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    title he presented them to his countrymen without gloss or comment ; leaving- them to produce that effect which in the end they must produce on every wind not entirely and obstinately blind to the truth . The circumstance of his having * thus published for his

    countrymen the precepts alone of Jesus Christ , drew our compiler into the vortex of a controversy , which whatever other effects it may have caused , still further exhibited the acuteness of his mind , the logical power of his intellect , and the unruffled good temper with which he could argue .

    "The article to which we referred at the commencement of these desultory observations gives a general summary of the controversy in question . To it , therefore , we would direct the attention of our readers ; and to those who have not in their hand the

    writing's of Rammohdn and his opponents , the excerption in question must be acceptable . It is taken from the last Number of the Unitarian Repository , an unostentatious little periodical published in this city * " So far as we can understand , the

    strictures of the Reverend Editor of the Repository are candidly and dispassionately written . As to Unitarian or Trinitarian questions or other speculative points of doctrine , we have here nothing whatever to do with them . We studiously avoid giving any opinion at all on these heads ; hut we owe it to common sense and

    the cause of truth , to declare , that we entirely coincide in the Reverend Editor opinion respecting the attack on Rammohun , which really appears to us to have been about as injudicious and weak an effort of

    officious zeal as we ever heard of . The effect of that was to rouse up a most gigantic combatant in the theological field—a combatant who , we are constrained to say , has not yet met with his match here / 1

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    Sir , I CONCLUDED rny last ( pp . 337—M . c 54 O ) by stating , that I appeared to have exerted all my efforts and influence ln vain , in my endeavours to £ et some Persons of sufficient weight and influence to form a society for the spread ' Unitarian principles by means of P ° Pular preaching , and , as far as this

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    object was concerned , I remained inactive for some years . No opening presented itself , and though I often brooded over this circumstance with

    deep regret , nothing could he done The members of the Society with which I was then connected had been orthodox , but by reflection , conversation , and the study of the Scriptures , had reasoned themselves into the

    Unitarian doctrine , long before they had heard the name of Unitarians , or had read any of their books ; but in their change of sentiment , they unfortunately still retained their narrow , Galvinistic , exclusive spirit , with regard to those

    who differed from them ; I am , however , happy to add , that they are now of a far more liberal spirit . As I was a great reader , considering the little time I had to spare , I soon became for them far too liberal in sentiment .

    I not only began to think it possible that sincere good men of different creeds might be saved , but rejected the doctrine of the eternity of hell torments . This was enough to occasion the most wide and serious

    difference between us ; and I determined to leave them , though utterly at a loss where to go . At length " , after much doubt and perplexity , I determined on going to London , where I arrived in 1302 , and where so humble

    an individual as myself , scarcely knowing- any one , was soon lost in the crowd . After residing there some months , however , I was invited to become the successor of Mr . Fry , at Billericay , in Essex . And on this occasion it was that I first became

    acquainted with my excellent friend Mr . Rutt , who introduced himself to me , and from which time to the present I have enjoyed , without the least interruption , his valuable friendship . Being * a gentleman distinguished for his talents , activity and influence , I

    endeavoured to induce him to take up my plan of an Unitarian Association , and carry it into practice . He listened to me with great attention , approved highly of the object , but was appalled by the difficulties which were in the

    way , and thought that we were not yet ready for such a measure , though , I must observe , when the time was come he proved himself one of ita earliest and most zealous friends , having frequently served on its committees , and presided at its annual meet-

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    Mr . Eaton ' s Account of the Rise and Progress of the Unitarian Fund . 479

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1825, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2539/page/25/