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    Instead therefore , of erecting our p laces of , worship in holes and corners inconvenient . and . difficult of access , as our fore-fathers were obliged to do , and of sheltering tjhem from , public view , we may now present a modest and ostensible front to the passing

    stranger : nor will it l > e thought 3 . disgrace to frequent those assemblies , formerly denominated conventicles , which are now legally established , and sanctioned by the approbation and countenance of the enlightened public . None but the uninformed and vulgar , whether their rank be high or low ; whether their

    fortune be ample or limited ; can now annex ^ ' to our places of worship , appellationsso degrading and so reproachful . Here therefore , we hope to assemble tinder jlie public eye , witH that visible

    respect , which is due to the laws and gove i nnteot that p rotect tis ; and wkh that decent , but unostentatious and un-ornamente 4 appearance , which shall correspond to the liberality of the founder of this building .

    The stone which is now to be fixed in its proper place , will 1 trust , be an emblem not only of the durability of this edifice * but of the permanence of the society to which it belong . It will in this respect 1 hope , resemble that rock on which the founder of our

    Christian faith hath built his church ; and on which we , as Christians and Christian worshippers , admitting the truth . and grace of the gospel , and endeavouring to conform to it * instructions and precepts ,

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    HKCOSTD REPORT OF TOE COMMITTEE OF THE AFRICAN IXST I * TUT 1 ON .

    In a former number of this volume ( p . * 8 <>) we gave an abstract of the Fir t Report of the Committee of this Iau 4 a ~ ble institution . We then toofc an occasion to express our joy at the abolition of the slave trade , by an Act . of the British Parliament , and to remind c / ur readers , that we owe this signal triumph

    of justice and humanity to that immortal patriot and philanthropist , Cira iu . es James Foj * . We cannot revert to the measure of the abolition , without again paying our feeble tribute of praise to the aaicniory of this great man , whom we are proud to pronounce our countryoiau . iiis exertions in this noble cause raided

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    rest our dependence for pardon , assistance , and a future immortality . As the stone before us , and other * similar to it , serve to cement and strenthen other parts of this building * * it

    should remind us of that bond of unian * that Christian charity , the only " l ? on& < k £ perfectness , " by which we are allied and united to one another : atul I trast * that many in this place , will commence an intercourse and union , which wiilbe indissoluble and

    everlasting-Such are the rejections mat na- ^ e occurred to my mind in the prospect of the business of this day : nor will any imagine that we have met together for thjc purposes of dedicating and consecrating the place of worship which is here begun * All ideas of this kind are superstitious and delusive . No holiness ca i * be transferred to brick and stone and

    wood and earth . A time I hope svili come , when we shall appropriate it t& its proper use ; and though no peculiar sanctity oelongs tq . the" building , the services . hi whicla we shall engage when we . assemble in it , will be the means © F promoting those religious principles , -ao 4 that sanctity of conduct , which will redound most to our honour and happiness in this life , and which are essential $ 9

    our acceptance and felicity ite a nature world . Thither may we ail aspire ^ and there may we be for ever united ^ through the mercy of God , assured to the believing and obedient of everjr church , party , and prpfession , b y the grace of the gospel , and the media titan of the Redeemer ! Amen .

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    a host of enemies , and we haYtf no doubt , that one of the causes of the unpopularity of his ministry , and of tin ? speedy retirement -of his friends frosnra office , was his standing forward a-s ffac

    patron o £ Africa against British avarice , treachery , and cruelty . For this labour of love , " however , let his name be ever dear to such a * love mankind , asid revere the great patern of Christian , benevolence .

    Were we to judge of the probable success of the African Inatitvti 4 » m from the excellence of its object or the talents ofits supporters , our hopes would e truly sangutne . I lie object is ui ^

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    Intelligence . —African Iftstiitttion * G 3 ? i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1808, page 621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2398/page/45/