Excerpt from Unitarian Christianity: A Discourse on Some of the Distinguishing Opinions of Unitarians, Delivered at Baltimore, May 5, 1819 Charming's discourse on Unitarian Christianity (commonly spoken of as the "Baltimore Sermon") is his most important contribution to the Unitarian controversy of years ago, and to the forming of a body of opinion which led to the definite organization of the Unitarian movement. It marks a memorable epoch in the history of religious thought in America, where it created a profounder impression at the time it was delivered and has had a wider, deeper, and more long continued influence than any other sermon ever preached. Besides its very large immediate circulation, it has passed through edition after edition for a hundred years; it has been reprinted in England, France, Holland, Germany, Hungary, India, and perhaps yet other countries; it is still circulated in thousands of copies every year; and it has opened to multitudes of readers a welcome door of escape from the shadow of Calvinism. The centenary of this memorable sermon offers occasion for a re-issue of it with a brief introduction and analysis, which may increase its value to the reader. The significance of the sermon will be best appreciated when it is seen against the background of the religious history of the time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.