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      At a Meeting of the General Body of the Protestant Dissenting- Ministers of the Three Denominations , resident in and about London and Westminster , / widen at the Library in Red-Cross Street , on the Third & <* y of May . 1825 , the Rev . John Pye Smith , D . /) ., in the Chair , —

      It was Resolved unanimously , 1 . That the members of this Body , though differing widely in their modes of interpreting Scripture , and in the doctnnes which they conceive to be dedtici-™ e from that sacred fountain , are unanimousi in the persuasion that the forming OT religious sentiments by free inquiry ,

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      the making ah open profession of them , and the teaching and disseminating of them by argument and exhortation , by speaking , writing , and ilie observances <* f religious worship , or by any other peaceable and rational methods , is a right of

      mankind , inherent and imprescriptible , couferred by the Creator , essential to moral accountableness , and which caa never be infringed without injury and insult to the sufferers , and deep criminality on the part of those who are guilty of the infraction .

      2 . That it is proved , by the evident reason of the case and the universal experience of mankind , that there is no greater obstacle to the improvement of the human race in knowledge and hap * piness , to the solid interests of national economy , to the elucidation of religions truth , to the satisfactory termination of

      religious controversies , and to the eventual and universal triumph of the genuine Gospel of Christ , than persecution for the sake of conscience and religious profession . 3 . That , wiiefcher such persecution wear its most barbarous form of direct punishment for religious opinions , or whether it be exercised in the way of

      refusing protection , denying justice , or any deprival whatsoever of civil rights , it is in principle the same ; a high crime against God , and deserving the reprobation of all good men : according to the memorable declaration of the Emperor Maximilian II ., that "he would never arrogate dominion over men ' s consciences , which is the prerogative of the Deity alone ; that no sin was , in his judgment ,

      more heinous , than for any man to wish to exercise such dominion ; and that those potentates who have attempted it , as they invade the sovereignty of Heaven , so they not unfrequently lose their own power ou earth , and their names go down to posterity with infamy and reproach . " *

      4 . That , therefore , it is with astonishment and sorrow that this Body has received , from different and credible sources , the information , that in Switzerland , which used to be regarded as an asylum of those who fled from persecution , and

      particularly in the Canton of Vaud , under a Protestant Government and a Presbyterian Church , a severe persecution has been for more than a year exercised upon peaceable citizens , of spotless moral and political character , for no alleged crime , but the fact of their thinking it their duty

      Vid . Werenfelsh Dissert . ApoL pro Plebe Christian ^ adversus Doctores Judicium de Dogniatibus Fidei ilii aufcrentes ; et de Jure in Conscientias ab Hotnine non usurpando * . apud Opuscula , pag . 63 . Basilete , 1718 .

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      Intelligence . —Meeting of the Protestant Dissenting Ministers . 3 JJ

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      Western Unitarian Society * —The Annual Meeting of this Society will be held at TrowMdge , on Wednesday , the 13 th of July , wfcen the Rev . R . Aspland is expected to preach ,

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      North-Eastern Unitarian Association . — -iThe Annual Meeting of the horth-Bjastern Unitarian Association will be held at Boston , in the county of Lincoln , on Thursday , the 14 th of July . The Rev . George Harris , of Bolton , is

      expected to officiate upon the occasion . The morning service will commence at eleven , and the evening service at seven o ' clock . The service of the preceding evening , which will be conducted by the Rev . William Selby , of Lynn , will commence at seven o ' clock *

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      The Annual Meeting of the Sussex Unitarian Association will be held at Horsham , on Wednesday , tjie 27 th of July , 1825 , when a sermon will be preach ed at the Baptist Meeting-house , by the Rev . £ . Chapman , of Deptford .

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      The Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Tract Societ y for Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties , will take place at the New Meeting , Birmingham , on Wednesday , July 27 th . The Rev . WJ . Fox has engaged to preach on the occasion .

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      Mr . Yeates , late minister of the Unitarian congregation at Sidmouth , has accepted the unanimous invitation of the members of the Unitarian meeting at Collumpton , Devon , to succeed their late deceased pastor , the Rev . John Davis .

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      The Annual Meeting of the Southern Unitarian Society will he held at Poole , on Wednesday , August 3 d . The Rev . E . Kell , A . M ., of Newport , is expected to preach in the morning ; and the Rev , i . Fullagar , of Chichester , in the evening .

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      VU ^ . xx . 3 c

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/51/