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Opening" Of A New Unitarian Chapel At Iv...
wishes were with his ancient fiiendso The Rev . E . Kell introduced the evening service , and the Rev . L . Lewis , of Dorchester , prayed , Mr . Aspland then took for his text the words of the Apostle Peter , ( Acts ii . 39 ) : " For the promise is unto youp and to your children , and to all that are afar off , even as mamy as tlie Lord our God shall call . " The discourse
turned on the delightful nature of the Divine assurance , that the blessings of knowledge , and liberty , and religious truth , shall be handed down from one generation to another to the end of time , notwithstanding the obstacles tthat may fora time appear to limit their diffusion . The chapel was well filled in the former part of the day , but in the evening , when
the working classes had finished their daily labour , the aisles were crowded , and many who were desirous of admittance went away for want of room . It was an occasion long to be remembered with honest pride and devout gratitude by those who witnessed it . Besides the ministers already mentioned , there were present the Revs . S . Favvcett- and D .
Hughes , of Yeovil , J . B . Bristowe , of Kingwood , by some of whose congregattion the singingwas conducted in a snanmer that delighted every one , and J . Mitchelson , of Poole , to whom the Warebam Unitarians have frequently been indebted . A letter was received from the Rev . S . Walker , of Crewkerne , mentioning his inability to fulfil his intention of being present , and the Rev . R . Scott , of Portsmouth , was prevented bv
unforeseen occurrences . The prospects of success in this town , in what we believe to l > e the holiest of causes , are now moat promising . Some who had no opportunity before , and others who manifested ! no intention , have taken pews and sittings in the new chapel , although the . spirit of party amongst the more violent of other sects is frequently and disgracefully exhibited . On the Lord ' s-day after the opening , the Hev . JM . Maurice , of Southampton , conducted divine service
to a numerous congregation , offering a prayer , in which we sincerely join , that the blessing of the ( iod of truth may attend the labours of all his fakhful servants .
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Ninth Half-yearly Meeting of the liolton District Unitarian Association . The Ninth Half-yearly Meeting of the Bnltou District Unitarian Association was held at Rivington ,, on September . ' { 0 , !»;*<) . 'Flic Rev . l \ . R . Davis , vi Chow-
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bent , conducted the devotional part of the service ; and the Rev . J . Cropper , of Boltou , preached from Ezekiel xxxiii . 8 , 9 5 first addressiog the passage to his brethren in the ministry , and calling upon them to investigate their own motives and conduct , In order to ascertain if they corresponded with the requirements of their official and sacred
functions . The preacher then applied the text to the hearers of the word , affectionately exhorting them to reflect upon the terms of the prophet ' s warning , and to be careful to keep their lamps trimmed and their lights burning in readiness for the hour when warnings and repentance would terminate for ever 1
The proceedings after dinner , at which Robert Andrews , Esq ., of Kivington Hall , presided , were rendered interesting to the numerous party assembled , by the discussion of several interesting topics , of which the more prominent were , the state of religious parties in Ireland ; the circulation of religious tracts ; and the extinction of Colonial Slavery in the British dominions . On the latter
subject it was generally agreed that it would be desirable to send petitions to Parliament early in the Session . In respect to the circulation of tracts a report was made , agreeably to a resolution passed at the previous meeting , of the steps which had been taken by each Society in the Association , to accomplish this object . It was stated that 127 tracts had been
circulated by the Bank-street Society , liolton , during the past six months . The plan of distribution was not so complete as that adopted at Bridport , but it was such as circumstances seemed to recommend . The teachers of the Sundayschool lend them to such individuals
among their neighbours and acquaintance as they think will be disposed to read them . Some good must be done by the distribution of tracts in any way ; and , for a beginning , this method may not be unadvisable , but the sooner a more
extended circulation can be carried into effect , the more important and certain must be the influence of pui e Christianity upon the public mind , in the districts of Cockey-Moor and Park Lane some tracts had been circulated in addition to the books belonging to the Congregational Libraries , which are in constant use annong the members of those respective societies . It is an important consideration in favour of a wide distribution of tracts that they may be introduced where the volumes of an established library would never find their way , and attract the attention of those
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 870, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/70/
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