known here by means of the Geneva Catechism, is one of their favorable and happy distinctions. Their love of peace is certainly another. And another is, the consistent fidelity with which they have adhered to the principles of the Reformation, and carried perpetually forward that glorious work, when nearly all Christendom beside had come to a stand; — having abolished subscription to a creed, and possessing a translation of the scriptures, which, instead of being slavishly bound to it, they seek to improve and perfect by frequent revisions, and a catechism and liturgy which they are ready to alter whenever they find they can make them better. In these things the church of Geneva is an example to the christian world. May it have grace to continue faithful, and may the other churches have grace to imitate its fidelity.
I have thus, gentlemen, briefly sketched a few of the impressions which you have requested me to put on paper, as the substance of a communication to the Association. I wish they were more worthy of your attention. Such as they are, they are very cheerfully and respectfully submitted
Rev. AARON BANCROFT, D. D. of Worcester, Mass.
VICE PRESIDENTS,
Hon. JOSEPH STORY, Mass.
Hon. JOSEPH LYMAN, Mass.
Hon. CHARLES H. ATHERTON, N. H.
Hon. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW, Maine.
HENRY WHEATON, Esq. N. Y.
JAMES TAYLOR, Esq. Penn.
HENRY PAYSON, Esq. Md.
Hon. WILLIAM CRANCH, D. C.
MARTIN L. HURLBUT, ÉSQ. S. C.
Hon. SAMUEL S. WILDE, Mass.
Hon. SAMUEL HOAR, Jr. Mass.
REV. TIMOTHY FLINT, Ohio.
Rev. JAMES Walker,
Rev. SAMUEL Barrett,
Rev. EZRA S. GANNETT.
Rev. HENRY WARE, Jr. Foreign Secretary.
Rev. ALEXANDER YOUNG, Domestic Secretary.
HENRY RICE, Esq. Treasurer.
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AGE, the present, favorable to
the spread of pure Christian-
ity, 101, sqq. Circumstances
of the social condition of, ib.
Improved habits of thinking
of, 104. State of information
of, 109. State of feeling of, 114.
American Unitarian Association,
Reports of for the Sixth An-
niversary, 285, sqq. Receipts
of for 1830, 31, 286. Expen-
ditures of for 1830, 31, 287.
Increased influence of, 289.
Tract department of, ib. Min-
istry to the poor in Boston,
under the care of, 291. Con-
nexion of with the Boston
Sunday School Society dis-
solved, 292. Appropriations
of for preaching in Maine,
Vermont, and other States, ib.
Antiquity and Revival of Uni-
tarian Christianity, 221, sqq.
Arianism, account of in the 4th
century, 231.
BELSHAM, how regarded by
Unitarians in England, 312.
Boston, ministry to the poor in,
Boys, poor, of Boston, between se-
ven and fourteen years of age,
who cannot read, 252. Who
are not in the grammar schools,
254. Who are truant from
the schools, 255. Between
fourteen and sixteen or seven-
teen, who have no regular
employment, 258.
British and Foreign Unitarian
Association, anniversary of in
1829, 310.
Burnside, S. M. Esq. remarks
of at the annual meeting of
A. U. A. 305.
CARPENTER, Dr Lant, on the
beneficial tendency of Unita.
rianism, 137, sqq.
Changes of opinion among the
Orthodox, 299.
Children, how regarded by Uni-
tarians, 37.
'Children of wrath,' what Paul
meant by, 169, sqq.
Children of the Poor in Boston,
claims of, 249, sqq. Classifi-
cation of by the Minister at
Large, 252, sqq. Male, be-
tween seven and fourteen
years of age, ib. Female, of
the same age, 258. Number
of, growing up in ignorance
and exposed to moral dan-
ger, 258. Male, between
fourteen and sixteen or seven-
teen, who are without any
regular employment, 258.
Christianity, pure, the prospects
and claims of, 101, sqq.
Uni-
tarian, antiquity and revival
of, 221, sqq.
Conscience, Orthodox plea of
replied to, 18.
Controversy, religious, the direc-
tion it has taken, 296. Effect
of to bring the several sects of
Christians nearer to a coinci-
dence of opinion, 305.
Church, the Christian, its nature
explained, 27.
DOCTRINAL Sentiment in Eng-
land described, 315.
Dublin, Ireland, Unitarianism
in, 320,
EARLY Religious Education,
the importance and method of,
37, sqq.
Education, what is understood
by the word, 40. Early, moral
and religious, importance of,
41, sqq. Method of, 55, sqq.
England, state of Unitarianism
in, 311. Controversial preach-
ing, how regarded in, 314.
Ephesians 11.3, explained, 469,
sqq.
Epistles, Paul's, causes of ob-
scurity of, 181, sqq.
Essay for the understanding of
St Paul's Epistles, 181, sqq.
Europe, Prof. Ware's Report of
Unitarianism in, 308, sqq.
Exclusionists, history of, 4. The
reasonings by which they de-
fend their conduct replied to,
6, sqq.
Exclusive System, what it con-
sists in, 3. Who began it, 4.
Its progress among Protestants,
5. Fallacy of the arguments
by which it is supported ex-
posed, 6, sqq. Evils of, 31.
Explanation of the words, By
nature children of wrath,' 169,
sqq.
FEMALES, education of, 46.
Follen, Prof., remarks of at the
annual meeting of A. U. A.
Fundamentals in religion, the
hackneyed plea of the Ortho-
dox about, answered, 8, sqq.
GENEVA, state of the church in,
321. Progress of Unitarian-
ism in, ib.
Girls, poor, in Boston, between
seven and fourteen years of
age, who cannot read, 258.
Who are growing up in igno-
rance and exposed to moral
pects and claims of pure
Christianity, 101, sqq.
Parents, Christian, address to,
respecting the religious edu-
cation of their children, 74, sqq.
Paul, Locke's Essay for the un-
derstanding of the Epistles of,
181, sqq. His style and tem-
per, 183.
Periodical publications, Unita-
rian, increase of the number
of, 294.
Piety at Home, 205, sqq.
Poor, children of, 249, sqq.
Preaching, controversial, how
regarded in England, 314.
NATURE, study of, a means of Prejudice, on, by Samuel J.
religious education, 61.
Necessity, doctrine of, how re-
garded by English Unitarians,
-316.
New England, people of, appeal-
ed to in regard to the Exclu-
sionists, 31.
Nichols, Dr, remarks of, at the
annual meeting of A. U. A.
OFFICERS of the A. U. A.,
1831-32, 326.
Orthodoxy, false and gloomy
views presented by, 156.
Changes in, 299.
Orthodox, their notions of fun-
damentals in religion examin-
ed, 8. Their plea of con-
science by way of justifying
exclusiveness, replied to, 17.
Their distinction between ec-
clesiastical and civil penalties
considered, 20. Their violent
measures in the Canton de
Vaud, 323.
Orthodox party, the, approaching
the liberal party, in respect to
the doctrines of the trinity,
atonement, and original sin,
May, 85, sqq. Its sources
1. An uneharitable temper, 89;
2. Ignorance, or a partial edu-
cation, 91; 3. Caprice. Its
effects-1. It throws a veil
over truth, 34; 2. Destroys
social happiness, 35; 3. Unfits
the character for heaven, 96.
Priestly, how regarded in Eng-
land by Unitarians, 312.
REFORMATION, School of, at
South Boston, account of, 266.
Religious education, early, the
importance and method of, 37,
sqq.
Religion, practical, advancement
of, 301.
Report, Mr Tuckerman's Sev-
enth Semiannual, 249, sqq.
Sixth Annual, of the Treasurer
of A. U. A., 286. Sixth An-
nual, of the Domestic Secre-
tary of A. U. A., 289, sqq. Of
the Foreign Secretary, 308.
Reports of the A. U. A. for the
Sixth Anniversary, 285, sqq.
Revival of Unitarian Christian-
ity, 234, sqq.
Revivals, how regarded by the
Ex. Com. of A. U. A., 298.
PALFREY, John G., on the pros- SAVIOUR, the, opinions of Eng-
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