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    * 'both spiritual and temporal , flows ; it is to the Lord Almight y that we are indebted for the blessing' of existence , for the means of redemption , and for that lively hope of immortality which comes by Jesus Christ , This is much more than merely calling in question the omnipotence of Jesus

    Christ . It is expressly to attribute omnipotent power and boundless goodness to another being , even to ci the Lord Almighty , " the ever-lining- and unchangeable God ; and to describe Jesus Christ as the medium by whom the lively hope " of the greatest of these blessing's , was made known to mankind through the gospel .

    If we are " indebted to the Lord Ajlmighty" —the giver of every good , and of every perfect gift , " for the blessing of existence , " as this Epistle asserts , surely He endowed us by nature , " with those u talents— -however great , " by which we are distinguished from every other order

    of beings in this sublunary world . 6 i f To his service , then dear friends , " adds the Epistle , " in obedience to the manifestation of his power [ which is fresh every morning , for the earth is full of his e * oodness ] let us offer our tale ? its ; to the gTory of his great and excellent name , let us devote our strength and the residue of our days "

    As to the propriety , " and the duty of secret supplication ^ and to whom it should be addressed , this Epistle is equally explicit and scriptural . After recommending the youth "/ to allot a portion of each day to read and meditate upon the sacred volume [ the Scriptures ] in private " "this exhortation is added : In these

    seasons of retirement , seek for ability to enter into a close examination of your own hearts ; and as you may be enabled , secretly pray to the Almighty for preservation from the temptations with which you are encompassed . " Again . u Let their example , " that of some friends lately deqeased , ¦ " encourage you to offer all your natural powers , and every intellectual

    attainment , to the service of the same Lord , and patiently to persevere in a course of unremitting obedience to the Divine } Vill" If we pray then " with the spirit , and with the understanding also , * whether openly or in secret , surely it should be offered only to the same Lordthe Almighty , " as this Epistle enjoins , $ nd not ever to Jesus " whom he [ Godj hath made—both Lord and Christ ^ Acts

    ii . 36 . Tbe Epistle concludes thus : " Let us

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    Lord Jesus *] who * died for all , that they that live should not henceforth live unto themselves , but unto him who died Jot them , and rose again . ' * ' * 2 Cor . v . 15 . From this passage I understand , thai in the judgment of the compilers of this Epistle , we cannot become " true disci-7

    ples * of" the I ^ ord Jesus , * whom God raised from the dead , without being c ; always" ready to acknowledge , " that we owe the unspeakable privilege ** to " thb mercy of God , " the Original Source and proper Author of all the bjessings conferred on mankind by Jesus Christ , and by

    the g'ospel which he preached . I congratulate you and the Society on so speedy a return to the common language of our ancestors , and to that u form of sound words" which is to be found in the scriptures of truth , and remain your sincere well-wishing friend , THOMAS FOSTER .

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    154 Hints concerning Unitarian Subscription Cases

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    London , Feb . 25 , 1816 . Sir , OBSERVE that Unitarian plac e * I worship are rising up in different parts of the kingdom , and that appeals are frequently made on behalf of them to the liberality of the public . It is difficult however for an

    individual like myself to ascertain the merits of the respective cases , and though it would be painful to refuse my quota of contribution , it is unpleasant to subscribe without a full conviction of the serviceableness of a subscription . I have heard of a recent case

    where monies were collected for fitting up an Unitarian Chapel , and a considerable sum expended upon a building held on a short lease and subject to a charge of ground-rent which iio small congregation can long pay .

    Permit me to suggest then the expediency of every application of this kind being first submitted to a body of competent judges , say the Committee of the Unitarian Fund , without whose sanction any case should

    be considered as without recommendation . Any permanent body would answer the purpsoe , but some such sanction is necessary to satisfy the private individuals to whom applicants appeal .

    I perceive with great satisfaction that in the cases of Neath , &c . provision is made in the Trust Deed * that the chapel erected by public contribution shall , in the event of the discontinuance of public Worship on Unitarian principles , come into the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/26/