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PRELIMINARY ADDRESS. As Christians addressing Christians, we, whose faith is called Unitarianism, invite you, our Roman Catholic brethren, to join with us in investigating the origin and true nature of that Gospel which we agree in believing worthy of the deepest study, the most unremitting interest, and the highest regard. We agree in believing every Christian to be bound to promote the welfare of his race to the utmost of his ability; and that that welfare is best promoted by the extensive spread and firm establishment of Divine truth. We agree in believing that all other gifts which the Father of men has showered on human kind are insignificant in comparison with .the dispensation of grace: or rather, that their value is unrecognised till interpreted by it. We alike feel that [the material frame of the universe, fair as it is, is but as a silent picture till a living beauty is breathed into it, and a divine harmony evolved from it by its being made the exponent of God's purposes of gracf)Tj We alike feel that the round of life is dull and tarjne., .and its vicissitudes wearisome and irritating. fill it b'ecoirltS "cfear ihat they are preparative to a higher.state. Cffie alike feel that .VDfUBj; pursuits. an.(J fcveKttntellectual employments, are objectless and uninteresting, till they can be referred to purposes whose complete fulfilment must take place beyond the grave. j We alike feel how pervading, how perpetual is the influence of Gospel principles in ennobling every incident, in hallowing every vicissitude of life; in equalizing human emotions; in animating the sympathies, in vivifying the enjoyments, and blunting the sorrows, of all who adopt those principles in fullconviction of the understanding, and in perfect sincerity of heart. We agree in feeling how the who...
