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    continued , though to a less extent than the Committee have uniformly desired . There has been a singular unwillingness t& furnish manuscripts for their use , and in their anxiety to give the impress of the Association only to those which were at once original and excellent ^ they have been perhaps fastidious in

    tfieir choice ' , and through their very interest in the subject may have seemed to be inattentive to this- department of their duties . It should moreover be considered , that while individuals , who have long been members of the Association , may desire new publications , the wants of another portion of the community ,

    whose situation renders them objects of our sympathy and often of our charity , are relieved by those which have been printed in former years . In this way the Association is doing extensive good , of which the subscribers generally are , and must be , ignorant . Since the last meeting ten new tracts have been issued , seven of the first series and three of the

    second . The circulation of our tracts is spread over a wide extent of country , some of them having been seat to Canada , to Georgia , and to the Valley of the Mississippi , in compliance with requests from individuals residing in these several regions .. The demand for them in New England cannot be expected to continue at that height to which it rose

    soon after their publication commenced . It probably is now at that point at which it will remain for some years , and at which if will require , on the part of the Directors , a constant supply of plain , faithful tracts , illustrating the doctrines , enforcing the precepts , urging the claims , and breathing , while they also inculcate , the spirit of our religion . The

    Committee are convinced that the gratuitous distribution of tracts , when they are entrusted to honest and judicious persons , is an important means of diffusing the truth which they contain , and on thisprinciple they have made frequent appropriations of this nature . The Committee have , in two or three

    instances only , appropriated money to the support of a Christian ministry or worship . In the course of the last summer two gentlemen were induced to leave their pulpits for a few weeks , on a condition which the Committee accepted , that their places should be supplied during their absence , and undertook missionary tours in Maine . Evidence has been

    furnished that they were successful in accomplishing the purposes of their visit to the counties of Somerset , Kennebec , and Penobacot . Fifty dollars have been voted to Mr . Peirce , who has for ' many

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    years been the pastor of * smattUnfta * rian church in Trenton , N ; Y . ' , fof . fci * services in that place and vicinity , ftfcv May has been encouraged ^ by the promise of assistance to undertake some missionary labours in Connecticut . Bis character and past ministry entitle him to the confidence of this Association . A

    similar vote of assistance has been passed in regard to Mr . Hall , who proposed to visit the villages lying in the valley of the Connecticut , but who has beeu prevented from fulfilling his intention by sickness occasioned by his labours through the winter . In the course of last summer , Mr . Ware , of New York , made a rapid visit to the western and northern parts of that State . The effects of his services were

    immediate and great . It was scarcely known , even to the inhabitants of this interesting section of country , that Unitarian preaching would be acceptable . Mr . Ware found not only opportunities to proclaim the truth , but large audiences wherever he journeyed , and ao impulse was given to religions sentiment , which has already produced results that must be permanent . The Committee have made an appropriation for the future demands of this region .

    The Domestic Mission in Boston , which has been from its commencement under the general care of the Committee r has folly justified the expectations of good that were indulged concerning it * The health of the present " minister at large" auooug the poor has been impaired by bis unwearied exertions , aud it is very desirable that one should be

    found to share the work with him . But it is peculiarly difficult to fill this office . Requiring on the one band singular qua * locations , and on the other imposing onerous duties , few are willing to enter upon its responsibilities ; yet no employment offers the means of more immediate or visible usefulness , and scarce any exceed it in lasting and extensive beDefit .

    From the Treasurers Report , read at the private meeting of the Association , it appears that the receipts the past year have amounted to 3 , 848 dol . 30 cents , and the expenditures to 2 , 390 doL 62 cents , leaving a balance now in the treasury of 1 , 457 dol . 68 cents . Of this balance 233 dol . 20 cents are credited to the Domestic Mission Fund , and cannot be withdrawn to any other object .

    The progress of Unitarian Christianity daring the year has not disappointed the expectations awakened at our last anniversary . Whether It be measured by the diffusion of our distinctive tenets , hj the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1829, page 741, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2577/page/69/