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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), February 1833, Edition 1 of 1, Page 45, Untitled Article

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    • CASES RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION.
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      that , owing to the preaching of Paul , who said * that they be no Gods , which are made with hands , ' they were in danger of losing-the profits of their craft . So they affected to loe very deeply concerned for the honour of Diana , and went about affirming that by the preaching of the

      apostles fhe temple of ~ the great goddess would be despised , and her magnificence destroyed , whom all Asia , and the world worshippeth . Paul was labouring to enlighten the common people , and to convince them that they ought not to worship images graven by art and man ' s device , Demetrius and other such

      uncommon folks , who were making money out of the ignorance of the people , foresaw that their gains would be cut off . They therefore resorted to the expedient of awing the multitude by their religious zeal ; and stirring up the public indignation by the outcry that religion was in danger ,. through the infidelity of the apostle .

      That person who would presume to dictate to the faith of his neighbours , who would take it upon himself authoritatively to prescribe what they must believe , must consider himself as possessing infallibility or

      some uncommon superiority . A sectarian spirit , wherever it exists , may be traced to the influence of the uncommon people . Sects , and the sectarian spirit would not be maintained by the comraon ' people . Disunion and discord is not for their interest or

      comfort . But the uncommon people keep up the sectarian spirit , because they assume to be leaders , masters of their brethren . They set at naught all such as follow not th § m . They are sure they are right , and that they are righteous , and they despise and denounce others . -

      The influence of the uncommon people has always been too great . It is less in our day , and in our country , than ever before , anywhere else , But still it is seen and felt , and mucbi remaina to be done to de-

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      stroy it . The common people must not only assert , but exercise dillgently the right of learning for themselves from the Bible what they are to believe , and what they must do to be saved . They must place less confidence in the commandments

      ancl jjryj ^ get wisdom , get understanding ; and always have so much respect for their own minds as not to yield their assent to any proposition , until they have been led to perceive that it is true . They should beware of those

      who would be the masters of their faith , who would lord it over God ' s heritage . Jesus Christ is the teacher of the common people , and all the teachers of religion should resemble him in their manner of teaching , ' Wh j' even of yourselves / said Jesus , ' judge ye not what is right .

      Finally . It was the uncommon people , as we have already said , who opposed our Saviour , and were the means of procuring his death . The common people heard him gladly "; and would undoubtedly have continued to esteem him hi ghly , if it had not been for the undue influence

      of the others . His ^ instructions were simple , such as they could understand . They saw that he was perfectly disinterested . He went about continually doing good to others ; and laboured to induce all men to become like himself . But

      the uncommon people saw that their influence would be lessened , and therefore they hated him . And such sort of people have always opposed any plan of reform in church or state , which had for its object the greatest good of the greatest number . ....... "" " " ¦ ""* " " " " * "" ' — " \ " ' ¦ ¦ i " 1—11 ''¦ '' ¦ —""» "V— "¦ ' — «

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      Devonport— -The case is one deserving particular notice . A debt of 160 / . is still remaining" on the chapel . The congregation consists Chiefly of the working classes , and *

      Cases Recommended By The Committee Of The Unitarian Association.

      CASES RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION .

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      ( JNlfARIAN CHRONICLfe . 45

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1833, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2607/page/13/