committee have immingled satisfaction , in point- * ing to the continued activity and prosperity of the Cork District Society . Its weekly meetings for theological conversation have given rise to a similar practice in Dublin ; and the

    fearlessness with which its members , in private and 4 n-publier ~ avow-and vindicate their convictions , the vigilance with which , they protect the rights of conscience , and the liberality with which they uphold institutions designed to promote social improvement , show that they desire to exhibit the natural union of doctrinal truth

    with practical righteousness . A liberal subscription from the Society at Bandon proves its anxiety to be copiously furnished with the means of religious information . * The Rev . Fletcher Blakely , the able and indefatigable secretary of the Moneyrea Society , says , in a letter

    recently received : — - " Unitarianism is spreading rapidly in the north of Ireland ; and nothing is wanted but p lainer preaching and the dissemination of small Unitarian publications , to give it a firmer hold . Many of the humbler people in this district understand it well : several infant congregations are springing up . "

    ' And in a letter written from the North of Ireland , by your late treasurer , the Rev . Joseph M'Alister , whose resignation of his office will be matter of regret to all who know his zeal , the

    following remarks occur :- — Entering fully into the opinions of the Committee , that the resources of the Society might be greatly increased , and its usefulness much extended , by the establishment of branch societies in

    remote parts of Ireland , I had taken an opportunity of visiting many of the towns of the north , with the view of forming agencies for the promotion of our Christian objects . Several branch societies were in process of organization in connexion with the Central Society in Dublin , as noticed in your annual Report , when some members of the Unitarian feptfy fa tto north

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    saw the ; expediency 4 f estabiishijig a local Tract Society in Belfast , in . drder to communicate more directly with the Remonstrant Churches of Ulster . This Society has offered its friendly aid in carrying forward the plans and extending the principles which were

    contemplated by you as a Tract So-Giety ^^ But 4 he ~ greatJield ^ Qfj ^ is £ ig 7 ir ary labour , which it was an t ) bject of the Central Society gradually to open up , is yet , I may say , with one or two exceptions , untouched . The

    preaching of Unitarian Christianity at Ballymoney has been crowned with much success . Indeed , there is scarcely a place in connexion with the Old Synod , where missionary exertion might not be carried on with equally favourable results . The members of

    the Remonstrant Synod have had much to do in their iate struggle . They have effected more than could have been anticipated . But the spirit of the Northern restoration will sub * side , unless it be followed up by an efficient and well-directed-Missionary establishment . The religious aggressions of the Calvinists here are

    beyond ail description insinuating and enslaving . They can only be met by a steady and public maintenance of rational Christianity . Missionary ex * ertion will never be properly conducted in this country until the Unitarians of the north , of Publin , and of the south , unite their funds , and heartily co-operate jn the good cause . "

    * The fact is , that until one missionary tour shall have been made throughout the country , it will be impossible to learn with precision the state and prospects of pure religion in its different districts , or to avail ourselves of the openings for useful exertion which . ih $ y may . afford . 4

    During the past year your Committee has continued the correspondence with America , which was coin * menced by Rev . Henry Ware ' s visit to Ireland . * Your Committee have great satisfaction in recording the continued intent in yow objscte ® $ mwi W

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    66 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1832, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1813/page/2/