The Manchester Socinian Controversy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ... possess but six chapels by legal and equitable means; and that to the remaining fifty-six Chapels, with all their endowments, they have no legal nor equitable right or title whatever for the maintenance of Unitarian worship. On this subject, I offer no further remarks at present. The facts are before the public, and with the public 1 leave these facts, only referring them to the printed lists, by which it is alledged that in four large and populous counties, containing upwards of a million and a half of inhabitants, out of sixty-four chapels which the people of this bragging, boasting, noisy system possess, they have originated only Six I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, George HADFiEtD. To the Editor of the Manchester Gazette. Sir;--Your Correspondent, the "English Presbyterian," to whom I must now give the name of Mr. G. W. Wood, still declaims against introducing into the newspapers, a discussion respecting the funds and endowments, formerly left by the Orthodox Dissenters, but now enjoyed by the Unitarians. But why does he object to this? After all the fine things which we have heard from the Unitarians about free and unlimited discussion, there is surely no subject but what ought to be investigated. No: but he still contends that it is "a controversy on religious matters." His coadjutor, Mr. Kay, however, is more candid, and fully agrees with me, (as I presume all other persons do, ) that "the question is not theological, but one of property " which may be as fitly discussed in the newspapers, as the public accounts of the town of Manchester. Authorities, from his own party, though produced by the round dozen at once, have indeed no influence whatever upon Mr. W., but, I apprehend, they, nevertheless, will have thei...