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    bad it befcii ttt the disposal of the Committee . Numerous applications have been made for ministers , which , from the low state of thfe fuiids , have been reluctantly declined . It is hoped that , in the course of another year , the Association may be supplied with

    the means of sending forth niore living teachers ; The lew whom we have employed have laboured principally in the state of Maine , which now seems to be fully prepared for the reception of correct views of religion . To a 3 opt the language of a correspondent , '¦ '? The wants of this region are great . The call is urgent .

    They want to hear—they want to read . There is a great desire to hear our views . An impression may "be produced by a single discourse 5 but trr £ c £ s " stre ^ ec ^ sssp ^ l ^ cl ^ and carry oil the goM work . The time , I trust , is not far distant When societies will be springing tip all 7

    through this region . " It deserves to be mentioned in this corinexion , that the Unitarian Monitor , published once a fortnight at Dover , N . H . j . has contributed much to diffuse just religious principles through the states of Maine , Vermont , and New

    Hampshire . In Connecticut , too , where truth has had to contend with longestablished and deep-rooted prejudices , the prospect is every day becoming more encouraging . Meetings recently held in several places in that state-for ihe free and full

    discussion of disputed opinions " , have excited a spirit of inquiry , and it is expected will be followed by the happiest results . A new paper , entitled the Christian Monitor , lately established at Brooklyn , and edited by the Rjex . J ^ AM § y » . H 55 i ? H ? . k . an efficient instrument in the cause

    of truth and righteousness . In Newport , Rhode Island , the simple and rational views of pure Christianity were inculcated last summer , in the second congregational church , by the Rev . Dr . Changing ; and , more recently , a Unitarian Society ha $ been : formed at Pall River , on the

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    borders of the same state . In Brattleborough , Vermont , the brethren who hold the like precious faith with us , have erected a church during the past year , and invited a pastor , who will be ordained in the course of the next month .

    The scattered churches that hold ~ lh 1 T ~ simple doctrine of "Evangelical "'" Unitarianism in the more remote parts of the country have been growing in numbers , and we trust in grace and godliness , during the last year . The church in Augusta , Georgia , after a year ' s suspension of his labours , enjoys once more the

    presence and services of its pastor . In the region of the great West , that land of plenty and of promise ^ the state of things is encouraging . At Cincinnati and Louisville , two of the most important points in that section of the country , we now have societies and churches ; and the Rev . Messrs . Parkman and Walker are

    now on a tour to the west , for the purpose of ordaining a minister at the- former place , and dedicating a meeting-house at the latter . - In Pennsylvania , besides the flourishing church in Philadelphia , the towns

    of Pittsburg , Meadville , and Northumberland , have enjoyed the stated services of Unitarian preachers throughout the year . A very valuable publication , entitled the Unitarian Essayist , is issued periodically at Meadville , In , the state , of New

    York , new societies have been formed at Buffalo and Troy , the former of which is now building a church . The new society at Fishkill , on the North river , has been supplied with Unitarian preaching * . The society in

    Ogdensburg has been prospered beyond , all expectation ; they have ei 7-gaged a minister for the coming year , and propose , if they obtain some assistance from abroad , to proceed to the erection of aimeetmg-house .

    The attention of your Committee has frequently been called to the western part of the state of New York , They have been led to re *

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    UNITARIAN CHRONICLE . ,- , 253

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1832, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1825/page/15/